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"Take this," he said, "to peter Montgomerie—perhaps it would interest him—or even you by the way."

"The Whitman Club in Boston has petered out. It failed because I sat down on it.

C., assignor to himself and Peter Hannay. Gas generators. James A.

taken in 1877, then Whitman may have been referring to this image when he wrote from Philadelphia to Peter

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

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

and i was lame and he said if i would get a pint of the best whiskey and put 2 teaspoonfuls of salt peter

Price Elizabeth Lorang Zachary King Eric Conrad Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 9 October [1868]

Peters John Addington Symonds to Walt Whitman, 7 February 1872

Peters. Mr.

Walt Whitman to Peter Doyle, 22 August [1873]

and dress—in a Bowery restaurant, the actor Frank Chanfrau began mimicking the style in a popular play

nonchalance, not disturbed in the least by the rumpus, which at one time made more noise by far than the play

The band up in the gallery plays ambitious pieces from the great composers, &c.; but it does not disturb

and dress—in a Bowery restaurant, the actor Frank Chanfrau began mimicking the style in a popular play

a word, Lived the same life with the rest, the same old laugh- ing laughing , gnawing, sleeping, Played

play the part that looks back on the actor or actress!

Play the old rôle, the rôle that is great or small, according as one makes it!

never told them a word, Lived the same life with the rest, the same old laughing, gnawing, sleeping, Played

play the part that looks back on the actor or actress!

Play the old role, the role that is great or small, according as one makes it!

Nature plays "for Seasons, not Eternities," as must "All those whose stake is nothing more than dust;

Its London agent, William Horsell, would play a part in establishing Whitman's English reputation.

rejection of false identity ("the sham that was proposed to me" in 1860, originally "the costume, the play

Underlying Whitman's play is a sense of the opacity and elusiveness of language.

Either feels or plays to feel much chagrined over Gilder's note.With Bucke to the Contemporary Club;

And yet not a shred—not a sign—of one of the greatest of history's great—the writer of plays that have

Boughs, have their place, but are aside to the general drift, as pleasant diversion in the plot of a play

And, "It is a sword-fish—plays the devil with the enemy—cuts right and left.

Seemed to be considerably moved by what I said of the playing from "Parsifal"—of W.'

Review— fifes like a tho the thousand whistles of the fifes, (playing Lannigan's ball) so ro with inexpressible

Yesterday a game was played at the grounds of the Eckford Club, at the Manor House, between the "Eckfords

We had some fine harp playing & a witty recital at Miss Booth's. Miss Selous is back in America.

without making preparations on a scale in some degree commensurate with the greatness of the stake he plays

legislation, has at least the merit of being more harmless than quite a good many of the “fantastic tricks” played

here in London very good-naturedly volunteered to stand to me for a picture of Consuelo & Hayden playing

So you must com down when it gets in full blast a boat will play between here & Washington so it will

periodical pretends to cater to; but only, instead, put in to do the poet harm, the dull insults of Peter

Bayne—Peter Bayne, the purblind devotee of weak superstition, whose essays in criticism, marked by such

in his age, his poverty, his infirmity, no friend of his could desire a worthier tribute than fair play

prose is verse, and all that is not verse is prose," a line from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670), a play

prose is verse, and all that is not verse is prose," a line from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670), a play

Jeff added that George looked healthy but "played out as regards clothes..."

He was the author of numerous plays, sonnets, and narrative poems.

Walt's favorite brother, Jeff played the piano and had a lively sense of humor.

Whitman's "old fashioned" furniture and a "canary" that "sang with all his might, and a kitten [that] played

He played numerous parts during his career, including taking on a number of Shakespearean roles, sometimes

"I suppose there will be an account in to-morrow'stomorrow's papers of the opening of the play house

the notes of a Scotchman—a gentleman: barrister: something or other: going into the pit, seeing the play

Garrick-Garrick was the first to break through the old bonds—he would have insisted that Garrick should play

Hamlet wearing small clothes and a periwig, as it had once to be played.

Whole letters were published by Bucke in Calamus, which contains Whitman's letters to Peter Doyle, and

At this time, the first two volumes of a projected five are scheduled for publication by Peter Lang Press

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).

based on "new developments in the human nervous system" (Das dritte Reich, 1900; Die Suchenden, 1902; Peter

years later in France with Bertz, Bazalgette, and others as active participants—Whitman continued to play

Peter Pangloss was a character in the play The Heir at Law (1797) by George Colman (the Younger), and

Both roles were played by the nineteenth-century actor Joseph Jefferson.

for his notions of Atlantis as an antediluvian civilization and for his belief that Shakespeare's plays

Bacon, an idea he argued in his book The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon's Cipher in Shakespeare's Plays

Moreover, playing both Adam and Eve, Whitman's persona gives birth to himself as a poet as well.The things

Similarly, Whitman's Adam is strong, vigorous, and sexual, with limbs quivering with the fire "that ever plays

As the boy played with his beard, he said: "Never mind—he is only trying to discover what kind of a critter

Said some one had sent him "Willie Winter's pamphlet about the plays—the address delivered at the playhouse

defiles through the woods, gain'd at night, The British advancing, wedging in from the east, fiercely playing

Maryland have march'd forth to intercept the enemy; They are cut off—murderous artillery from the hills plays

defiles through the woods, gain'd at night, The British advancing, wedging in from the east, fiercely playing

Maryland have march'd forth to intercept the enemy; They are cut off—murderous artillery from the hills plays

performed the smallest of tasks—writing a letter home, feeding a sweet tooth, passing the time by playing

A carpenter from Elmira, New York, Haskell played the fife for the 141st New York Infantry band.

His close friend, streetcar conductor Peter Doyle, is to his right. Courtesy of Frank Wright.

Painting of the Grand Review showing Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle.

him to leave Washington for his brother George's home in Camden, where the great hospital visitor played

Tennyson;" "Slang in America;" "Father Taylor and Oratory;" "What lurks behind Shakespeare's Historical Plays

Their company is now in the city—have 'A Possible Case'—a play of some sort, of which I know nothing.