The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... seemed to have receded beyond recall , while we hung like a suspended speck , an ineffectual wa- vering thunder , at the heart of an oppres- sive mystery . WATCHFUL HANGAR CREWS READY TO RUSH TO AID OF PILOTS Yet , for the Mail pilot ...
... seemed to have receded beyond recall , while we hung like a suspended speck , an ineffectual wa- vering thunder , at the heart of an oppres- sive mystery . WATCHFUL HANGAR CREWS READY TO RUSH TO AID OF PILOTS Yet , for the Mail pilot ...
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... seemed just over the horizon . To be sure , a trifling 600 air- miles still lay before us ; but they shrank into insignificance as we thought of the more than 2,000 miles that stretched away to the east . THE AIR MAIL , BORN IN 1918 ...
... seemed just over the horizon . To be sure , a trifling 600 air- miles still lay before us ; but they shrank into insignificance as we thought of the more than 2,000 miles that stretched away to the east . THE AIR MAIL , BORN IN 1918 ...
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... seemed propitious when it was discovered that no gasoline had been provided ! In mortification and haste , in the pres- ence of the highest officials of the land , the tank of every aircraft on the field was drained to fill that of the ...
... seemed propitious when it was discovered that no gasoline had been provided ! In mortification and haste , in the pres- ence of the highest officials of the land , the tank of every aircraft on the field was drained to fill that of the ...
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... seemed to float through the vel- vety sky like a lost soul , beyond the con- fines of a three - dimensional world . There is an indefinable something about a cross - country flight at night among the wandering stars and phantom cloud ...
... seemed to float through the vel- vety sky like a lost soul , beyond the con- fines of a three - dimensional world . There is an indefinable something about a cross - country flight at night among the wandering stars and phantom cloud ...
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... seemed high to Pliny , but a few months ago a Racing Homer brought more than $ 1,300 at auction in England . Since that time an American fancier im- ported a black Tumbler cock for which he paid $ 1,000 , and I myself have paid more ...
... seemed high to Pliny , but a few months ago a Racing Homer brought more than $ 1,300 at auction in England . Since that time an American fancier im- ported a black Tumbler cock for which he paid $ 1,000 , and I myself have paid more ...
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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.