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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,

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

Peters. Mr.

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter

his own part, witty, sensitive to a slight, ready with life or death for a friend, fond of women, played

head, No more of soft astral, but dazzling and fierce, With war's flames and the lambent lightnings playing

the praise of things, In the dispute on God and eternity he is silent, He sees eternity less like a play

head, No more of soft astral, but dazzling and fierce, With war's flames and the lambent lightnings playing

the praise of things, In the dispute on God and eternity he is silent, He sees eternity less like a play

The poem serves as a summation of Whitman's career and poses a tableau wherein the light and dark playing

1860), "Waves" receives little critical attention, but it chronicles a moment in the poet's life and plays

silent") and the abiding quality of his commitment to that struggle in spite of setback ("the powerful play

We would not readily believe that Peter Cooper, "De Santy," C.W.

We cannot avoid thinking that the same game has been played with the Cable as is said to be carried on

remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing

Whitman gone, the fruitless. meeting had gone with him, as though a more than Hamelinic pipe had been played

In him 24 ADDRESSES. nature has ample play.

But the gentleman willnot slapthe pick-pocket on the back and play the political harlotto gain his favor

Then willcome into play, for the firsttime, the marvellous genius of the poet who sang the "Song of Myself

In spite of the vital role the landscape plays in Canadian literature and the need for a cosmic vision

The most renown'd poems would be ashes, orations and plays would be vacuums.

"When the children come, you'll have a good time playing with them.

"Old uncle Peter always said he was alive, and going round doing good.

"That's a sample lot of old Peter Dyzer," he resumed. "Lord, sir!

'That's him,—that's Christ,' says old Peter. 'But, Mr.

"I mentioned that old Peter Dyzer left me this place.

The Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays is composed of approximately 250,000 volumes of American

and Canadian poetry, plays, and vocal music dating from 1609 to the present day.

Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays

Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays

1921), nature writer, literary critic, and author of Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867); Peter

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democracy.Some critical interest (e.g., Howard Waskow, John Schwiebert) has focused on the roles readers play

A number of the idle boys were playing around the basin and climbing up the marble jet, and it was generally

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, rounding in from the east, fiercely playing

march'd forth to inter- cept 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

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

march'd forth to inter- cept intercept the enemy, They are cut off, murderous artillery from the hills plays

Whitman had earlier called this poem "Washington's First Battle," referring to the part played by the

garden or as vacant lots would be—for they might raise potatoes in the first, and their children might play

These are not to be cherished for themselves, They fill their hour, the dancers dance, the musicians play

13* The most renowned poems would be ashes, orations and plays would be vacuums.

rest standing—they are too tired; Afar on arctic ice, the she-walrus lying drowsily, while her cubs play

returning home at evening—the musket-muzzles all bear bunches of flowers presented by women; Children at play—or

the praise of things, In the dispute on God and eternity he is silent, He sees eternity less like a play

Let priests still play at immortality! Let Death be inaugurated!

How my thoughts play subtly at the spectacles around! How the clouds pass silently overhead!

that takes its title from the mischievous forest sprite of the same name in William Shakespeare's play

In accordance with your request I met Peter Doyle at Milburn's after office and we proceeded to your

room and made up the package as you directed, and Peter took it to the Adams Express office.

stores, Customs, costumes, churches, theatres, looks And lingoes all are vanished, are Gone, are played

Knock Out the resonant, brassy Notes, and prattle along like A lad at play, while ever and Anon sweet

enjoyment in the free exercise of his lungs than from mere intellectual appreciation of the poem or play

chaffing, or nay form of "smart" talk—remaining always perfectly grave and silent amid that kind of by-play

I always compare Shakespeare's plays to large, rich, splendid tapestry—like Raphael's historical cartoons

In the first he is walking with Eve, content, taking delight in the "quivering fire that ever plays"

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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

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.

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

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

He also reviewed plays and opera and occasional ballet presented in New York theater houses.

Later, Whitman would get a first-hand report of the assassination from his friend Peter Doyle, an Irish

Peter Lang eventually published two volumes of the journalism in 1998 and 2003, though these volumes

The Peter Lang volumes are produced so as to replicate the appearance of the New York University Press

Arguably, the Peter Lang volumes constitute volumes 23 and 24 of the , and a 25th volume, treating recently

Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840-1855 (New York: Peter

The time is rapidly approaching when a new and balancing force will come into play—a force composed of

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

The passionate teeming plays this curtain hid!)

The passionate teeming plays this curtain hid!)