The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... looked worried . Rising from his desk , he threw open the office door . Out of the black night an icy blast of snow - laden air rushed into the room , to beat and sizzle against the glowing iron of the stove . A sudden eddy of wind ...
... looked worried . Rising from his desk , he threw open the office door . Out of the black night an icy blast of snow - laden air rushed into the room , to beat and sizzle against the glowing iron of the stove . A sudden eddy of wind ...
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... looked like suc- cessive battlements of some ancient gi- gantic fortress . Ahead rose the smoke of Parco , a " tailor - made " oil town by the Union Pacific tracks . And as we descended , the sharp , wavy contour of the Seminoe and ...
... looked like suc- cessive battlements of some ancient gi- gantic fortress . Ahead rose the smoke of Parco , a " tailor - made " oil town by the Union Pacific tracks . And as we descended , the sharp , wavy contour of the Seminoe and ...
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... looked up hopefully , " but I saw an an- nouncement of your arrival in the morn- ing paper , and I thought perhaps you might need an assistant during your stay in this region . " His eagerness , as evidenced by the early hour of his ...
... looked up hopefully , " but I saw an an- nouncement of your arrival in the morn- ing paper , and I thought perhaps you might need an assistant during your stay in this region . " His eagerness , as evidenced by the early hour of his ...
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... looked at the muddy road winding up into the hills ; then packed our supplies upon our backs and struck off . An occasional oxcart passed us , a mule train of charcoal , and horsemen dressed in the ruana and huge , baggy , cowhide ...
... looked at the muddy road winding up into the hills ; then packed our supplies upon our backs and struck off . An occasional oxcart passed us , a mule train of charcoal , and horsemen dressed in the ruana and huge , baggy , cowhide ...
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... looked a long way off to me at that time . was the lengthy journey up the Magdalena to be made , and then the trip southward from Bogotá . Now , at last , I was ac- tually at the place where Dr. Chapman had seen this remarkable fruit ...
... looked a long way off to me at that time . was the lengthy journey up the Magdalena to be made , and then the trip southward from Bogotá . Now , at last , I was ac- tually at the place where Dr. Chapman had seen this remarkable fruit ...
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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.