The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 53National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 50
... walls to inclose at most a bit of grass ? It seems hardly worth while . " " Don't worry ! " he laughed . " Man never labors unnecessarily . What you see are karst - holes extremely rich oases . I once wrote a report on karst - hole ...
... walls to inclose at most a bit of grass ? It seems hardly worth while . " " Don't worry ! " he laughed . " Man never labors unnecessarily . What you see are karst - holes extremely rich oases . I once wrote a report on karst - hole ...
Page 53
... wall . It was a big carving of St. Mark's imperious , Bible - brandishing lion which , regrettably , had been almost obliterated by successive coats of green paint . The pro- prietor claimed that living with that old carved lion had ...
... wall . It was a big carving of St. Mark's imperious , Bible - brandishing lion which , regrettably , had been almost obliterated by successive coats of green paint . The pro- prietor claimed that living with that old carved lion had ...
Page 57
... walls , yellow and barren as sea sand , which frame the picture with a certain barbaric magnifi- cence . En route from Zara to Šibenik , when a gale got on its hind legs and kicked the hitherto placid Adriatic into whitecaps , and soup ...
... walls , yellow and barren as sea sand , which frame the picture with a certain barbaric magnifi- cence . En route from Zara to Šibenik , when a gale got on its hind legs and kicked the hitherto placid Adriatic into whitecaps , and soup ...
Page 58
... wall and almost within arm's reach , he carved a stone frieze of some seventy little heads , portraits of the men and women of his day ( see page 61 ) . They are instantly recognizable - the spade - bearded merchant , spade - bearded ...
... wall and almost within arm's reach , he carved a stone frieze of some seventy little heads , portraits of the men and women of his day ( see page 61 ) . They are instantly recognizable - the spade - bearded merchant , spade - bearded ...
Page 61
A PAGEANT IN STONE On the exterior of the rear wall of the Šibenik Cathedral , an Unknown Carver has wrought a human comedy in a frieze of some 70 small heads . They constitute a Canterbury pilgrimage etched in stone ( see text , page ...
A PAGEANT IN STONE On the exterior of the rear wall of the Šibenik Cathedral , an Unknown Carver has wrought a human comedy in a frieze of some 70 small heads . They constitute a Canterbury pilgrimage etched in stone ( see text , page ...
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