| Cheltenham College - 1868 - 412 sayfa
...Do you think the great city endures P The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman ; if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.' One more extract and I will have done. It is called ' Envy' — 'When I peruse the conquered fame of... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 sayfa
...very well till one flash of defiance. The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman ; If it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. 5The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretched wharves, docks, manufactures,... | |
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 sayfa
...very well till one flash of defiance. The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman ; If it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. 5The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretched wharves, docks, manufactures,... | |
| Jean Middlemass - 1875 - 290 sayfa
...I. HAZE IN THE HORIZON. "'A GEE AT city is that which has the greatest man or woman. "'If it be but a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the world.' " I wonder if it would be so very difficult to be great! What do you think, Margaret?'' and... | |
| American poems - 1878 - 536 sayfa
...very well till one flash of defiance. The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman ; If it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world. 5The place where the great city stands is not the place of stretched wharves, docks, manufactures,... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 sayfa
...iron ? or any chef-d'oeuvres of engineering, forts, armaments? Away ! these are not to be cherish'd for themselves, They fill their hour, the dancers...it is still the greatest city in the whole world. The place where a great city stands is not the place of stretch'd wharves, docks, manufactures, deposits... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1889 - 76 sayfa
...Of the well-married husband and wife, of children and parents, Of city for city and land for land. A great city is that which has the greatest men and...it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Song of the Broad-axe. Ah from a little child, Thou knowest soul how to me all sounds became music,... | |
| Walt Whitman - 1889 - 70 sayfa
...Of the well-married husband and wife, of children and parents, Of city for city and land for land. A great city is that which has the greatest men and...it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Ah from a little child, Thou knowest soul how to me all sounds became music, My mother's voice in lullaby... | |
| 1906 - 554 sayfa
...on the road — they are the swift and majestic men — they are the greatest women. ' f Or again, ' A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. What does Whitman definitely mean by this word 'greatest?' What makes a great personality, the capacity... | |
| 1898 - 534 sayfa
...where the citizen is always the head and ideal ; where women are made equal to men." " The greatest city is that which has the greatest men and women....a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city," for character alone endures. After brief addresses by John P. Watson of Wellfleet and Rev. Dr. Hazen,... | |
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