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The Maclay Bill was backed by the Whig governor of New York, William Seward, who sought to use the debate

inter-party fight fit loosely with Whitman's loco-foco inclinations, which, following the model of William

Sanger's late work, New York physician William W.

beauty, flickers out of and over your face; a transparency beams in the eyes, both in the iris and the white

being the real foundation of all manly beauty, and have done our part toward dissipating the pink-and-white

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was an English mathematician, astronomer, and scientist; William Harvey

The anecdote about the French statistician, which appears in the Harper's article, originates in William

William E. Finkel traces these writings to R. T.

advantages are here concentrated . . .") are taken, with only minor changes in wording, from John William

William Gilmore Simms relates this maxim as one of Weems' favorites.

William L.

In later times, William Pestel, a Frenchman, lived to a hundred and well-nigh twenty years, the top of

deliberately on, horse and foot, light infantry, hussars, dragoons, riflemen, Highlanders (with ridiculously white

Discontinue all the "sound and fury, signifying nothing," William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act V, Scene

After the dilettante indelicacies of William H.

By William Hazlitt . Second Series. New York: Wiley & Putnam.

adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary and part of Central Asia, by Thomas William

revised edition of Allison's great work, in four handsome, compact volumes, well-printed, on fine, white

His father, Frederick William, set him to work at French and Mathematics as soon as he was out of long

number, and as we do not often do such a thing, we have ventured to clip a little gem from the fair white

We see in the “Poet Laureate’s” department the arm— “Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful,” raising

Papers follow on the Circulation of the Blood;" on White's "Eighteen Centuries;" on "London Exhibitions

$54,000; rosin oil, $25,000; Kerosene, $200,000; saleratus, $500,000; starch, $30,000; vinegar, $12,000; white

lead, $1,250,000, giving employment to 225 men; whiting $60,000; lamps, lanterns, gas fixtures, &c,

we had conquered— The captain on the quarter-deck, coldly giving his orders through a countenance white

Near by, the corpse of the child that served in the cabin, The dead face of an old salt, with long white

Newport, Rye, Niagara, Shirley, Long Island, Cohasset, Bergen Point, Cape May, or the Mountains called White

Leaves of Grass—456 pages, electro-typed, beautiful print, fine type, elegant binding, seemly, comely, white

Jabo's health declined rapidly after the battle of White Oak Swamp, and he was ultimately discharged

Jabo's health declined rapidly after the battle of White Oak Swamp, and he was ultimately discharged

on the old Hills homestead at West Hills—which was inherited by his son, His wife was Phebe Sarah White

— Sarah White born about 1713 " died " 180 1 see next page—bottom Jesse Whitman, born Jan. 29, 1749 died

—Lived in Classon from May 1st '56, '7 '8 '9 Lived in Portland av. from May 1st '59 '60 '61 Sarah White

For him as for William Cullen Bryant in the opening lines of "Thanatopsis," nature as naturans speaks

deceptive.Whitman's poetic use of natural objects differs from that of his contemporaries such as William

Blodgett, Arthur Golden, and William White. 3 vols. New York: New York UP, 1980.

formative years of Leaves of Grass, many of the most explosive Western battles between natives and whites

Tale of the Western Frontier," about a deformed and treacherous amalgam of the worst qualities of the white

the far west, the bride was a red girl" (section 10)—a scene that has been read as suggestive of the white

the present day, have propensities, monstrous and treacherous, that make them unfit to be left in white

the backing sheet's lower right corner is dated 1907 and indicates that he presented this item to William

This image was first promoted by Whitman's own friends and disciples—Richard Maurice Bucke, William Douglas

O'Connor, William Sloane Kennedy, and Edward Carpenter—and corroborated by recent scholars, both Western

William James in The Varieties of Religious Experience analyzes this phenomenon and cites Whitman as

Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1986.James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience. 1902.

Blodgett, Arthur Golden, and William White. Vol. 3. New York: New York UP, 1980.

theses]about 1856poetryhandwritten1 leaf4 x 16 cm pasted to 10.5 x 16 cm; On a small composite leaf of white

Villiers Stanford, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst, Cyril Scott, Hamilton Harty, and Ralph Vaughan Williams

using lines from "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," was written in 1903–1904 and Ralph Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams also used three poems from "Sea-Drift": "Song for All Seas, All Ships," "On the Beach

of the scope: Otto Luening, lines from "A Song for Occupations" in an a cappella version (1966); William

Among twentieth-century composers inspired by his rhapsodic word-music are Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick

Delius, Gustav Holst, Paul Hindemith, Roger Sessions, Ernest Bloch, Charles Ives, Roy Harris, William

The mountain‑ash, a large shrub, 16 or 2 0 ft high—northern part of the state of New York —has white

blossoms—blooms early in the spring—has then a pleasant perfume—the hill‑sides where it grows thickly look white

Thus, though not an advocate of the so-called Cult of True Womanhood, which sought to confine white,

William Denman was the editor of the New York Truth Teller (Edwin Williams, New-York Annual Register

for the Year of Our Lord 1834 [New York: Edwin Williams, 1834], 125).

For more information, see William B.

More about William Blake—I met R.W.

More about William Blake

The volume also included poems by Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871), William Howe Cuyler Hosmer (1814

William M. Harris, of the Board of Education, and Alonso H. Gale, Esq.

Now, that was peculiarly absent from William—though of course he was not New Englander alone—rather Irish

But William was first of all cheerful—kept up to the last a devil of an interest, energy, in things at

But what are we to say to this—that Talcott Williams was there, saw it, comes to me and tells me it is

W. then, after solution, "I only wish I had William O'Connor here now.

It is a strong defense: William says of it himself: 'Walt, it puts them all to flight!'

find another kind of humor, a humor more remote (subtle, illusive, not present)—the sort of humor William

Told me a story, "Swinton—William Swinton—dined with me once at Washington. It was at Willard's.

Bucke is my only constant correspondent left: William writes very rarely—is not able to write."

When William gets on his real high horse—his high horse of high horses—he completely fills the stage:

"It will bear study: William never loses caste at close quarters: he always more than holds his own."

names them, too, and "letters underfoot"—they so often are picked from the floor), a letter from William

Even William wondered that he was so wholly ignored, & he was very modest about any claim.Did Walt enjoy

great heat of debate, babble of voices, dissenting discordant opinions—mostly antagonizing Hugo—and William's

concluding symposium piece in The American: The Poetry of Walt Whitman: a Rejoinder, written by Frank Williams

Yes, among William's multitude of qualities, he had a hot temper.

But William did not understand the friendliness of Fields, who always took opportunities, direct and

William knew it well—stormed upon him for it.

Bartol, William P. Wesselhoeft, Mrs. Ole Bull, L. N. Fairchild, Albert B. Otis, A friend, W. D.

G. van Renssalaer (New York), Charles Eliot Norton, George Fred Williams, J. R. Chadwick, (Mr.)

Talcott Williams over today.

be your debtor.Jessie Taylor.The Press yesterday contained some further extracts from Frederick William's

as well as calm: more than once seen him when his whole being was shaken up—when his passion was at white

There's my friend William Swinton, John's brother: I used to be very intimate with him: he has suffered

a good deal of a traveler, wanderer—was in California at the time, I think)—twenty-five years ago William

Then added, "It reminds me of a Quaker story William O'Connor told often—enjoyed telling—of a merchantman

W. says: "Maurice is too conclusive by far: let's take another guess, a good guess, for William: I don't

.: that "he came down stairs with his long white beard all on," that she was "afraid of him," that he

Frank Williams' grateful words for the book, which he will send to Mrs.