 | Cheltenham College - 1868 - 412 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...TEAP. CHAPTER 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 pages
...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 pages
...till one flash of defiance. A great city is that which has the greatest men and women, . • If it be a few ragged huts 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 - 70 pages
...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 women, If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Ah from a little child, Thou knowest... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1889 - 76 pages
...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 women, If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world. Song of the Broad-axe. Ah from... | |
 | 1906 - 554 pages
...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... | |
 | 1890 - 438 pages
...well till one flash of defiance. A great city is that which has the greatest meu and women, If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world, . . . Where the men and women think lightly of the laws, Where the slave ceases, and the master of... | |
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women, If it be a few ragged huts it is still the greatest city in the whole world. 
