This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...its issues under improved advantages. In the beginning of the present year (1845.--Ed.), the professional corps of singers and musicians in New York, as a testimony of esteem to General Morris, gave him a complimentary concert--a valuable token of their respect--appropriate and deserved--which enabled the most ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...its issues under improved advantages. In the beginning of the present year (1845.--Ed.), the professional corps of singers and musicians in New York, as a testimony of esteem to General Morris, gave him a complimentary concert--a valuable token of their respect--appropriate and deserved--which enabled the most distinguished persons in the city of his birth to exhibit, by their presence, the interest and regard which they had for him. It was understood that the profits of that concert had a vital connection with General Morris's continuing to be the possessor of the modest and beautiful seat of " Under Cliff," on the Hudson--the residence of his family--the birthplace of most of them, and the cherished home and seat of his affections. Upon that subject, it is not our warrant to speak; nor indeed have we the power to speak with accuracy. Should it be as is reported, that a "damp" has "fallen around the path" of this sweet poet and amiable man, we are sure that the people of this nation will be prompt to dispel, by offers more truly voluntary than the "aids" and "benevolences" of royal ages, all discomfort from the evening of his days, and, "in recompense" of many an hour of the purest pleasure, and many an abiding sentiment of truth and goodness, for which they are his debtors, to " Give the tribute, Glory need not ask." The concluding sentences of this short sketch of "The Song-Writer of America," written by Mr. Wallace in 1845, as an office of pleasure and a voluntary offering of regard for one whom he affectionately loved, leaves a painful interest in respect to the gifted subject of it, which it is a high gratification to be able in 1856 to dispel. The great merit and uncommon...
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