Mariani has employed stucco-duro for its execution, showing to how high a pitch of finish this material is capable of being carried.
These old processes are modelling in Stucco-duro and Gesso.
Gradually, stucco-duro fell into disuse, and coarse pargetry and modelled plaster ceilings became in later years its sole and degenerate descendants.
Yet not so self-complete as that of Il Duro or Paolo.
IL DURO The first time I saw Il Duro was on a sunny day when there came up a party of pleasure-makers to San Gaudenzio.
And Il Duro answered easily, as if his mind were disengaged.
Il Duro crouched at the feast in his curious fashion--he had strangely flexible loins, upon which he seemed to crouch forward.
Men like Paolo and Il Duro broke away only to return.
Froude summarized the work of Captain Fernandez Duroin his brilliant Spanish Story of the Armada (London, 1892).
The Spanish side will be found in La Armada Invencible, by Captain Cesareo Fernandez Duro (Madrid, 1884).
The strain on the tender stranger's nerves is redeemed by Mr. Short, who languidly fells Palo Duro Pete with his six-shooter.
The strain gains additional relief when Palo Duro picks himself up with a gratified air, and says: "Gents, this is shorely the sociablest crowd I've crossed up with as yet.
The weeping Palo Duro is moved, not of murderous impulse, but a spirit of adoration that can only explain itself with a gun.
On the Opera House occasion, however, it is plain that Palo Duro has opened upon Miss Witherspoon in on ecstasy of admiration.
It would have recognised a crime, and dealt coldly with Palo Duroas with a criminal taken in the felon fact.
From the inscriptions on its various escutcheons one can gather that it was erected by the Duke of Castro Duro and his wife, Doña Guiomar.
This publication does not attempt to describe the scenic beauty of Palo Duro Canyon, for this must be seen to be appreciated.
It is not surprising that this scenic area has been set aside as a State park, for Palo Duro Canyon has long been of interest to man.
Indeed, it is the nature of this differential erosion that gives Palo Duro Canyon the rugged sculptured appearance that accounts for much of its beauty.
Large, coin-operated telescopes permit close-up views of distant parts of the canyon, and there are museum cases containing objects of historical and geological interest from the Palo Duro area.
In general, the following descriptions of the formations exposed in Palo Duro Canyon State Park follow the procedure that most geologists use in presenting the results of their geologic investigations.
However, it is the Comanches who are most closely associated with the Palo Duro area, for the canyon is located near the center of their last homeland.
The rim of Palo Duro Canyon is formed by the Eastern Caprock Escarpment.
Not only was Goodnight's Palo Duro Ranch the first in the canyon, it is also thought to have been the first commercial cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
The Indians who formerly inhabited the Palo Duro area (p.
Located on the campus of West Texas State University in Canyon, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum has many exhibits of historical and geological interest that will enhance one's visit to Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
Amarillo (the Spanish word for yellow) got its name from Amarillo Creek where the yellow bed of the Tecovas Formation crops out far from Palo Duro Canyon.
The rate of change has been slow but continuous, carving the steep colorful walls of Palo Duro Canyon, an area of geologic interest and great scenic beauty.
Palo Duro Canyon is a westward extension of this escarpment that has been carved into the High Plains by the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River.
Stratigraphic section at Palo Duro Canyon with Geologic Time-scale for reference.
In order to present the concepts of geology to interested groups, the Palo Duro Canyon Guidebook is sponsored by the WTSU Geological Society.
The Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River is the small stream flowing in Palo Duro Canyon.
Riccabocca, when one morning, after a long walk with Miss Hazeldean, he muttered to himself, "Duro con duro Non fece mai buon muro.
He sent two on a scouting-trip through No Man's Land, and two more to search Palo Duro Cañon.
He knew that he might be riding directly toward a posse of Rangers headed for Palo Duro to round up the stage robbers.
Before night he and his deputies were far out on the plains following a trail that led toward Palo Duro Cañon.
But I'm goin' to ride forward to Palo Duro an' see what I can find out.
Oncet they reached Palo Duro he stood off the devils till she reached the ledge.
They knew the general direction of Palo Duro and were both plainsmen enough to follow a straight course even in the blackest night.
More likely they're hittin' the trail for Palo Duroto hole up.
Was this woman some one who had been living in Palo Duro Cañon with the outlaws?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "duro" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
