But to me his ambitions seemed futile, and the whole of Long Island less important than a Flyspeck on the map of the world.
"The Lightning Conductor Discovers America"
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
He was on the point of leaving the bridge, since he could not get another view of that strange little Flyspeck on the ocean and decided it was an allusion, when it occurred to him that for reasons of general security he had better scan the entire circle of the horizon.
"Atlantis"
Gerhart Hauptmann