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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morris, George Pope 1802-1864 (search)
1844) in the daily Evening mirror. In 1845 he began the National press, and in 1846 the Home journal. Mr. Morris achieved great popularity as a songwriter. His lyrics are very numerous, one of the best known being Woodman, spare that tree. In 1825 he wrote a drama, Briercliff, in five acts, founded upon events of the American Revolution. It was performed forty successive nights, and paid the author $3,500. In 1842 he wrote an opera entitled The maid of Saxony. A brief catalogue of Morris's best songs may be found in Allibone's Dictionary of British and American authors. William Howitt, after speaking of the beauty and naturalness of Morris's love-songs, gives, in the following words, a generous touch of the character of all of his writings: He has never attempted to robe vice in beauty; and, as has been well remarked, his lays can bring to the cheek of purity no blush but that of pleasure. He is properly called the song-writer of America. He died in New York City, July 6, 1864.
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 11: (search)
y? Where is the love of God? Where is the zeal for his glory? Where is desire for his service? Where is human pity, and the compassion of man for man? Certainly, to redeem a captive, to liberate him from wretched slavery, is the highest work of charity, of all that can be done in this world.--Topografia y Historia de Argel por Fra Haedo. And 'tis for this we live,-- To smite the oppressor with the words of power; To bid the tyrant give Back to his brother Heaven's allotted hour. William Howitt. Moved by a lofty purpose,--the redemption of the slave,--sustained by the rectitude of his intentions, and by the generous sympathies of many advocates of freedom both in America and Europe, the inflexible patriot pursued his course with giant stride; and, though the dominant party held him in contempt, it trembled when he struck. The rendition of Anthony Burns to servitude, and the violent scenes thereon attendant, served to deepen the anti-slavery sentiment in Massachusetts; and
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 7: the World's Convention.—1840. (search)
stances have been admitted, the exclusion of Lucretia Mott and other female American Friends was a darling object with the guiding spirits of the Convention. William Howitt wrote to the former on June 27, 1840: I heard of the circumstance of your exclusion at a distance, and immediately said— Excluded on the ground that they are ing aid for that institution. The dinner party came off on the date Appointed—a visit full of interest and delight to Mrs. Mott ( Life, p. 158). To her wrote William Howitt subsequently (Lib. 10.139): I have heard the noble Garrison blamed that he has not taken his place in the Convention, because you, his fellow-delegates, were welling with tender emotions. 0, how I yearn to clasp you in my arms! I have been introduced to Lady Byron, the Countess of Brunswick, Mrs. Opie, Mary and William Howitt, Elizabeth Fry, Anna Braithwaite, A dinner on June 20 at Isaac and Anne Braithwaite's lodgings, in company with Garrison, Rogers, whom I like better and be
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
. 28, 1807; d. Boston, April 28, 1859], 1.495. Hovey, Sylvester, 1.474. Howard,——Mr. (of Brooklyn, Conn.), 2.44. Howe, Samuel Gridley [1801-1876], 1.64. Howitt, Mary [b. 1804], meets G., 2.377, 384; memoir of G., 1.13; account of Fanny Lloyd, 14, 15. Howitt, William [1795-1879], on Mrs. Mott's exclusion from World's Howitt, William [1795-1879], on Mrs. Mott's exclusion from World's Convention, 2.375; meets G., 377, 384.—Letters to Mrs. Mott, 2.375, 377.—Portrait in Harper's Magazine, 58: 853. Hudson, David W., warden of Baltimore jail, 1.174, 186, 191. Hughes, George, 1.330. Hull, Asbury, 1.248. Hull, Henry S., 1.101, 104. Human Rights, Am. A. S. S. publication, 1.483, 2.262. Hume, William, 1.365, 387; high estimation, 388; sits to Haydon, 2.389; meets R. Owen, 390; at Bowring's, 394; in Dublin, 402.—Letters to J. M. McKim, 1.430, O'Connell, 2.379; from W. Howitt, 2.375, 377, O'Connell, 2.379.—Portrait in Life. Muhlenberg, William A., Rev., 1.281. Murray, John, attentions to G., 2.398, 402.-Letters to Collins and
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 8: to England and the Continent.—1867. (search)
d Houghton, Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill, and Sir George Young; by members of Parliament like John Bright, John Stuart Mill, William E. Forster, James Stansfeld, Jr., Charles and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Peter A. Taylor, Thomas Hughes, Thomas Bayley Potter, and Joseph Cowen; by members of the bar like Serjeant Parry, W. Vernon Harcourt, and William Shaen; by philosophers, scientists, and litterateurs like Herbert Spencer F. D. Maurice and T. H. Huxley, Goldwin Smith, Richard H. Hutton, William Howitt, Frederic Harrison, and William Black; and by journalists like Justin Mc-Carthy, A. H. Dymond, and F. W. Chesson. That these names were lent in no perfunctory spirit is evident from the fact that four-fifths of the Committee were present at the Breakfast. The fine hall was thronged. Upwards of three hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down at the tables, which occupied the floor of the hall. The galleries, too, were filled with eager spectators, and a hundred persons tried in vain to
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 8: (search)
the kind hospitality of three years before was renewed, was followed by a course of cathedrals and show-houses, on the northern route, from Ely to Alnwick, until the Scottish Border country was reached. The hills which we crossed, in order to strike the Tweed at its most favorable point, were dreary and barren enough, and the ranges of huts or hovels we saw, scattered through their ridges, in which live a sort of bondmen, of a peculiar character, were anything but agreeable to look upon. I did not before suppose that anything so nearly approaching servitude was still to be found in England; but here it is, not better than was the condition of the serfs in Bohemia before Joseph Il's time, or those in Silesia before they were liberated by the present King of Prussia. I doubt whether there is anything so bad now in Europe, out of Russia. William Howitt describes this condition of the people in his Rural Life of England, in a chapter on the Bondage System of the North of England.
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing), chapter 11 (search)
anty appreciation which her thoughts have received. We found her in her little calm retreat, at Hampstead, surrounded by marks of love and reverence from distinguished and excellent friends. Near her was the sister, older than herself, yet still sprightly and full of active kindness, whose character and their mutual relations she has, in one of her last poems, indicated with such a happy mixture of sagacity, humor, and tender pathos, and with so absolute a truth of outline. Mary and William Howitt are the main support of the People's Journal. I saw them several times at their cheerful and elegant home. In Mary Howitt, I found the same engaging traits of character we are led to expect from her books for children. At their house, I became acquainted with Dr. Southwood Smith, the wellknown philanthropist. He is at present engaged in the construction of good tenements, calculated to improve the condition of the working people. to R. W. E. Paris, Nov. 16, 1846.—I meant to wr
The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1860., [Electronic resource], Spiritualism. (search)
Spiritualism. --The English papers are as full of discussions on spiritualism as American journals were three years ago. Wm. Howitt gives a small pamphlet in reply to some attacks on it. The most sensible thing written on the subject is the following from a correspondent of the London Star: "One might well be excused for asking what purpose all this can serve; surely there can be no high teaching in a dancing table, and no hidden meaning in a squeezing of one's legs; at least, if there is either teaching or meaning I have not heard that any one has discovered it. It is a high thought, truly, this — that if I die to-morrow, I may next evening help to break a lunatic-defying table, or carry Mr. Home in a horizontal position up to the ceiling; or, perhaps, as another ill-conducted spirit is said to have done at Stockwell, bring utter ruin on some old lady's crockery."