...-stairs of the sick or down-stairs of the dead. A-bed in these miserable rooms, here on bedsteads, there (for a change, as I understood it) on the flo... ...ered by a most intelli- gent master. I remarked in it, an instance of the collateral harm that obstinate vanity and folly can do. ‘This was the Hall w... ...dems and robes of kings are made. I noticed that some shops which had once been in the dramatic line, and had struggled out of it, were not getting on... ...lt is, that its form is beauti- The Uncommercial Traveller 31 ful, and that the appearance of the audience, as seen from the proscenium—with every fa... ...re, that a hand can scarcely move in the great assemblage with- out the movement being seen from thence—is highly re- markable in its union of vastnes... ... waiting for Jack. Now, it was a crouch- ing old woman, like the picture of the Norwood Gipsy in the old sixpenny dream-books; now, it was a crimp of ... ...es meet in ‘um middle, FOUR gents goes round ‘um ladies, Four gents passes out under ‘um ladies’ arms, swing—and Lemonade till ‘a moosic can’t play no... ...shows in this Fair, and I had the pleasure of recognising several fields of glory with which I became well acquainted a year or two ago as Crimean bat... ...it had been poured out again that morning over sea and land, trans- formed into myriads of gold and silver sparkles. The ship was fragrant with flower...

... Excellency my plays, that had appeared in print before being shown on the stage, I said, if I remember well, that Don Quixote was putting on his spur... ...r lady is lighter than a lanner, and might teach the cleverest Cordovan or Mexican how to mount; she cleared the back of the saddle in one jump, and w... ... it, your worship,” returned Sancho; “take my advice and never meddle with actors, for they are a favoured class; I myself have known an actor taken u... ...e play is over, and they have put off the dresses they wore in it, all the actors become equal.” “Yes, I have seen that,” said Sancho. “Well then,” sa... ...ers, but never any like these. 101 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. They are male and female; the male is in that first cage and the female in the one b... ... his position, and that it was impossible for him to avoid letting out the male without incurring the enmity of the fiery and daring knight, flung ope... ...te – Part II CHAPTER XXIX Of the famous adventure of the Enchanted Bark By stages as already described or left undescribed, two days after quitting th... ...rs lost in astonishment, while the Trifaldi went on to say: “Thus did that malevolent villain Malambruno punish us, covering the tenderness and softne... ... I will comfort this poor maiden to the best of my power; for in the early stages of love a prompt disillusion is an approved remedy;” and with this h...

...eat many houses; human habitations, full of the mysteries of life at every stage of it. There was the little red house, up the road, occupied by Mr. S... ...ay be called such—have little regard to comfort or decency. Old and young, male and female, married and single, drop down upon the common clay floor, ... ... head, when the savage Aunt Katy was adding to my sufferings her bitterest maledictions. Capt. Thomas Auld and Mrs. Lucretia at once decided on my ret... ...ent, to feel the happy consolations of innocence, when they fall under the maledictions of this power. How could we regard ourselves as in the right, ... ...son, engaged in building two large man-of-war vessels, professedly for the Mexican government. These vessels were to be launched in the month of July,... ...rpenters knocked off, and swore that they would no longer work on the same stage with free Negroes. T aking advantage of the heavy con- tract resting ... ...o testify against my assailants. The carpenters saw what was done; but the actors were but the agents of their malice, and only what the carpenters sa... ...with Mr. B., and, young as I was, I had served as his foreman on the float stage, at calking. Of course, I easily obtained work, and, at the end of th...

...e Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for ... ... 16 The prophet and the bard, Shall yet maintain themselves, in higher stages yet, Shall mediate to the Modern, to Democracy, interpret yet to t... ...ty, notoriety, foibles, crimes, less important than I thought, Me toward the Mexican sea, or in the Mannahatta or the Tennessee, or far north or inlan... ...nts of the prairies, Chants of the long running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea, Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minne... ...smissing it, I stand in my place with my own day here. Here lands female and male, Here the heir ship and heiress ship of the world, here the flame of... ...it underlying all, and I will be the bard of personality, And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other, And sexual org... ...ced sisters and the inexperienced sisters! Far breath’d land! Arctic braced! Mexican breez’d! the diverse! The compact! The Pennsylvanian! the Virgini... ...s of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the ... ...Leaves of Grass –Whitman 371 A song to narrate thee. 2 Ever upon this stage, Is acted God’s calm annual drama, Gorgeous processions, songs of b...

...top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form?d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing....