 | 1900 - 872 pagina’s
...at me. And I got tired of that game, too. "Now, when I 'was a little chap, I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces ou the earth, and when I saw one that looVed particularly inviting on a map (bit they all looked that)... | |
 | 1899 - 1284 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game too. "Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...myself in all the glories of exploration. At that tune there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly inviting... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 404 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game too. " Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...my finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't been there yet, and shall... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 402 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game too. " Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...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
...me. And I got tired of that game too. • " Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...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 - 1903 - 410 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game too. " 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 gloriesof exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game too. " Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...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... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 366 pagina’s
...look at me. And I got tired of that game, too. "Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...my finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't been there yet, and shall... | |
 | David Greenhood - 1964 - 310 pagina’s
...originally motivated his difficult voyages: Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...my 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... | |
 | Christopher L. Miller - 1985 - 292 pagina’s
...is named, then almost immediately repressed: "Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa,...my finger on it and say, 'When I grow up I will go there.' The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't been there yet, and shall... | |
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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... 
