 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Pagina 1701899Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lisa Bloom - 1993 - 182 pagina’s
...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...particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that way) I would put my finger on it and say, "When I grow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of... | |
 | David Zurick - 1995 - 220 pagina’s
...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...finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there. 9 The road to Asia is littered with the relics of adventurers who have sought in the vastness of that... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1995 - 228 pagina’s
...Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces26 on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly...that) I would put my finger on it and say, When I grow 21 up I will go there. The North Pole was one of these places, I remember. Well, I haven't been there... | |
 | John Wylie Griffith - 1995 - 262 pagina’s
...South America, or Africa, or Australia and lose myself in 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 the map (but they all look that) I would put my finger on it and say: When I grow up I will go there.... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1995 - 244 pagina’s
...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 diat looked particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that) I would put my finger on it and... | |
 | Anne McClintock, Aamir Mufti, Ella Shohat - 1997 - 562 pagina’s
...the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces [populated by natives, that is] on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly...my finger on it and say, when I grow up I will go there.19 Geography and a passion for maps developed into an organized matter mainly devoted to acquiring... | |
 | Sjef Houppermans - 1997 - 244 pagina’s
...South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in ail the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when...that looked particularly inviting on a map (but they ail look that) I would put my fmger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there." Cette passion est... | |
 | Richard Phillips - 1997 - 220 pagina’s
...all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when 1 saw one that looked particularly inviting on a map (but they all look like that) I would put my finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there. (Conrad 1899: 197)... | |
 | Roslynn Doris Haynes - 1998 - 406 pagina’s
...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...grow up I will go there. The North Pole was one of those places. . . . Other places were scattered about the Equator, and in every sort of latitude all... | |
 | C. C. Barfoot, Theo d'. Haen - 1998 - 308 pagina’s
...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...my finger on it and say, When I grow up I will go there.9 Said describes the positional superiority of Westerners as enabling them to advance upon the... | |
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