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1 I, XXII | for some wings, or else a balloon!” cried Servadac, as he
2 I, XXIV | conveyed through the air in a balloon.~Lieutenant Procope, with
3 II, XVI | distinctly, “By making a balloon!”~Servadac’s heart sank.~“
4 II, XVI | Servadac’s heart sank.~“A balloon!” he exclaimed. “Out of
5 II, XVI | hardly find them in novels. Balloon, indeed!”~“Listen to me,”
6 II, XVI | of the earth, and that a balloon whirled along by the combined
7 II, XVI | in our passage, and our balloon is burnt to ashes. Still,
8 II, XVI | hydrogen enough to inflate a balloon?” asked the count.~“Hot
9 II, XVI | gone, and they had only a balloon to replace them!~To describe
10 II, XVI | dim hole.~By the 14th the balloon was finished, and, carefully
11 II, XVII | must necessarily attend a balloon ascent under such unparalleled
12 II, XVII | Ben Zoof the going up in a balloon was the supreme height of
13 II, XVII | necessary for inflating the balloon. Had the balloon been less
14 II, XVII | inflating the balloon. Had the balloon been less cumbersome it
15 II, XVII | combustible material to the balloon.~The last of the coal having
16 II, XVII | set foot in the car of the balloon.~The misfortune that had
17 II, XVII | to its sides, so that the balloon might float for a time,
18 II, XVII | Twenty-four hours hence and the balloon, with its large living freight,
19 II, XVII | An hour previously the balloon was inflated with perfect
20 II, XVII | should he trust himself to a balloon, that would blaze up like
21 II, XVII | The cords were cut. The balloon rose with stately calmness
22 II, XVIII| XVIII~SUSPENSE~When the balloon had reached an elevation
23 II, XVIII| almost amounted to awe. The balloon was slightly in the rear
24 II, XVIII| if the comet preceded the balloon in its contact with the
25 II, XVIII| anxiety was, where would the balloon alight? If upon terra firma,
26 II, XVIII| the two atmospheres, the balloon itself, in which they were
27 II, XVIII| atmosphere much inferior to the balloon.~Some minutes more were
28 II, XVIII| comet and its atmosphere, balloon and all, into its open mouth.~“
29 II, XVIII| they had come back!~Of the balloon not a vestige remained,
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