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hospitable manner of living , witti the settlement on his widow , is almost the whole of Misfortune ; 100 / . to the fund for decayed performers ; and to Mr Hull , his intimate friend
u Satire be dumb ! nor dream the scenic art Must spoil the morals , and corrupt the heart . Here lies John Beard . 1 Confess with pensive pause His modesty was great as our applause . Whence had that voice such magic to control ? ? Twas but the echo of a well-tuned soul : Through life his morals and his music ran In symphony , and spoke the virtuous men . 6 Go , gentle harmonist ! our hopes approve , To meet and hear thy sacred songs above ; When taught by thee , the stage of life well trod , We rise to raptures round the throne of God / "
Dr Burney , speaking of Beard and a rival singer , says , < c Lowe had sometimes a subordinate part given him ; but with the finest tenor voice I ever heard in my life , for want of
diligence and cultivation , he never could be safely trusted with anything better than a ballad , which he constantly learned by his ear ; whereas Mr Beard with an inferior voice ,
constantly possessed the favour of the public by his superior conduct , knowledge of music , And intelligence as an actor /^ And in the General
Biographical Dictionary is this cordial eulogy of him in all characters : — "He was long the deserved favourite of the public ; mad whoever remembers the variety of his abilities , as
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and acquaintance , 50 / . to buy a ring in memory of him . —The following epitaph , probably by Mr Hull , * has been sent by a correspondent : —
actor and singer , in oratorios and operas , both serious and comic , will testify to his having stood unrivalled in fame and excellence . This praise however , great as it was , fell short of what his private merits
acquired . He had one of the sincerest hearts joined to the most polished manners ; he was a most delightful companion , whether as host or guest . His time , his pen and purse were devoted to the alleviation of
every distress that fell within the compass of his power , and through life he fulfilled the relative duties of a son , brother , guardian , friend , and husband , with the most exemplary truth and tenderness . " " We hope here be proofs . " In short , we fear his lordship
' ? It appears , from a subsequent passage , to have been written by Z > r Couaenu , JEUctor of St Gregory , Old Fish street , f * History of Music , ' vol . iv . p . 667 .
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164 Duchess of St Albans ; and
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/20/
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