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Morell, Thomas, D.D., an eminent English critic and k'xic(igrai)her, was born at Eton in 1703. He stud- ied first at Eton, then at Cambridge, where he became a fellow of King's College. He was noted, however, not as a theologian, but as a classical scholar, lie pub- was born in 1538 near Lisieux, of a poor and obscure lished valuable editions of Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary family in Normandy. He sought the capital, and and lledericus's (Jreek Lexicon, and was the author of though without means contrived to pursue and finish ' Annotations on Locke's Essay on the Human Understand-
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ing (1794), He edited the plays of Euripides and ^Eschy- lus, translated the Epistles of Seneca, assisted Hogarth in writing his Aiuilysis of Beauty, and selected the pas- sages of Scripture for Handel's oratorios. Several of his best sermons were also published ; among these, one on the death of queen Caroline (1739, 8vo). He died in 1784.
Morellet, Andke, a celebrated French abbot, noted for his literary labors, was born at Lyons in 1727, and educated in the Sorbonne, at Paris. He became a friend of Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, and D'Alembert, to whose Encyclopidie he also contributed. He translated into French Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Penalties (17G6), and wrote several treatises on political economy, and many others, among which is Melanges de la Lilte- rature et de la Philosophie du dix-huitieme siecle (Par- is, 1818, 4 vols. 8vo). In 1785 he was admitted to the French Academy, and concealed its archives at the risk of his life during the reign of terror. He died in 1819. See Lemontey, Elor/e de Jforellef, prefixed to Morellet's Memoires (1821, 2 vols.) ; Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v. ; "Morellet and his Contemporaries," in t\\Q North Amei: Rev. Oct. 1822, by A. H. Everett.
Morelli, Cosimo, an Italian architect of consid- erable note among those of the last century, deserves a place here because his life-labors were very largely de- voted to ecclesiastical architecture. He was born at Im- ola in 1732, and was the son of Domenico Morelli (also an architect), and studied under Domenico Trifogli, who executed several works of merit at Imola. It was Co- simo's good fortune to obtain powerful patronage at the very outset of his professional career — first, that of Giovan-Carlo Bandi, bishop of Imola, for whom he made designs for rebuilding the cathetlral of that city, and through him that of his nephew Giovanni Antonio Braschi, who was elevated to the papal throne in 1775, with the name of Pius VI. The new pontiff, who en- tertained a personal regard for Jlorelli. obtained for him the appointment of city architect at Cesena (the pope's native town), and various other commissions. He died, after a severe paralytic attack, in February, 1812. The principal structures executed by him in the line in which we are interested are the cathedral of Imola, the metropolitan church at Fermo, the duomo at Macerata, and the conventual church at Fossombrone, St. Petronio at Castel Bolognese, a church at Barbiano, that of the nuns of St. Chiara at Imola, and St. JVIaria in regola in the same city, and another church at Lugo ; also some alterations in the metropolitan church at Kavenna. See Tipaldo, Biogr. degli Ilaliani illustri; Engl. Cyclop, s. v. ; Spooner, Biog. Diet, of the Fine A ris, ii, 588.
Morelli, Giacomo, Abbe, an Italian ecclesiastic, noted for his antiquarian labors, and one of the most distinguished librarians of modern times, was born at Venice, April 14, 1745. He was the son of poor parents, •who were unable to give him a liberal education. It was against their will that he resolved to enter the Church, although in all other respects he always showed the greatest deference to their wishes. He afterwards supplied the deficiencies of his education by private study, and the knowledge which he thus acquired was more substantial and extensive than that of any of his Italian contemporaries, though it was not till late in life that he became acquainted with the Greek and French languages. His love of independence induced him to refuse several very advantageous offers that were made to him both by the Church and by wealthy collectors of books at Venice, and he continued to live as a simple abbe. He formed, however, an intimate friendship with the patrician Farsetti, of whose rich collection of JISS. he published a catalogue, under the title of Bibliotheca Manuscritta del ball T. G. Farsetti (Venice, 1771-80, 2 vols. 12mo). While this work was in course of publication, he also wrote Dissertazione Sto- rica intorno alia Publica Libreria di S. Marco (Venice, 1774), in which he discussed and solved a great many
questions connected with the history of literature. He then prepared a similar work on the history of the library of the academy at Padua, whither he had ac- companied his friend Farsetti; but the materials which he collected for that purpose were unfortunately left in the hands of CoUe, the historiographer of that institu- tion, through whose carelessness they were lost. In 1776 he published a catalogue of the MSS. of ancient writers which were in the library of the Narni family ; and somewhat later a catalogue of the MSS. of Italian works contained in the same librarj'. These works alone would have sufficed to secure to Morelli an honor- able place among the eminent bibliographers of modern times; but he acquired a still greater reputation as librarian of the library of St. IMark — an office which he received in 1778, and which he held until his death, which occurred May 5, 1819. In 1795 he discovered a considerable fragment of the 55th book of Dion Cas- sius, which he published at Bassano, together with new various readings of other books of the same historian. The work which exhibits his extensive knowledge and his critical acumen in the strongest light is his Bibli- otheca Manuscripta GrcBca et Latina, of which, how- ever, only one volume was published at Bassano (1802), although he had collected materials for several more volumes. His last production was Epistolce septem va- ries eruditionis (Padua, 1819). After his death there appeared Operette ora insieme con Opuscoli di Antichi Scrittori (Venice, 1820, 3 vols. 8vo). See Zendrini, Elo- yio di Morelli (Mil. 1821) ; reproduced in the Galleria du Letterati ed artisti illustri della provincii Veneziane ml Secolo X VIII (Venice, 1822-24) ; Bettio, Orazione reci- tata nelle solenne Esequie mlla Chiesa Patriarcale di Ve- nezia (Venice, 1819) ; English Cyclop, s. v.