An Engineering Difficulty
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary |
Subjects: | Engineering, Military Technology |
Referring to the capture of two English engineers in Naples by King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, suggests blowing up 'that pig-headed potentate with a few "amiable words"' and then 'a little amiable gunpowder', which is unprecedented in solving 'engineering difficulties'. | |
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