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to be a line or two in the "Light of Asia" especially that was available for use in a variety of stories

The heads at the windows were drawn in and the group of little ones parted and went their way.

Whitman enjoyed it no less on his part. In the afternoon he was faint after the excitement.

Walt Whitman, the old poet, was sitting in what he calls his "den," the north room, second story, of

magazines covering the floor, the accumulation of the ten years he has had his "den" in the second story

I had been teaching country school for two or three years in various parts of Suffolk and Queens counties

Our transcription is based on Walt Whitman, Autobiographia: or the Story of a Life (New York: Charles

Our transcription is based on Walt Whitman, Autobiographia: or the Story of a Life (New York: Charles

I awoke just in time to hear the preacher tell the story of Dives and Lazarus.

We found the house, a humble two-story, paint-faded wooden one: "W. Whitman" on the door plate.

I would like to quote part of "When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloomed"; but not to quote it all, if

For my part when I meet anyone of erudition I want to get away, it terrifies me.

"I think," said Walt, "I shall have to leave these parts.

We want pretty verbiage, part of a poem or a picture, without reference to the whole."

Then the fine vista of buildings, some four and five stories high.

It has marred that story-telling faculty—the memory.

"Of course, I know—" he directed me: "—and then you see a little two story frame house, grey, that's

which Whitman applies this word to Carlyle, viz: II 169.) * *Volume and page quotations from the 1891-'2

I, for my part, shall never forget how he read the simple words, 'the hospitals, oh, the hospitals.'

To write the life of a human being takes many a book, and after all the story is not told."

The rest of this call's conversation consisted almost entirely of questions on my part, and extremely

The dingy little two-storied domicile is so disappointingly different from what we were expecting to

A moment later we are in his presence, in the spacious second-story room which is his sleeping apartment

his rolling and ample shirt-collar, worn without a tie, is open at the throat and exposes the upper part

Whitman is at once interested, and questions until he has drawn out the pathetic story of her struggles

White curtains were drawn part way down.

For years it was my wish to live long enough to round out my life's story in my little book, 'The Leaves

There are stories of unrequited love, of war and of deeds of chivalry.

When we parted I gave him a copy of my poems. I trust we shall meet again.

The House, a narrow three-storied one, stood in one of those broad tree-planted streets which are common

hat he sallied forth with evident pleasure, and taking my arm as a support walked slowly the best part

But for the most part his words were few.

and doubtless one of the chief attractions of this favourite resort, to go down and spend a large part

The masses in every part of the globe are dominated by the necessities of Nature.

the removal of his brother, but was still living in Camden, in a small house which he had himself part-purchased

I am satisfied that for America Free Trade and open admission of all foreigners is an integral part of

little, sat at the refreshment tables, and listened to the band—Walt absorbed and quiet for the most part

Stayed till 2. Back to hotel with Barrett. He very tired with 9 performances.

Every Day Talk: Walt Whitman's Story of the Purpose of His Writings—Odds and Ends EVERY DAY TALK.

Walt Whitman's Story of the Purpose of His Writings—Odds and Ends.

"I had to deal with the physical, corporeal and amative—that part which is developed between the ages

It is that part of my endeavor which has caused the harshest criticism and prevented candid examination

The poet was in his own room on the second story, a comfortable apartment about six yards square.

We re-tell retell the story, as it illustrates the Sabbatarianism that existed in Boston a few years

I always think of supercilious people as acting a part.'

'No, it is part of the fun.'

The story is melancholy. 'Ah, when the Greeks treated of tragedy, how differently it was done.

"Well, honour honor is the subject of my story," —was the commencement of a favourite speech with him

Whitman had not taken much part in the great Abolutionist Abolitionist propaganda which preceded the

the supreme merits of his own work, and labors on serenely, notwithstanding the fact that so large a part

everywhere well known or easily taken for granted, Walt Whitman was also personally most accessible; it was part

end, but that to that end the most perfect equilibrium was essential, the physical having its great part

There had been no misunderstanding of his words on my part, and no contradiction, save of the accidental

Who will play his part for him? And Hawthorne—wasn't he expected?

Traubel .— But meantime, Donaldson, what's become of your Oscar Wilde story?

Whitman, that my story didn't even get started. Whitman .— I own it, Tom. Go on.

Whitman .— No doubt, Harrison, that is part of the story—but there's a deal more beyond—a deal more!

For me the democracy of your verse is only the lesser and smaller part of it.

Why should he have deemed it his part to submit to the axe?

He had a way of spending at least a part of his Sundays with the Harneds—(Mr.

Yet he is occupied the larger part of every day.

I have already alluded to it: a second-story room, about twenty feet square, facing north.

He delights to tell and to hear stories. His sense of the humorous is strong.

although he is gifted with frosty locks, has not yet come to sixty years, has been heard to tell this story

This royalty was fixed at twenty-five cents for every $2 copy sold.

But the author, feeling that he could not remove a part of the work of his life without endangering its

However the Capitol has been swept and garnished, re-painted in part, revarnished, and it is ready now

When the Democratic party triumphs, if ever, it cannot be that Pagan part of it, which is to succeed,

exalted a lineage, and having a tolerably decent respect for an adventurer if he rides boldly and shows parts

A two-story-and-a half frame building, painted a dark brown, with the upper shutters closed and the edges

not merely the words of the interviewed or the informational substance of those words but the entire story

From them emerge, I believe, an ineffable but potent sense of a man that, for the most part, accords

One White House story comes to me of his leaving Lincoln in wrath, "slamming the doors behind him" because

I think also that he was the hero of the famous whisky story of Lincoln, now an undying part of the literature

Of the noisy, frothy world he never seemed to be a part, was more at home with the chestnut tress and

listened in benevolent, complacent wonder to argument, heard my speech as if it were by no means a new story

Nor does the freedman appear in any part of the poet's noble vision of the restored Union.

His story bore the appropriate title "As It Was Written."

Stockton, who is just now in the zenith of his popularity as a story writer.

African, his slender figure clad in evening dress, a low cut collar encircling his neck, and his hair parted

Bishop doesn't look a day older than 25, but he has written several successful stories, one of which

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:417–421;.

William White (New York: New York University Press, 1978), 2:417–421;.

Prof Morris in his initial volume, to be published early in the spring of 1882, will cover in part the

Whitman leaves this week for Philadelphia, where he spends a part of his time with some English friends

biography of William Blake was completed by his wife, who wrote a preface, which is said to be the best part

I am not sure but it is the source of the highest poetry—as in parts of the Bible.

Of my own life and writings I estimate the giving thanks part, with what it infers, as essentially the

up," the same yielding, with reservations by each of us, the same apprehensive watchfulness on his part

In Miriam's Heritage , a story written by me before my marriage and published by Harper Brothers, a headline

troubled himself little about its politics, or, indeed, the politics of any party; they were each but a part

the applause that greeted it drove him into his shell again, and he made no allusion to the social part

with me, and then, seated on one of the benches beneath a gnarled old apple-tree, we told each other stories

"That is only a part and not the most important part of it," said Dr. Furness, in substance.

U NION L EAGUE , P HILADELPHIA , August 2, 1885.

The house, or rather, cottage, is only two stories high and less than fie paces wide.

What you call evil is all part of it. If you have a hill, you've got to have a hollow.

It's all part of the whole; and I can no more honestly cut out that part than any other."

there was a vacant hall bedroom on the floor where we were keeping house—in two rooms of the upper story

for him; the Capitol, too, was a never-ending source of please; and with him I explored the older part

Evans, him of the "meteor beard," go past to his office, it was suggested that O'Connor write a story

Some fresh cold water must be brought in, in a little kettle,—for a very important part of the proceeding

This was in the early part of the conflict, as early perhaps as the spring of 1863.

that I was getting more feeble, and he wrote to a number of friends and admirers of mine in different parts

forbearance should be observed toward President Arthur, who has in some respects, the most perplexing part

This accounts in part for the fear the people had in trusting him with a four-years' lease of power.

happy and animated, and we spent the day together in such hearty and familiar intercourse that when I parted

The book he knew best was the Bible, the prophetical parts of which stirred in him a vague desire to

This was an instance of bad taste, but not of intentional bad faith, on the part of Whitman.

But Emerson had no thought of acting the imperial part toward so adventurous a voyager.

first, nor his second, but his third edition, comprising the larger and by far the most important part

—Spent several hours of January 2 with Whitman (on my way home from New Orleans).

, a complimentary benefit on the part of friends and disciples,—Mr.

The corner grocery-man pointed out a low, two-story frame house...

"As he told the story slowly and clearly, the effect was peculiar.

The latter part of May appeared the last booklet issued by Walt Whitman,—"Good-bye my Fancy."

writing, I had for, between two and three years, been occupying rooms on Tenth street, in the lower part

Frequently, also, chairs were placed upon the grass in the front part of the garden facing the street

Evidently he was disinclined to take part in any discussion which would be likely to arouse feelings

This story, if my recollection serves me not amiss, was written by the same friend of Mr.

His habit was to be absent from the house for the whole or the greater part of the evening.

Walt Whitman, who was 71 years old on May 31, was found yesterday sitting at the window of his two-story

Over his lower parts a huge skin of an unfortunate polar bear is always present, which is strangely in

Back of that, in still earlier and lower forms of life, sensation or consciousness played its part in

"Some may condemn them as Godless, but for my own part, and I speak for the great advanced culture of

after part, perhaps at quite wide intervals.

Seven different times have parts of the edifice been constructed, sometimes in Brooklyn, sometimes in

The book has been printed partially in every part of the United States.

They had no reason to know that it was part of a very complete and elaborate design, and for a great

But during the twenty years that had passed since the first part appeared, the other portions of the

In the little frame house on Mickle street, Camden, confined to his second story front room, with a cheerless

Both are billed to take leading parts in the Kansas quarter centennial celebration at Lawrence next Monday

Every man I have met here is full of pride in this great part of Jefferson's Louisiana purchase.

bank of the Delaware river opposite Philadelphia, and for purposes of classification may be called a part

The only part of New Jersey that seems to be in accord with the spirit of the times are those sections

It is about the most unattractive city in this part of the country so far as external surroundings are

The dwellings on it are unpretentious and for the most part old.

street after an inquiry or two, and finally arrived at number 328, which designates a modest, two story

By 2 o'clock I was all through with my part of the work and adjourned.

"I helped set part of the type myself.

politely invite everybody who happened to be sitting in the cave he had under the sidewalk to some other part

However, after much fruitless search, I succeeded in finding the abode in which the poet dwells—a two-storied

For my part, I said, I thought Mr.

It was with regret that I parted from him—his talk was so eloquent, so free, and so flowing, and there

He is about as handsome an old man as I have seen, his white locks parting over a serene and most noble

brotherly and always silently planning for my benefit; simple, spontaneous, and natural; easily taking his part

One item of the talk (in connection with the packing of our belongings) was a little story of Whitman's

slight intrinsic importance, but which, I trust, will add to the completeness and verisimilitude of the story