The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... close behind hurried the cringing shadows . A mile to the east , under a thin rising mist , lay the broad Missouri , whose muddy waters , " too thin for a beverage , too thick for a drink , " find their source in the far- away Rockies ...
... close behind hurried the cringing shadows . A mile to the east , under a thin rising mist , lay the broad Missouri , whose muddy waters , " too thin for a beverage , too thick for a drink , " find their source in the far- away Rockies ...
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... close - set rows , like battle cruisers on ma- neuver ( see , also , page 7 ) . So we followed the westbound section lines , along that invisible lane binding the Nation , through the " uninterrupted navi- gable ocean that comes to the ...
... close - set rows , like battle cruisers on ma- neuver ( see , also , page 7 ) . So we followed the westbound section lines , along that invisible lane binding the Nation , through the " uninterrupted navi- gable ocean that comes to the ...
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... close by the highway bridge . The town appears in the distance . Note the numerous islands in the Platte River . Photograph by II . A. Collison LESTER BISHOP'S LANDING ON. Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens echoed like the ocean beating ...
... close by the highway bridge . The town appears in the distance . Note the numerous islands in the Platte River . Photograph by II . A. Collison LESTER BISHOP'S LANDING ON. Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens echoed like the ocean beating ...
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... close by blind a pilot temporarily , straining his eyes in the dark to make out vaguely familiar landmarks ; but on real clear nights there's no trick to it at all . " Hopson reported he was 11,000 feet above Davenport , Iowa , on one ...
... close by blind a pilot temporarily , straining his eyes in the dark to make out vaguely familiar landmarks ; but on real clear nights there's no trick to it at all . " Hopson reported he was 11,000 feet above Davenport , Iowa , on one ...
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... Close by , a strutting cock parades up and down , bowing and scrap- ing , preening himself , and eying the gal- lery all the while . If the slightest atten- tion is given him , he will strut and blow all the more . There is also sure to ...
... Close by , a strutting cock parades up and down , bowing and scrap- ing , preening himself , and eying the gal- lery all the while . If the slightest atten- tion is given him , he will strut and blow all the more . There is also sure to ...
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 306 - dust. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone.
Page 67 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 174 - Paracelsus": Are there not . . . dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of a diver, One—when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge. One—when, a prince, he rises with his pearl? The
Page 304 - with whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years—
Page 549 - and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return.
Page 571 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out"; and
Page 457 - of the National Geographic Society by the first of the month to affect the following month's issue. For instance, if you desire the address changed for your May number, the Society should be notified of your new address not later than April first.
Page 191 - To enjoy true happiness, we must travel into a very far country, and even out of ourselves, for the Pearl we seek for is
Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.