London, in 1494, Lincoln's Inn in 1496

In 1497 he met Erasmus in England, and corresponded with him through life. For several years he was absorbed in religious studies and exercises, and thought of becoming a monk: but after 1503 he devoted himself mainly to pol i tics. He entered Parliament in 1504. In 1508 he went to France. After his second marriage in 1511 he moved to Crosby Place, Bishops gate Street Without. In May, 1515, he was sent as amba ador to Flanders to settle disputes with the merchants of the Steelyard. "Utopia" was published in 1516. In 1518 he was made master of bequests by Henry VIII. and privy councilor. In June, 1520, he was with Henry at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and met Budæus. In 1521 he was knighted and made subtrea surer to the king; in April, 1523, speaker of the House of Commons; and in 1525 high steward of Cambridge University. He defended the papacy against Luther, sug gested the "Defensio Septem Sacramento rum" Henry VIII., 1521, and opposed Tyndale. On Oct. 25, 1529, he succeeded Wolsey as chancellor. He opposed the reforms pa ed by Parliament of Nov. 3, 1529, and the projected divorce of the king from Catharine, and resigned May 16, 1532. By act of Parliament in March, 1534, an oath of adherence to the act which vested the succe ion in the i ue of Anne Boleyn, and of renunciation of the Pope, was imposed. This oath More refused to take, and he was committed to the Tower April 17, 1535. On July 1, 1535, he was indicted for high treason, and was executed July 6, 1535. More was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. Dec. 9, 1886. Among his English works are "Life of John Picus, Earl of Mirandula, etc.," printed in 1510 by Wynkyn de Worde (it was a translation from the Latin of Giovanni Francesco Pico, 1498), "History of Richard III." (1513), a number of controversial works, meditations, etc. Rastell, the nephew of Sir Thomas More, collected most of his English works and printed them in 1557. Among his Latin works are the "Utopia" (1516: which see), "Luciani Dialog i, etc." (1506), "Epigram mat a, etc." (1518), a number of volumes of letters to Erasmus and others, di ertations, etc. His Latin works were first collected at Basel in 1563. The most complete edition was that published at Frankfort-on-the-Main and Leipsic, 1689. More of More Hall. An English legendary hero who slew the Dragon of Wantley. Morea (mo-re'). The name given in modern geography to the Peloponnesus. Called Morea by the modern post-Hellenic or Romaic more , the name for the sea in Slavonic Greek from bitans during the earth the wide dle ages. M. Arnold , Study of Celtic Lit., p. 79, note. Moreau (mō-rō'), Hégésippe. Born at Paris, April 9, 1810: died at Paris, Dec. 10, 1838. A French poet. His poems were published under the name "Myosotis" in 1838. Moreau, Jean Victor. Born at Morlaix, Morlaix, France, Aug. 11, 1761: died at Laun, Bohemia, Sept. 2, 1813. A French general. He commanded the right wing of Pichegru's army in Holland in 1795, and superseded Pichegru as commander of the army of the Rhine and the Moselle in 1796. He cro ed the Rhine at Kehl June 24, defeated the archduke Charles at Ettlingen July 9, and drove the Austrians back to the Danube, when the defeat of the army of the Meuse and the Sambre under Jourdan compelled him to retreat. He commanded in Italy in 1799, being defeated by the Ru ians under Su varoff at Ca ano, April 7. In 1800 he was appointed to the command of the army of the Rhine by the first consul, Bonaparte; and in the same year gained a decisive victory over the Austrians at Hohenlinden (Dec. 3). Having placed himself at the head of a party of republicans and royalists separating the northwestern detached part of Lancashire, England, from the main division. More Di emblers besides Women. A comedy by Thomas Middle ton, licensed as " an old play" in 1623, printed in 1657 with "Women beware Women," but certainly acted before 1623. Morelia (mō-rāʻlē-ä), formerly Valladolid (väl yä-THō-lēTH'). The capital of the state of Michoacan, Mexico, situated about 125 miles west by north of Mexico: so named in 1828 in honor of the patriot More los. It was founded in 1541. Population (1895), 32,287. Morell (mo-rel'), Sir Charles. The pseudonym of the Rev. James Ridley, under which he wrote "The Tales of the Genii" (1764). Morella (mō-rāl'yä). A town in the province of Cas tell on, eastern Spain, 78 miles southwest of Tarragon a: the Roman Castra Ælia. It has an old castle. Population (1887), 6,812. Morellet (mō-rel-lā'), André. Born at Lyons, March 7, 1727: died at Paris, Jan. 12, 1819. A French littérateur and philosophical writer. He wrote "Mélanges de littérature et de phi losophie losophie au XVIIIe siècle" (1818), etc. More los (mō-rālōs). A state of Mexico, situated south of the state of Mexico. Capital, Cuernavaca. The largest town is Cuautla (14,000 inhabitants). Area, about 2,000 square miles. Population (1895), 159,800. More los, or Monte more los (mon-tā-mō-rālōs). A town in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, situated about 55 miles southeast of Monterey. Population (1894), 15,279. More los y Pavon (mō-rāʼlōs ē pä-vōn'), José Maria. Born near A pat zing an, Michoacan, Sept. 30, 1765: died near Mexico, Dec. 22, 1815. A Mexican patriot. He was a priest; joined the revolt of Hidalgo in 1810; held separate commands; and at first was very succe ful, but after Nov., 1813, was repeatedly defeated. He was finally captured, Nov. 5, 1815, taken to Mexico, and shot. The last notable auto de fé (November 26, 1815) was that at which the accused was the patriot More los. The find. ing against him was a foregone conclusion. "The Pres. bítero José Maria More los," declared the inquisitors, "is an unconfe ed heretic ( hereje formal negativo ), an abettor of heretics, and a disturber of the ecclesiastical hierarchy; a profaner of the holy sacraments; a traitor to God, to the King, and to the Pope." For which sins he was "condemned to do penance in a penitent's dre " (after the usual form), and was surrendered to the tender mercies of the secular arm. Janvier , Mexican Guide, p. 29. More love (mor'luv), Lord. The lover of Lady Betty Modish in Cibber's "Carele Husband." In Lord More love we have the first lover in English comedy, since licentiousne po e ed it, who is at once a gentleman and an honest man. Doran , Eng. Stage, p. 200. More no (mo-rā'no), Francisco. Born at Buenos Ayres, Oct. 7, 1827. An Argentine explorer and ethnologist. Since 1872 he has made numerous expeditions to the wilder parts of the country, with the special object of studying the Indian tribes. In 1880 he was captured by the Pehuelches and condemned to death, but escaped. More no, Gabriel Garcia. See Garcia More no. Moresnet (mō-rā-nā'), or Kelmis (kel'mis). A small neutral strip of land southwest of Aixla-Chapelle, between Pru ia and Belgium. It is ruled conjointly by officials of these two countries. Pop ulation, about, 3,000. Moret (mō-ra'). A town in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France, situated on the Loing 40 miles southeast of Paris. Population (1891), commune, 2,068. More to (mō-rā'tō), Agustin. Born at Madrid about 1618: died 1669. A noted Spanish dramatist. He wrote "El valiente justiciero" ("The Brave Justiciary"), "El lin do Don Diego" ("The Handsome Don hood as early as 1659. Ten years later, in 1669, he died, only fifty-one years old, leaving whatever of property he po e ed to the poor. Ticknor , Span. Lit., II. 413. More ton Bay (mor'ton bā). An inlet of the Pacific, on the coast of Queensland, Australia, about lat. 27° 15′ S. It is 40 miles long and 17 miles wide. Morey (mō'ri) Letter, The. A letter forged in the name of J. A. Garfield, favoring Chinese cheap labor. It was published at New York in Oct., 1880 (shortly before the presidential election), addre ed to a fictitious H. L. Morey. Morez (mō-rā'). A town in the department of Jura, France, 23 miles north by west of Geneva. Population (1891), commune, 15,124. Morgagni (mor-gän'yē), Giovanni Battista. Born at Forli, Italy, Feb. 25, 1682: died at Padua, Italy, Nov. 5, 1771. An Italian anatomist, the founder of pathological anatomy. He was profe or of anatomy in Padua from 1711. chief work is "De sedibus et causis morborum per an a to men in dag at is" ("On the Seat and Causes of Diseases investigated by Anatomy," 1761). He also wrote "Adversaria anatomic a" (1706-19), etc. Morgaine. See Morgan a . Morgan (môrgan). [Originally Morgant or Morcant ; Cymric, 'sea-brink,' or 'one born on the sea-shore."] The earliest British ecclesias tical writer. See Pelagius . Morgan. 1. See Belarius . 2. A Welsh surgeon in Smollett's "Roderick Random" and "Pere grine Pickle." Morgan (môr'gan), Daniel. Born in New Jersey, 1736: died at Winchester, Va., July 6, 1802. An American general. He served with distinction in the expedition under Arnold against Quebec 1775-76; commanded the riflemen at Saratoga in 1777; and defeated Tarleton at Cowpens in 1781. He attained the rank of major-general. Morgan, Edwin Dennis on. Born at Washington, Ma ., Feb. 8, 1811: died at New York, Feb. 14, 1883. An American merchant and politician. He was governor of New York 1859-62, and United States senator from New York 1863-69. Morgan, Sir Henry. Born in Wales, 1635 (?): died in Jamaica, 1688. The most celebrated commander of the bucaneers. He ran away to sea, went to Barbados, and thence to Jamaica, where he joined the bucaneers, and soon became a leader. His ravages extended over the Spanish coasts of the Caribbean Sea. He pillaged parts of Cuba, and took and ran somed Puerto Bello 1668, and Maracaibo 1669. In 1670 he collected 37 ve els and 2,200 men, captured a fort at the mouth of the Chagres River, cro ed the isthmus, and took Panama, after a battle with about 3,000 Spanish soldiers, Jan., 1671. The city was sacked and burned, and immense plunder was secured. Here, as elsewhere, the Spaniards were treated with great inhumanity. Morgan was prevented by royal orders from organizing another expedition. He returned to England, where he was knighted by Charles II. and made a commi ioner of the admiralty. Later he resided in Jamaica, where he was lieutenant-governor and commander-in-chief, and for a time was acting governor. Morgan, John Hunt. Born at Huntsville, Ala., June 1, 1826: died Sept. 4, 1864. An American general in the Confederate service. He entered the Confederate army as a captain at the beginning of the Civil War; was promoted major-general in 1862; and in 1863 commanded a cavalry raid into Kentucky, Ohio, and Indianhich red hande the Ohio penitentiary. He his escape later in same year, and undertook a raid into Tenne ee. He was surrounded and killed by Union troops under General Alvan C. Gillem, near Greenville, Tenne ee. Morgan, Lewis Henry. Born near Aurora, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1818: died at Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1881. An American ethnologist and archæ ologist. He published "League of the Iroquois (1851), "Systems Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family," "Ancient Society," etc. Morgan, Lady (Sydney Owenson). Born at Dublin about 1783: died at London, April 14, 1859. An Irish novelist, daughter of an Irish actor. She published a volume of poems, and a novel, "St. Clair," in 1804. "The Wild Irish Girl," a political novel, made her reputation in 1806. In 1812 she married Sir T. C. Morgan, M. D., who was knighted in her interest. Among her other works are "O'Donnel" (1814), "Florence Macarthy"(1816), "France under the Bourbons, etc." (1817), and its companion "Italy, etc." (1821) (these excited furious opposition both in England and on the Continent), "Life and Times of Salvator Rosa" (1823), "Woman and her Master" (1840), "The Book Without a Name" (with Sir T. C. Morgan, 1841), "Luxima, the Prophete " (1859). "Pa ages from my Autobiography: an Odd Volume (1859: this contains her letters for the years 1818-19, etc.), etc. IMG:content-0799.png:[ocr errors] Morgan, Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, Sir Thomas Charles. Born at London about 1783: died there, Aug. 28, 1843. An English author, the husband of Lady Morgan. He was educated at Eton and at St. Peter's, Cambridge. His works include "Sketches of the Philosophy of Life" (1818) and "Sketches of the Philosophy of Morals " (1822). Morgan, William. Died 1826. A mechanic of Batavia, New York, alleged to have been abducted and killed by Freemasons for revealing secrets of the order. Morgan a (môr-gänä), or Morgaine (mor-gān'). [ Morgan a is the Breton equivalent of 'sea-woman, from mor , sea, and gwen , splendens fœmina.] In Celtic legend and Arthur i an romance, a fairy, sister of King Arthur. In the romance of "Ogier the Dane" she receives Ogier in the Isle of Avalon when he is over one hundred years of age, and restores him to eternal youth. She is also known as Morgan or Morgue le Fay, and in the Italian romances as Fata ('fairy') Morgan a. The fairy Morgan a [Morgaine, sister of Arthur), who is a principal character in this romance ["Morte d'Arthur"] and discovered to Arthur the intrigue of Geneura with Lance lot, is a leading personage not only in other tales of chivalry, but also in the Italian poems. In the Orlando Furioso she convinces her brother of the infidelity of his queen by means of a magical horn. About a part of the Orlando In nam or a to, beginning at canto thirty-six, is occupied with the Fata Morgan a. She is there represented as dispensing all the treasures of the earth, and as inhabiting a splen did residence at the bottom of a lake. Thither Orlando penetrates, and forces her to deliver up the knights she detained in captivity, by seizing her by a lock of hair and conjuring her in the name of her master Demo gorgon. She thus became a well-known character in Italy, where the appellation of Fata Morgan a is given to that strange and almost incredible vision which, in certain states of the tide and weather, appears on the sea that washes the coast of Calabria. Every object at Reggio is then a you sand times reflected on a marine mirror, or, when vapors are thick, on a species of aërial screen, elevated above the surface of the water, on which the groves and hills and towers are represented as in a moving picture.