The composer, Edward macdowell, once told me how on his birthday his pupils sent him a gift, with a card containing some lines from the opera "Rheingold," beginning, "O singe fort"-that is, "Oh, sing on."
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The attorney-general, Mr. macdowell, impressed with its injustice, informed the governor that he could not support the bill; in this resolution he had been fortified by the strongly expressed opinions of his colleague, Mr. H. Jones, the solicitor-general, who denounced its principle as utterly iniquitous and unprecedented: but on the resignation of Mr. macdowell, Mr. Jones accepted his place, and voted for the bill: defending his conduct by stating that he had expressed his former opinion in ignorance of its details.
"The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)"
John West
She has brought him to hear the macdowell pieces."
"Uncle William The Man Who Was Shif'less"
Jennette Lee