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Playing in the Park P LAYING IN THE P ARK .— It is customary for numbers of boys, of pleasant days, to
congregate in the Park, and amuse themselves by running races, trundling hoops, playing marbles, and
other public grounds, any quantity of the offspring of the rich and fashionable may be daily seen playing
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A poem that has been attributed to Walt Whitman, titled " The Play-Ground " and signed "W.," appears
the master has given us a holiday, next Thursday, because he is going to Peter Brown's wedding!
Peter bid me go and seek him out, and deliver to him a message, written on paper.
"And now you have all of my story—and I must go, for it is time Peter Brown received his answer."
What were Peter's thoughts about? Nothing more or less than love .
'"; A poem that has been attributed to Walt Whitman, titled "The Play-Ground" and signed "W.," appears
"To love Rome more than Caesar" refers to Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar."
The play is about the fall of Caesar and the war that ensues after Caesar's assassination.
Hughes and the New Era Bishop John Hughes (1797–1864), who played an important role in New York City
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.; "To love Rome more than Caesar" refers to Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar."
The play is about the fall of Caesar and the war that ensues after Caesar's assassination.
Adams, distinguishing all three from the current Democrats.; Bishop John Hughes (1797–1864), who played
The chief traps for these good folks are the mock auction shops, or "Peter Funk" establishments.
"Peter Funk" was a popular term for a decoy purchaser who falsely bid up prices on a product in partnership
See Louise Pound, "'Peter Funk': The Pedigree of a Westernism," American Speech 4.3 (February 1929),
the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing
the client's clothes while he slept" (Shane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, Graham White, Playing
Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,
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Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,
presentment of "The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England," (which is probably more Marlowe's play
From first to last it was a continuous stretch of unsurpassed by–play and fine elocution.
Only the morbid appetite for unnatural strained effect can complain of want of interest in such a play
Arthur took the sympathies of the whole house; she played with quiet, grace, and modesty.
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of penalties for crime—the oftener the farce of the people "in legislative assembly convened" is played—just
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In New York City the party often played a minority role to the dominance of the Democratic Party in the
Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840-1855 (New York: Peter
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In New York City the party often played a minority role to the dominance of the Democratic Party in the
novella is the Native American "Arrow-Tip," who is falsely accused of both theft and the murder of Peter
Later, on a hunting trip, Arrow-Tip gets into an altercation with Peter Brown and strikes him, severely
At the end of the novella, as the Deer mourns the death of his brother Arrow-Tip and Peter Brown goes
the front page of the issue, and the June 1, 1846, issue of the paper featured Whitman's poem " The Play-Ground
Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.
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.; Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.; Bishop
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The time is rapidly approaching when a new and balancing force will come into play—a force composed of
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deficient in loveableness lovableness , as to not be pleased with the spectacle of little children at play
Celebration of children at play was a relatively new concept used by upper-middle class families who
Whitman references children at play to point to a particular type of family one would see at a park,
Celebration of children at play was a relatively new concept used by upper-middle class families who
Whitman references children at play to point to a particular type of family one would see at a park,
(an instrument, by the by, which discourses very eloquent music, well–played, and is cheap to buy, and
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Suppose, in case of a war, we should play our game after the same fashion.
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He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
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He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
The Play-Ground
The early poem "The Play-Ground" appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1, 1846 (during Whitman's
[New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 1998], 1: 222).
The whole of this manœuvre is about as bungling and poorly worked a game as we ever saw played.
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—With the dead girl or boy, the transient play is finished: we know that the worst deeds they ever committed
Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth
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Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth
See Iona and Peter Opie, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New York: New York Review of Books,
Whitman is playing here on Hamlet's line in Act 2, Scene 2 of Hamlet : "I am but mad north-north-west
Whitman is playing here on Hamlet's line in Act 2, Scene 2 of Hamlet: "I am but mad north-north-west:
Ingersoll played Richmond .
And how he used to play such parts as Pythias , to Forrest's Damon ?
For such were the plays, and finely sustained, that we used to go and see at the Old Bowery.)
Charley Thorne, who was then young and strong, and rosy and full of fire, played Tressel .
The Lady of Lyons was a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
.; The Last Days of Pompeii was a play by Louisa Medina, who would later marry the actor Tom Hamblin.
It was the first play to achieve a "long run" in the United States, remaining on stage for twenty-nine
Like Booth, he also played Richard III in New York.; The "Kemble school" refers to a style and philosophy
It is clear that Whitman prefers Scott's style of acting.; The Sledge Driver was a play by Eliza Planche
, whose husband, James Robinson Planche, was also a playwright.; The Lady of Lyons was a play by Edward
Saturday contained a long notice, accompanied by extracts of a work which it denominates "Carlyle's Peter
some secret understanding with 'De Santy' has procured advance intelligence of the aforesaid "Life of Peter
Smith (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 445; John Marenbon, The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
The phrase "not wisely, but too well" is from the Shakespeare play Othello , Act Five, Scene Two.
See The Plays of William Shakspeare , ed. Samuel Maunder (London: J.W.
.; The phrase "not wisely, but too well" is from the Shakespeare play Othello, Act Five, Scene Two.
See The Plays of William Shakspeare, ed. Samuel Maunder (London: J.W.
For efforts to promote drawing in the schools see especially Peter C.
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twinkle through the mists of undeveloped intellect, and by day throw a veil of undefined beauty over the play
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These jesuits understand how to play their cards as well as the other fellow.
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The game played yesterday afternoon between the Atlantic and Putnam Clubs, on the grounds of the latter
On the fourth innings the Putnams made several very loose plays, and allowed their opponents to score
9 runs, and those careless plays were sufficient to lose them the game.
On every other innings, they played carefully and well, as the score will show.
The Atlantics, as usual, played splendidly, and maintained their reputation as the Champion Club.
Arrow-Tip, suppose you and Peter Brown take the Bend at Oak Creek for your station?"
"I am as weak as a baby," said Peter.
—"They tell me in the village that Peter Brown is murdered by Arrow-Tip!"
"Well, then," continued the other, "the plain truth is, that the Indian would have killed Peter, and
But Peter, having a very thick skull, his life was saved. I saw it myself.
started forth to visit the other side, whereon the surf comes tumbling, like lots of little white pigs playing
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marble time;" and in many a nook and many a sunny spot around, we observe groups of the little people playing
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Chromolithographs, art historian Peter Marzio writes, served the "democratization of culture" by making
possible the distribution of inexpensive fine-art imagery to the burgeoning middle class (Peter C.
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Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the largest and most distinguished Renaissance church in Italy.
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We remember well when "we boys" used to play it about Brooklyn regularly every Saturday afternoon; but
Down on Long Island it is played in a manner to make a fellow bounce!
" sends the ball whizzing past your side, as if from a big gun; indeed it is quite an art, as they play
But, however played, there are always health and sport in this game.
or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is play
- ing playing within me.
or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is play
- ing playing within me.
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The first match game of the season between first class clubs, was played yesterday after noon, by the
The play on both sides was excellent; that of the Masten, the catcher of the Putnam side, in particular
They play the Eagle Club, of Hoboken, on the 24th inst., at Carroll Park, and all who witness the game
The Putnams play a match game next week with the Atlantic Club, the champions of Long Island, and if
A challenge has been sent to the Clubs of New York and Hoboken to turn out six men to play a match against
Never was there a darker, more treacherous, despicable, and selfish game than that played, in this business
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Catlin as a "precious collection" Painter George Peter Alexander Healy (1813–1894) was one of more than
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The "corps" has been playing for some time in that capital—but hitherto, from some underhand intrigue
She was known for playing "chambermaids, romps, and rural damsels with great archness and spirit."
"[H]e played in the principal theatres in the Union," such as the Chatham Garden and Park Theatres in
an English actor who gained renown throughout New York for his portrayal of Jemmy Twitcher in the play
By 1845, Sefton had played Jemmy Twitcher 360 times in New York City.
She was known for playing "chambermaids, romps, and rural damsels with great archness and spirit."
"[H]e played in the principal theatres in the Union," such as the Chatham Garden and Park Theatres in
an English actor who gained renown throughout New York for his portrayal of Jemmy Twitcher in the play
He played an "English pickpocket" and his performance was considered a "unique and laughable personation
By 1845, Sefton had played Jemmy Twitcher 360 times in New York City.
appearance, which had been uttered several days previous, when Master Caleb gave his flock a holiday, for Peter
just as gleesome, commemorated the bestowal, that morning, of another holiday, for the hanging of Peter
of the stream, to see, reclining there in the sunshine, the shape of the now wan and pallid-faced Peter
with wild and ghastly visage, and with the phrenzied contortions of a madman in his worst paroxysm, Peter
Peter Brown, although he has quite a family of little children, finds time, now and then, to utter eloquent
A number of children were at play—some kind of a game which required that they should take each others
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See Peter Adams, Bowery Boys: Street Corner Radicals and the Politics of Rebellion (Westport, CT: Praeger
See Peter Ross and William Smith Pelletreau, A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to
Whitman quotes a conversation between Horatio and Hamlet in Shakespeare's play: "Thrift, thrift, Horatio
.; Whitman quotes a conversation between Horatio and Hamlet in Shakespeare's play: "Thrift, thrift, Horatio
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We would not readily believe that Peter Cooper, "De Santy," C.W.
Responding to different cultural and ideological needs, they played important and well-differentiated
Across the Atlantic , edited by Marina Camboni, Andrea Carosso, Sonia Di Loreto, and Marco Mariano (Peter
ideological construction of society, tells of the new role writers and intellectuals were expected to play
One year later, in 1989, the film Dead Poets Society , directed by Peter Weir, made Whitman popular again
played a large role in that film, of course) and the book's appeal to a larger, and possibly younger,
The Play-Ground
Plays and Operas too