The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... comes to us out of the colorful past . It is the undying spirit of the Old Frontier aflame again , that restless torch 3 once borne by Daniel Boone and Bonne- ville , the heritage from two hundred years ' invasion of an untamed border ...
... comes to us out of the colorful past . It is the undying spirit of the Old Frontier aflame again , that restless torch 3 once borne by Daniel Boone and Bonne- ville , the heritage from two hundred years ' invasion of an untamed border ...
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... come to light . You will not find them in the archives of the Post Office De- partment ; nor in the prosaic records of the Air Mail files ; nor are you apt to overhear them in the hangars . Beezos and grease- monkeys alike , after the ...
... come to light . You will not find them in the archives of the Post Office De- partment ; nor in the prosaic records of the Air Mail files ; nor are you apt to overhear them in the hangars . Beezos and grease- monkeys alike , after the ...
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... comes Lee now , " the attendant added . Straining my eyes in the direc- tion indicated by his outstretched arm , I made out two tiny lights , like truant stars , slipping through the dark night along the shadowy bluffs , across the ...
... comes Lee now , " the attendant added . Straining my eyes in the direc- tion indicated by his outstretched arm , I made out two tiny lights , like truant stars , slipping through the dark night along the shadowy bluffs , across the ...
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... come ! " INVISIBLE AIR LANES LINK EAST AND WEST Having flown with Berger before , I was sure I had struck a good ... comes to the threshold of every man's door . " Early the following morning we were off for Cheyenne . Here began in ...
... come ! " INVISIBLE AIR LANES LINK EAST AND WEST Having flown with Berger before , I was sure I had struck a good ... comes to the threshold of every man's door . " Early the following morning we were off for Cheyenne . Here began in ...
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... come sight of an emergency field beacon tower rose above the sage ; then the Lin- coln Highway , a reddish vein through the dust - white earth . Since one sagebrush appeared quite as soft as the next , we dropped down until the wheels ...
... come sight of an emergency field beacon tower rose above the sage ; then the Lin- coln Highway , a reddish vein through the dust - white earth . Since one sagebrush appeared quite as soft as the next , we dropped down until the wheels ...
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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.