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The Play-Ground

The early poem "The Play-Ground" appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1, 1846 (during Whitman's

Peter D. Oakey was the successor of Rev. James M. McDonald, mentioned below.

An Abraham Smith is included in a list of men who petitioned Governor Peter Stuyvesant to settle in this

area of Long Island and whom Peter Ross calls “the first citizens of Jamaica” (549).

See Peter Ross, A History of Long Island: from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (New York:

Peters, surrounded by quite a swarm of surgeons and students.

office for a still longer period of time, and down to within a year or two since; with the presence of Peter

excitement and chaos, hovering on the edge at first, and then merged in its very midst, and destined to play

Some of the inmates are laughing and joking, others are playing checkers or cards, others are reading

plenty of the skulls and other bones of these dead—and that thoughtless boys would kick them about in play

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s. made

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; John

For instance, in 1625, the Dutch governor, Peter Minnet, Peter Minnet (alternately Minuit) was appointed

And then how everything changed with the dashing and merry jig played by the same bugles and drums, as

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; Our

Walter (alternately Wouter) Van Twiller was the second Dutch governor of New Netherland, succeeding Peter

During the administration of Governor Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch governor of New

It had three tiers of boxes, and was about as large and convenient as the "old Richmond Hill," the play-house

very inferior order; and consequently the more educated families of our town avoided the place on play-nights

It created as much buzz and electioneering by-play, on a small scale, as among the cardinals in Rome,

The fight over the bank played out through much of Jackson's presidency (1829–1837).

The fight over the bank played out through much of Jackson's presidency (1829–1837).; The Long Island

This phrase comes from Robert Montgomery Ward's popular 1831 play The Gladiator, written for Edwin Forrest

.; This phrase comes from Robert Montgomery Ward's popular 1831 play The Gladiator, written for Edwin

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:

and cold, or what underlies them all, are affected with what affects man in masses, and follow his play

floating along, rising, falling leisurely, with here and there a long-drawn note; the bugle, well played

Holloway's note] ) the bricks were imported from Holland; in the administration of Stuyvesant, Governor Peter

Plays and equestrian performances of a second-rate character were given there at intervals for about

When Sarah's father, George Jansen De Rapelje, was settled on his farm in the Wallabout, Peter Minnet

It was Peter Minnet (alternately Minuit) who, on May 6, 1626, purchased Manhattan from the Lenape Indians

And the dark and glistening water formed an under-tone to the play of vehement color up above.

Have you not, in like manner, while listening to the well-played music of some band like Maretzek's,

A very large majority never entered a theatre or read a play, or saw a piano or any thing worthy to be

that these people might be very intelligent, and very manly and womanly, without ever having seen a play

events and persons departed from the stage, now in the midst of the turmoil and excitement of the great play

the same period, two other worthy men, immigrants also from Holland, named Frederick Lubertse and Peter

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

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

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

At the hinder lower corner of each saddlecloth is a gay, red tassel, which swings to and fro, and plays

The great fountain is playing, and round it is a ring of pleased faces of old and young, watching the

Recchia (New York: Peter Lang, 2003), 2:268.

Recchia (New York: Peter Lang, 2003), 2:25. —and later ones of the great Kean.

Peters, and Doctors A. C. Post, T. F.

The fountain is playing, and so let us stroll about here a few minutes.

The fountain here plays more frequently than any of the other fountains—at least it is always playing

Thoughts of the boundless Creation must have expanded my mind, for it certainly played the most unconscionable

on this concept of a natural aristocrat, see: Jason Stacy, Walt Whitman’s Multitudes , (New York: Peter

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

(Herbert Bergman, et al., eds., The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Journalism [New York: Peter

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

who is "young, employed, and impressionable" (see Jason Stacy, Walt Whitman’s Multitudes [New York: Peter

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

I [New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 1998], 222).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

started forth to visit the other side, whereon the surf comes tumbling, like lots of little white pigs playing

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Recchia (New York: Peter Lang, 1998), 1: 93.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

For more on financial bubbles, see: Peter M.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

.; Whitman here quotes from the play Tragedy of Brutus written by John Howard Payne in 1818.; Bishop

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Suppose, in case of a war, we should play our game after the same fashion.

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

A number of children were at play—some kind of a game which required that they should take each others

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

—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

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Shakespeare’s plays were performed by and for all classes in the United States during the nineteenth

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Never was there a darker, more treacherous, despicable, and selfish game than that played, in this business

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

twinkle through the mists of undeveloped intellect, and by day throw a veil of undefined beauty over the play

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Bolton Comfort is a character from the play The Irish Heiress: A Five Act Comedy by Dion Boucicault,

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

Volume I: 1834–1846 (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

In New York City the party often played a minority role to the dominance of the Democratic Party in the