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incentives to hate, and the wounds, and scorn, and the curses from the injured, and the wailings from the prisons—lives
He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert
He included a poem just before the story titled "The Prison Convict," which was attributed to Albert
shrinks from, and whose abode, through the needed severity of the law, is in the dark cell and massy prison—it
"Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.
The Angel of Tears bent him by the side of the prisoner's head.
.; "Massy" refers to the large or massive size of the prison.; In The Evening Star, this sentence has
I am but too well aware that the critical eye will see some such in the following pages; yet my book
Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), a standard anthology of
He was a book-keeper in a mercantile establishment in the city, and from his lively, good-tempered face
They seized me, and carried me away a prisoner. The whole occurrence passed over like a whirlwind.
The card I had placed in my pocket-book, never thinking of it since.
Cheever's The Commonplace Book of American Poetry (1831, but often reprinted), a standard anthology of
epigraph is from Proverbs 23:31.; The counting-room was a room in commercial establishments dedicated to book-keeping
temperance movement, see Michael Warner, "Whitman Drunk," in Publics and Counterpublics (Brooklyn, NY: Zone Books
Arithmetic classes and found them quite proficient This note was written by Whitman in a visitors' book
This note was written by Whitman in a visitors' book for Manhattan Public School #13.
Though such books as his could have been written only by a man whose heart had great store of kindly
disgrace to nature—after thus doing what the very wickedest criminal at Sing Sing Sing Sing was a prison
reach its capacity, and by the second half of the 19th century would become America’s most infamous prison
However, Sing Sing was not just a prison; it was also a factory run by a massive convict labor force.
The work force of over 1,500 labored daily producing goods from stoves to shoes, making Sing Sing prison
For more on Sing Sing prison, see: Lee Bernstein, "The Hudson River School of Incarceration: Sing Sing
.; Sing Sing was a prison located 32 miles north of New York City in the town of Ossining.
reach its capacity, and by the second half of the 19th century would become America’s most infamous prison
However, Sing Sing was not just a prison; it was also a factory run by a massive convict labor force.
The work force of over 1,500 labored daily producing goods from stoves to shoes, making Sing Sing prison
For more on Sing Sing prison, see: Lee Bernstein, "The Hudson River School of Incarceration: Sing Sing
Arms of Morpheus: The Tragic History of Laudanum, Morphine and Patent Medicines (Buffalo: Firefly Books
Arms of Morpheus: The Tragic History of Laudanum, Morphine and Patent Medicines (Buffalo: Firefly Books
of Yankee Sullivan: Embracing Full and Accurate Reports of His Fights with Hammer Lane, Tom Secor, Harry
and Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of The Underworld (New York: Vintage Books
and Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of The Underworld (New York: Vintage Books
We felt dull and inactive all yesterday, "pottered" as Fanny Kemble would express it, "Pottered" can
"Potter" was a term used very commonly by Kemble in her writings.
For example: "After dinner, [I] pottered about, and dressed at once" (159).
To access this example and others of her use of the term "potter" see: Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence
.; "Pottered" can mean both to "move or walk slowly, idly, or aimlessly" or to "occupy oneself in an
"Potter" was a term used very commonly by Kemble in her writings.
For example: "After dinner, [I] pottered about, and dressed at once" (159).
To access this example and others of her use of the term "potter" see: Fanny Kemble, Journal of a Residence
The present is a sparkling holiday—the future, a sealed book, which she seldom urges fancy to step forward
Considered by many to be the most famous prison of its time on the continent, the Tombs contained the
Considered by many to be the most famous prison of its time on the continent, the Tombs contained the
We are free to confess, for ourself, that we have no reverence for the statute book, any further than
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.
He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1996), 125–127.; The
He became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a
of American Jewish History: Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Minute Books
of American Jewish History: Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Minute Books
City, 1805-1973; a History of the Public Schools As Battlefield of Social Change (New York: Basic Books
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1995), 98-99; Jerome
City, 1805-1973; a History of the Public Schools As Battlefield of Social Change (New York: Basic Books
Reynolds, Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography (New York: Vintage Books, 1995), 98-99; Jerome
for the last fortnight hardly a day has arrived at its sundown without showing upon our subscription books
Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications (New York: Basic Books
Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications (New York: Basic Books
It served as an encampment during the War of 1812 and the Civil War, acting as a temporary prison for
It served as an encampment during the War of 1812 and the Civil War, acting as a temporary prison for
1842prosehandwritten1 leaf; This manuscript consists of a note, handwritten by Whitman, in a visitor's book