The demolition of the Bastile is going on, and the Milice Bourgeoise organizing and training.
I have begun the demolition of my house, and hope to get through its re-edification in the course of the summer.
The demolition of the Bastile was now ordered, and begun.
A circumstance not much different from the above mentioned is told of the demolition of Allat.
The demolition of the Caaba, or temple of Mecca, by the Ethiopians.
These words seem to intimate the death of the angels at the demolition of their habitation; beside the ruins whereof they shall lie like dead bodies.
Newspaper notices, bills, and photographs taken at the time of the demolition of the Eagle (W.
The demolition of the Bastile was now ordered and begun.
I proposed thedemolition of the Church establishment, and the freedom of religion.
In five minutes the "Saraband" was once more under control, although the demolition of one of her funnels and the consequent reduction of draft caused an appreciable diminution in speed.
Meanwhile, Captain Ramshaw took up his position on the boat-deck, owing to the demolition of the bridge.
The work of demolition at Harper's Ferry had to be bungled off in haste, owing to shortness of time and lack of means.
The demolition of Norfolk was better done, and the ships were sunk at anchor.
So skillful, indeed, were his railway engineers that a disgusted Confederate raider called out to a demolition party: "Better save your powder, boys.
The two aisles added to the older structure on the east and west, the demolition of the choir, and the erection of the south wall, belong to the great alterations made by el-Mahadi.
Then, among them, you must choose a really good radio man and a demolition expert.
Slade was a master sergeant and a demolition expert.
Dick nodded in agreement and the little demolition expert, who now turned out to be also a first-aid expert, went quickly over the rest of Scotti’s body to see if there were any more wounds.
Then the lieutenant helped Slade and Vince Salamone throw out the four parachutes bearing the containers of dynamite and demolition equipment.
The Republic of our day still wields the pick-axe, and demolition and reconstruction have been going on ruthlessly.
These three houses evidently formed one entire structure at first, and this was either an outlying portion of the Hotel des Ursins, or a separate building, erected after the demolition of that hotel, and taking the old name.
Driven from the Petit-Bourbon by its hurrieddemolition in 1660, Moliere was granted the use and the privileges of the Salle of the former Palais-Cardinal, partly gone to ruin and needing large expenditure to make it good.
At this time, and throughout the various attempts to reduce the Dardanelles forts by naval bombardment, there was considerable difficulty in making the demolition permanent.
The safety of our home trade will be better provided for, by the demolition of Dunkirk.
They indignantly supported the exile of their bishops, the demolition of their churches, and the interruption of their secret assemblies.
But inasmuch as the demolitionof this more than venerable edifice approaches completion, a sketch of the history of its construction may not be amiss.
They put the demolition charge well in among the six-inch stuff, and she took it all to the bottom in a few minutes, after being touched off.
My guide, a working man employed on the demolition of another part of the Prison, pointed to certain marks on the floor as, he said, the place where they fastened the staples when they tied down the poor prisoners.
In this simple manner do we reduce Cnut's colossal work of a deep canal, four miles and a half long, into a piece of construction and demolition which would take a large body of men no more than a few hours.
Hakem ordered the instant demolition of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, and it was accordingly demolished.
To New England, whose blood and valour had achieved the demolition of the frowning fortress, this restitution was a sorrowful blow.
The work of demolition dates from that time, and the old buildings have gradually disappeared to make way for the modern wharves and warehouses which have since occupied the ground.
The castle played no part in history, its demolition being due probably to gunpowder pacifically fired with a view to obtaining building materials.
It is to be obtained for a new house only by the demolition of an old; and few new houses have rafters sufficiently stable to bear so great a weight.
Tongs shouted, the pedler roared applause, and such was the general satisfaction, that it was no difficult thing to persuade Brooks to the demolition of a bumper, which Bunce adroitly proposed to the singer's own health.
Their destructive campaign had been under headway for two months, and they had thus plenty of time in which to do all sorts of harm, ranging from the plugging of steam-pipes to the demolition of boilers by dry firing.
The Krames disappeared, on the demolition of the adjacent Tolbooth, in 1817.
The conquest and demolition of Vliessingen in August was the only result.
