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I have seen elaborate statements of the amount of drilling and blasting accomplished in the construction of the railroad across the Sierra, above Donner Lake; but for every pound of rock moved in this way, the glaciers which descended east and west through this same pass, crushed and carried away more than a hundred tons.
This, I accomplished by placing upon it several large pieces of 'dressed' stone, which I had noticed in my tour along the East wall.
One would think some of us are a little bit ashamed of the pace we have been setting, of the things we have been accomplishing with our almightiness!
The revolution of 1848 had not been accomplished without an outburst from socialism or communism, which raised its red flag in the streets of Paris and was put down only after days of bloody battle with the more moderate elements.
His attitude and his sigh seemed to denote along journey accomplished at last, an object attained perhaps or within reach, which is almost the same thing, but not quite.
This narrative of the work accomplished for civilisation by General Allenby's Army is carried only as far as the occupation of Jericho.
I then turned back and rode to Red Buttes, my starting place, accomplishing on the round trip a distance of 322 miles.
To summon the Minute Boys and bring them to the edge of the clearing was but the work of a few moments, and then was done that which I venture to say has seldom been accomplished during such a siege as was then in progress.
In order that the downward action may be accomplished to the necessary extent, the muscles which move the wings have been made exceedingly large; so large, indeed, that, in some instances, they have been estimated at not less than a sixth of the weight of the whole body.
So magical was the power of Savonarola's voice in those days that, in all this great stir of public excitement, not a single excess was committed, and the revolution that seemed on the point of being effected by violence on the Piazza was quietly and peacefully accomplished within the walls of the palace.
Far from this being the case, the stupendous work was accomplished under difficulties greater than any long-suffering architect ever had to contend with.
Much of this blending of natures is accomplished through passion, the least understood of forces.
The utmost that any well-informed person could doubt was whether it had been successfully accomplished as to both the victims.
In no other like interval of time, and in no other community of like dimensions, has so much work been accomplished of which we can say with truth that it is [Greek: ktaema es aei],an eternal possession.
This was accomplished after a siege, which was attended with much cruelty.
[Footnote 38: Sargon speaks of his third "year" and not of his third campaign, in order to mark what he had already accomplished before the year 717.]
This was not accomplished until after the great Italian disaster, when it looked as though the Austro-Hungarian armies would crush Italy.
In brief, what had the drama accomplished from the time of the closing of the theaters in 1642 to 1890?
Where such a natural and enduring alliance has been accomplished among Asiatic peoples and not only between the respective governments, it may truly be felt to be more valuable than the British connection itself, after that connection has denied freedom or equality, and even justice.
This was accomplished between the sixth, and the eighth centuries.
I had not previously believed that crossing the main crest twice would be more easily accomplished than the travel over what in effect is only a spur; but the view from our present camp settled the question adversely to my opinion at once.
They ended as heroes of life, because of the great creative work which they had accomplished amid battle and toil and grief.
But he had now come to a point where knowledge of what others had accomplished along the same line would greatly facilitate his labors, and when the assistance of one more skilled in mechanical construction was a great desideratum, and both of these essentials were at hand.
The real importance of his life to us of another generation lies in what he accomplished toward the world's progress, which he only began to influence several years after his escape from slavery.
This Gentleman has used Fidelia from her Cradle with all the Tenderness imaginable, and has view'd her growing Perfections with the Partiality of a Parent, that soon thought her accomplished above the Children of all other Men, but never thought she was come to the utmost Improvement of which she her self was capable.