Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that... Youth: And Two Other Stories - Pagina 59door Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 381 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1900 - 872 pagina’s
...when I saw one that looVed particularly inviting on a map (bit they all looked that) I would put mj finger on It and say: When I grow up I will go there....haven't been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamor's off. Other places were scattered about the equator, and in every sort of latitude all over... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 402 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...that) I would put my finger on it and sa.y, When I gfow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't been there... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...all look that) I would put my finger on it and say, Whe? I grow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one*that looked particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that) I would put my finger on it... | |
| David Greenhood - 1964 - 310 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there . . . That is, a map seems to say to you, don't just stand there— and it's your imagination that... | |
| Christopher L. Miller - 1985 - 294 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, 1 haven't been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamour's off. Other places were scattered about... | |
| Christopher L. Miller - 1985 - 292 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...would put my finger on it and say, 'When I grow up 1 will go there.' The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, 1 haven't been there yet,... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1990 - 84 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, 1 haven'l been there yet, and shall not try now. The glamor's off. Other places were scattered about... | |
| Robert D. Hamner - 1990 - 294 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there. (VI, 52) Years later one blank space had become a place of darkness. But there was in it one river... | |
| Denis Wood, John Fels - 1992 - 260 pagina’s
...would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces...particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that) 1 would put my finger on it and say, "When I grow up I will go there."50 Observations like this have... | |
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