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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nagle, Archibald

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​NAGLE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Archibald Nagle entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson, John Conn, Edw. Rotheram, and Fras. Pender; and after sharing under the flag of Vice-Admiral Collingwood in the action off Cape Trafalgar, removed, in Jan. 1806, to the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, employed at first off Rochefort and then in the Mediterranean; where, in Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the self-destruction of the French ships of the line Bohuste and Lion. Joining next, in March, 1810, the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he assisted under that officer at the reduction of the Isles of France and Java. On leaving the Nisus he served for a short time in the spring of 1813 in the Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, at the Cape of Good Hope. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 14 March, 1815; and was afterwards, in 1829-30, employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Napier, Charles George Elers

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​NAPIER. (Captain, 1841.)
Charles George Elers Napier was lost in command of the Avenger steam-frigate, 20 Dec. 1847. He was son of the late Lieutenant Edwards Elers, R.N.; and step-son of Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Napier, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 7 Dec. 1825; passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 28 Dec. 1832; joined, 26 March, 1834, the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, fitting at Portsmouth; and, from 4 Oct. following until paid off at the commencement of 1837, was employed in the Mediterranean in the Vernon 50, Capt. John M‘Kerlie. Attaining the rank of Commander 28 June, 1838, be served as such from 30 Oct. 1840 until posted, 1 Nov. 1841, in the Pelican 16, on the East India station. In July, 1842, being at the time in China, he assisted as a volunteer at the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo. He assumed command, 20 Nov. 1847, of the Avenger steam-frigate, of 650-horse power, and perished, as above, on the Sorelle rocks, in the Mediterranean. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Napier, Henry Edward

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​NAPIER. (Captain, 1830. f-p., 15; h-p., 29.)
Henry Edward Napier, born 5 March, 1789, is fifth son of the Hon. Geo. Napier, of Mercheston Hall, N.B., a Colonel in the Army and Comptroller of Army Accounts in Ireland (who died 13 Oct. 1804), by Lady Sarah Lennox, seventh daughter of Charles, second Duke of Richmond; and grandson of Francis, fifth Lord Napier, by his Lordship’s second marriage. He is brother of Lieut.-General Sir Chas. Jas. Napier, G.C.B., the heroic Commander-in-Chief in Scinde; of Major-General Sir Geo. Thos. Napier, K.C.B., Governor and Commander at the Cape of Good Hope; and of Major-General Wm. Fras. Patrick Napier, C.B., Lieut.-Governor of Jersey, and author of the ‘History of the Peninsular War.’ One uncle, Patrick, died a Captain R.N. 15 June, 1801; and another, James John, a Lieutenant R.M., was killed on board the Fox frigate in 1776.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy 5 May, 1803, and embarked, 20 Sept. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capts. Hon. Robt. Stopford and John Quilliam, in which ship, after visiting the Cape of Good Hope, he enacted a Midshipman’s part in the expedition against Copenhagen, and assisted at the destruction of Fleckeröe Castle, on the coast of Norway. From Dec. 1803 ​until Sept. 1811 he served in the East Indies on board the Clorinde 38, Capt. Thos. Briggs, Russel 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury, and Diomede 50, Capt. Hugh Cook. While in the last-mentioned ship, of which he had been ordered to act as Lieutenant 31 Oct. 1809, he was officially promoted by commission dated 4 May, 1810. His next appointments were, in the course of 1812-13, to the Chatham 74, Capt. Graham Moore, Minerva 32, Capt. Rich. Hawkins, and Nymphe 38, Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, on the North Sea and North American stations. On 7 June, 1814, he was promoted to the command of the Gorée 18, at Bermuda; and on soon afterwards removing to the Rifleman 18, he was for a considerable time intrusted with the charge of the trade in the Bay of Fundy. In Aug. 1815 Capt. Napier went on half-pay, having previously, from private motives, declined accepting a piece of plate which had been voted to him for his care in the conduct of convoys between the port of St. John’s, New Brunswick, and Castine. His last appointments were – 23 Jan. 1821, to the Jaseur 18, on the Halifax station, whence he returned in July, 1823 – and, 6 July, 1826, for a brief period, to the Pelorus 18, lying at Plymouth. He attained his present rank 31 Dec. 1830.
Capt. Napier married, 17 Nov. 1823, Miss Caroline Bennet, and by that lady, who died at Florence 5 Sept. 1836, had issue three children. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nash, John William Cornelius

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​NASH. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 18; h-p., 19.)
John William Cornelius Nash was born 1 Nov. 1802, and died in July, 1846. He was son of the late Capt. Jas. Nash, R.N. (1802), a very distinguished officer; nephew of the late Capt. John Nash, R.N. (1802); and grandson of Mr. Rich. Nash, Purser and Paymaster R.N. (1781), who served in that capacity under Lord St. Vincent. He was the last survivor out of 14 of his family who had been all devoted to the Naval service.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Salvador del Mundo 112, commanded by his father, under whom we find him for six years employed, on the Home and North American stations, in the same ship and in the Saturn 56, Loire 38, Impregnable 98, St. George 100, and Berwick 74. After passing about three years at the Naval College at Portsmouth he became Midshipman, in 1820, of the Spartan 46, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise; and next, of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Sam. Warren, Isis 50, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Renegade schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Edw. Fiott, and Primrose 18, Capt. John Stoddart, on the Home, Mediterranean, and West India stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1826, into the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Henry Dundas, at Jamaica; and he was lastly, between 1827 and 1830, employed at Plymouth in the Ocean 80, Capt. Patrick Campbell, Britannia 120, Capt. Edw. Hawker, and Caledonia 120 – commanding part of the time the Royalist tender of 10 guns.
He married, about 1830, Amelia, daughter of Hugh Stewart, Esq., R.N.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lipinski, Karl

From volume 2 of the work.
​LIPINSKI, Karl Joseph, eminent violinist of the modern school, born Oct. 30 (or according to a family tradition Nov. 4), 1790, at Radzyn in Poland, son of a land-agent and amateur violinist, who taught him the elements of fingering. Having outgrown this instruction he for a time took up the cello, on which he advanced sufficiently to play Romberg's concertos. He soon however returned to the violin, and in 1810 became first Concertmeister, and then Capellmeister, of the theatre at Lemberg. Not being able to play the piano, he used to lead the rehearsals with his violin, and thus acquired that skill in part playing which was one of his great characteristics as a virtuoso. In 1814 he resigned his post, and gave himself up to private study. In 1817 he went to Italy, chiefly in the hope of hearing Paganini. They met in Milan, and Paganini took a great fancy to him, played with him daily, and even performed in public with him at two concerts (April 17 and 30, 1818), a circumstance which greatly increased Lipinski's reputation. Towards the close of the year Lipinski returned to Germany, but soon went back to Italy, attracted by the fame of an aged pupil of Tartini's, Dr. Mazzurana. Dissatisfied with Lipinski's rendering of one of Tartini's sonatas, but unable on account of his great age (90) to correct him by playing it himself, Mazzurana gave him a poem, which he had written to explain the master's intentions. With this aid Lipinski mastered the sonata, and in consequence endeavoured for the future to embody some poetical idea in his playing—the secret of his own success, and of that of many others who imitated him in this respect. In 1829 Paganini and Lipinski met again in Warsaw, but unfortunately a rivalry was excited between them which destroyed the old friendship. In 1835 and 36, in ​the course of a lengthened musical tournée, he visited Leipsic, then becoming the scene of much musical activity owing to Mendelssohn's settlement there; and there he made the acquaintance of Schumann, which resulted in the dedication to him of the 'Carneval' (op. 9) which was composed in 1834. In 1836 he visited England and played his military concerto at the Philharmonic Concert of April 25. In 1839 Lipinski became Concertmeister at Dresden, where he entirely reorganised the royal chapel, thus doing very much the same service to Dresden that Hellmesberger subsequently did to Vienna. He retired with a pension in 1861, and died on December 16, of sudden paralysis of the lungs, at Urlow, his country house near Lemberg.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lindley, Robert

From volume 2 of the work.
​LINDLEY, Robert, born at Rotherham March 4, 1776, showed so early a predilection ​for music that when he was about 5 years of age, his father, an amateur performer, commenced teaching him the violin, and at 9 years of age, the violoncello also. He continued to practise the latter until he was 16, when Cervetto, hearing him play, encouraged him and undertook his gratuitous instruction. He quitted Yorkshire and obtained an engagement at the Brighton theatre. In 1794 he succeeded Sperati as principal violoncello at the Opera and all the principal concerts, and retained undisputed possession of that position until his retirement in 1851. Lindley's tone was remarkable for its purity, richness, mellowness and volume, and in this respect he has probably never been equalled. His technique, for that date, was remarkable, and his accompaniment of recitative was perfection. He composed several concertos and other works for his instrument, but his composition was by no means equal to his execution. He died June 13, 1855. His daughter married John Barnett the composer.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Linley, Francis

From volume 2 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lindpaintner, Peter

From volume 2 of the work.
​LINDPAINTNER, Peter Joseph von, born at Coblenz Dec. 8, 1791, studied the violin, piano, and counterpoint at Augsburg, and subsequently appears to have received some instruction at Munich from Winter. In 1812 he accepted the post of Musik-director at the Isarthor theatre in Munich, and whilst so engaged completed his musical studies under Jos. Grätz, an excellent contrapuntist. In 1819 he was appointed Kapellmeister to the Royal Band at Stuttgart, and held that post until his death, which took place Aug. 21, 1856, during a summer holiday at Nonnenhorn, on the Lake of Constance. He was buried at Wasserburg. He died full of honours, a member of almost every musical institution of the Continent, and the recipient of gifts from many crowned heads—amongst others a medal from Queen Victoria, in 1848, for the dedication of his oratorio of Abraham.
By quiet and persistent labour he raised his band to the level of the best in Germany, and acquired a very high reputation. 'Lindpaintner,' says Mendelssohn, describing a visit to Stuttgart in 1831, 'is in my belief the best conductor in Germany; it is as if he played the whole orchestra with his baton alone; and he ia very industrious.' Of the many professional engagements offered him in other towns and foreign countries, he accepted but one, and that, in 1853, three years before his death, was to conduct the New Philharmonic Concerts in London, at which his cantata The Widow of Nain, his overtures to Faust and the Vampyre, and others of his compositions were given with success, including the song of The Standard-bearer, at that time so popular, sung by Pischek. [App. p.701 "Add that in 1854 he conducted several of the New Philharmonic Concerts."] He wrote 28 operas, 3 ballets, 5 melodramas and oratorios, several cantatas, 6 masses, a Stabat Mater, and above 50 songs with pianoforte accompaniment. To these were added symphonies, overtures, concertos, fantasias, trios and quartets for different instruments. He rescored Judas Maccabæus, no doubt cleverly, and at the time it was said, well. Some of his symphonies, his operas 'Der Vampyr' and 'Lichtenstein,' his ballet 'Joko,' the overture to which is still heard at concerts, his music to Goethe's 'Faust' and Schiller's 'Song of the Bell,' have been pronounced to be among the best of his works. And two of his songs, 'The Standard-bearer' and 'Roland,' created at the time a veritable furore.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Linley, George

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Linda di Chamouni

From volume 2 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lincoln, Henry

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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lindblad, Adolf

From volume 2 of the work.
​LINDBLAD, Adolf Fredrick, born near Stockholm in 1804. This Swedish composer passed several years of his early life in Berlin, and studied music there under Zelter. In 1835 he returned to Stockholm and there resided, giving singing lessons and composing until hia death in August 1878 [App. p.701 "Aug. 23"].
Lindblad has composed but little instrumental music; a symphony in C which was given under Mendelssohn's direction at one of the Gewandhaus Concerts at Leipzig in November 1839, and a duo for pianoforte and violin (op. 9) are considered the best, but they aim so little at effect and are so full of the peculiar personality of their author that they can never be popular, and even his own countrymen are not familiar with them. It is his vocal compositions which have made him famous. He is eminently a national composer. He has published a large collection of songs for voice and piano to Swedish words, which are full of melody, grace, and originality. Written for the most part in the minor key, they are tinged with the melancholy which is characteristic of Swedish music. In such short songs as 'The Song of the Dalecarlian maiden,' 'Lament,' 'The wood by the Aaren lake,' etc., whose extreme simplicity is of the very essence of their charm, his success has been most conspicuous. In longer and more elaborate songs, where the simplicity at which he aimed in his accompaniment has limited the variety of harmony and figures, the effect is often marred by repetition and consequent monotony. Yet even in this class of work there are many beautiful exceptions, and 'A day in Spring,' 'A Summer's day,' and 'Autumn evening,' are specially worthy of mention.
Jenny Lind, who was Lindblad's pupil, introduced his songs into Germany, and their rapidly acquired popularity earned for the author the title of 'the Schubert of the North.' His only opera, 'Frondörörne,' is scarcely known anywhere, but several of his vocal duets, trios, and quartets have a considerable reputation in Sweden.
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# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn for the Epiphany

7. Hymn for the Epiphany.
Bethlehem, of noblest cities
None can once with thee compare;
Thou alone the Lord from heaven
Didst for us incarnate bear.
Fairer than the beam of morning
Was the star that told his birth,
To the lands their God announcing,
Hid beneath a form of earth.
By its lambent beauty guided,
See the Eastern kings appear;
See them bend their gifts to offer,
Purest incense, gold, and myrrh.
Sacred gifts of mystic meaning;
Incense doth the God disclose,
Gold a royal child proclaimeth,
Myrrh a future tomb foreshews.
Holy Jesu, in thy brightness
To the Gentile world reveal'd,
Still to babes thyself disclosing,
Ever from the proud conceal'd;
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
Be to thee, O Virgin's Son,
With the Father and the Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

42. Hymn to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
O Jesu, it were surely sweet
To sit and listen at thy feet,
With those who in thy life drew near
Thy words of wondrous grace to hear.
And it were sweet to walk with thee
Along the shores of Galilee;
Or, safe embark'd in Peter's boat,
O'er its blue waves with thee to float.
Yet sweeter far it is to pray
Before thine altar night and day,
And feel the love which bids thee lie
Thus wrapt in holiest mystery.
Yes, Jesus! thou art hidden thus
On this poor earth for love of us; And yet, upon thine altar-throne,
Too oft we leave thee all alone.
​Ah, since it is thy chief delight
To dwell with us both day and night,
Sweet Jesus, make it ours to be
Both night and day to stay with thee.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hail, holy Joseph, hail!

16. Hail, holy Joseph, hail! (St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 19th.)
Hail, holy Joseph, hail!
Chaste spouse of Mary, hall!
Pure as the lily flower
In Eden's peaceful vale.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail!
Prince of the house of God!
May his best graces be
By thy sweet hands bestow'd.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail! Belov'd of angels, hail!
Cheer thou the hearts that faint,
And guide the steps that fail.
Hail, holy Joseph, hail!
God's choice wert thou alone;
To thee the Word made flesh
Was subject as a Son.
​O Christ's dear Mother, bless;
And bless, ye Saints on high,
All meek and simple souls
That to Saint Joseph cry.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Holy Innocents

6. Holy Innocents.
Lovely flowers of martyrs, hail! Smitten by the tyrant foe,
On life's threshold,—as the gale
Strews the roses ere they blow.
First to die for Christ—sweet lambs,
At the very altar ye,
With your fatal crowns and palms,
Sport in your simplicity.
Yet is Herod's wrath in vain,
Though a thousand babes he slay;
Christ, amid a thousand slain,
Is in safety borne away.
Honour, virtue, glory, merit,
Be to thee, O Virgin's Son,
With the Father and the Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion (II.)

44. Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion. (II.)
Ah! what is this enchanting calm
Which thus with peace my bosom fills,
Which o'er my spirit pours a balm,
And through my inmost being thrills?
Is there some seraph hither sent,
Diffusing sweetness from his wings,
To steep my bosom in content
Unknown, unfelt, from earthly things?
No! something purer far must dwell
Within this raptur'd soul of mine;
Tis what no mortal tongue can tell,
'Tis more than heav'nly, 'tis divine.
My God! my Jesus! it is thou
Art ravishing my heart with bliss;
Thy presence is within me now:
Ah! could I ask a boon like this?
Yes! stooping from thy throne above,
Thou wilt not dwell from man apart;
Thy dearest home becomes, through love,
The tabernacle of my heart.
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# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hail, thou Star of Ocean

27. Hail, thou Star of Ocean.
Hail, thou Star of Ocean,
Portal of the sky,
Ever Virgin Mother
Of the Lord most high!
Oh, by Gabriel's Ave,
Utter'd long ago,
Eva's name reversing,
Stablish peace below.
Break the captive's fetters,
Light on darkness pour;
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Shew thyself a Mother,
Offer him our sighs;
Who for us incarnate
Did not thee despise.
​Virgin of all virgins,
To thy shelter take us;
Gentlest of the gentle,
Chaste and gentle make us.
Still as on we journey,
Help our weak endeavour;
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice for ever.
Through the highest heaven,
To the all-holy Three,
Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn before the Image of Mary

39. Hymn before the Image of Mary.
Holy Queen, we bend before thee,
Queen of purity divine;
Make us love thee, we implore thee,
Make us truly to be thine.
Unto thee a Child was given,
Greater than the sons of men;
Coming down from highest heaven,
To create the world again.
Thou by faith the gates unfolding
Of the kingdom in the skies,
Hast to us, by faith beholding,
Shewn the land of Paradise.
Thou, when deepest night infernal
Had for ages shrouded man,
Gavest us that light eternal
Promis'd when the world began.
Teach, oh teach us, holy Mother,
How to conquer every sin,
How to love and help each other,
How the prize of life to win.
Teach us how all earthly pleasures,
All the world's enchanting bloom,
Are outrivall'd by the treasures
Of the glorious world to come.
Oh, by that Almighty Maker,
Whom thyself a virgin bore;
Oh, by thy supreme Creator,
Link'd with thee for evermore.—
​By the hope thy name inspires,
By our doom revers'd through thee,
Bring us, Queen of angel choirs,
To a blest eternity.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion (I.)

43. Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion. (I.)
What happiness can equal mine?
I've found the object of my love;
My Saviour and my Lord divine
Is come to me from heav'n above.
He makes my heart his own abode,
His flesh becomes my daily bread;
He pours on me his healing blood,
And with his life my soul is fed.
My love is mine, and I am his;
In me he dwells, in him I live:
Where could I taste a purer bliss?
What greater boon could Jesus give? O royal banquet! heav'nly feast!
O flowing fount of life and grace!
Where God the Giver, man the guest,
Meet and unite in sweet embrace.
Dear Jesus, now my heart is thine,
Oh, may it never from thee fly
My God, be thou for ever mine,
And I thine own eternally.
No more, O Satan, thee I fear!
O world, thy charms I now despise!
For Christ himself is with me here,
My joy, my life, my paradise.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn for Good Friday

9. Hymn for Good Friday.
O'erwhelm'd in depths of woe,
With racking anguish torn,
Behold the Saviour of mankind
Upon the tree of scorn.
See how the nails those hands
And feet so tender rend;
See down his face and neck and breast
His sacred blood descend.
​Hark with what awful cry
He yields his parting breath!
That cry it steeps his mother's soul
As in a swoon of death.
The sun withdraws his beam,
The mid-day heav'ns grow pale;
The moon, the stars, the universe,
Their Maker's death bewail.
Shall man alone be mute,
Amidst adoring spheres? Come, old and young, come, rich and poor,
And bathe those feet in tears.
Come kneel before his Cross,
Who shed for us his blood;
Who died the victim of pure love,
To make us sons of God.
# A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Hymn for Pentecost

13. Hymn for Pentecost
Holy Spirit, Lord of light.
From thy clear celestial height
Thy pure beaming radiance give; ​Come, thou Father of the poor,
Come with treasures which endure,
Come, thou light of all that live.
Thou, of all consolers best,
Thou, the soul's delightful guest, Dost refreshing peace bestow;
Thou in toil art comfort sweet,
Pleasant coolness in the heat,
Solace in the midst of woe.
Light immortal, Light divine,
Visit thou these hearts of thine, And our inmost being fill;
If thou take thy grace away.
Nothing pure in man will stay—
All his good is turn'd to ill.
Heal our wounds, our strength renew,
On our dryness pour thy dew,
Wash the stains of guilt away,
Bend the stubborn heart and will,
Melt the frozen, warm the chill,
Guide the steps that go astray.
Thou on those who evermore
Thee confess and thee adore,
In thy sevenfold gifts descend;
Give them comfort when they die,
Give them life with thee on high,
Give them joys which never end.