generosity of his
audiences there. As to his qualities as a musician, it is said his
_forte_ was in wild and plaintive melody, dictated by the impulses of his
own mind, and subject to none of the ordinary rules of studied
compositions; his manipulation of the violin was also distinguished for a
rapidity of execution unrivalled in those days. The handsome marble
tablet erected to his memory soon after his death, in 1732, by public
subscription, shows that he must have been held in considerable
estimation by a goodly number of admirers. Indeed, he must have been
known to some of the most prominent personages of his time, as the
following lines upon him have been variously attributed to Dr. Johnson or
to David Garrick:--

Phillips, whose touch harmonious could remove
The pangs of guilty power and hapless love,
Rest here! distrest by poverty no more,
Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before!
Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine,
Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!

(See also Oliver's "Wolverhampton," pp. 98 and 99.)

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