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MORAL

PHI L O S O P II

trolnrportin¡ is

view ul!ath

his di(charge

(rom

Ihe

w.rfdre of

mortl.l\t)',

anu a

triuOlphant

enuy

io to a fiare

of {rcedom. {ccurity, ;¡,nd

perfd'bon;

in which knowJcdge

and wi.úlom (hall break upon him

(rom

cvery

qnaTlcr

..here <oeh f.euhy 11...11

h.ve

i.. prorer objdl ; and his

virtue, which was

oflen

dampccl or defetlted here, OnlJ

be cOlhroncd in unc..hH urbed and etero,,1 empire!

rC'ficy,:ing

this {hort fyflcm of morals, ;:¡,nd the mo –

tives which rupport and cnforce it,

ano

comparing both

with the Chrilban

tcheme,

wh:u

ligln,

and vigour do chey

borrow froOl thence! How c1early and ful1y do" Chritli–

anity lay open

lhe conccétioDs

OUT Aaturc.

both mate·

rial and immaterial, and

fUlure

as well as prcCent ! \Vhat

ao cample and beautirul detail does

prc:rent

dUlies

\Ve owe to G od. tOCodety,

:l.OU

ourCelves: promulgated

the mofi fi mple, intc:lligible,

and

popular manner; di#

velled of every partial i,y of fea or n..ion ; and .dapted

' o the general flate of mdOk iod! "",h wha, briCh' .nd

alluring examples does it iJlu{hate and reconlRlcnd [he

praétice

thofe dutie5; and with WhiH mighty fanc·

tions uocs

inforce that praélice! How firon,ly does

¡,

M O R

MORAL

SEN SE,

,hu whereby we perceive wha' is

good, virtuous, and bcautiful

aétion" manners, and

charaéters. Sec

MORALS .

MOR ALITY. See MORAL PHtLOSOPHY .

r-IORASS, •

10\Y,

moifl land, which reeeives the ,..-

ters from the

hi~her

grounds without having any de·

fccnl to carry them off,

MORAVI A, a mHquiCatc, or provioce in Bohemi.,

bounderl

Siler.. on the oorth·eafl, by Hungary .nd

Au l1ria

the Couth, aod by Rohemia

0 0

lhe north·

\Ve~l.

MORAVI.'\NS, • fea of Protethnts. who have becn

fettl:d for a eonfidorable time p,n" Hernhuth in

Gcrruany, and h;we of late years fpread therurelves

over mon of our AmericaD colonies,

:11$

well as in fe·

\'eral parts of England, where they

,He

permitted to

fCII le by a late •• '\ of parliamenL They have a kiod

of church-go"ernmenl pecnliar to lhemeelves, and are

commonly known

the name of

Unilol Fralru1/I.

TI.·e Bu/hren_

Thc y profefs Ihe utmofl: vencralion

for our bJetTcd S:l\-¡cur. whom Ihey confider as their

immedi;Hc Head and D ircétor ; enjoin the

rnon

implicit

obedience to the rulas of thei r church

aad are fiiid

to pri\t!llrt!

nlUch

brotherly love amoogCl one anolher .

MOROID,

.m~ng

phyfieians, fi gnifies dife.fed or cor o

rupl ; a

tcrca

applied «:ither to

uofound conftitution,

or to thore pans or humours th.u are iofelfled by

dife.fe

M O R DELLA . in zoolor,y•• genus of tite eolenptera

clars of inftéts. 'l'he an tcnna:

.u-e

Ih read-fhaptd, and

{errateu

lhe heao is cJtfiefteo under the neck

the

p.tppi are eldvaled.

c6m pr dr~d,

and obliquely bluntc:d;

OInd the elytra are beDt bfI.Ckwal ds

ntar

(he apex_

"rhere are

I;x

fpecies, all natives of dilrcrcnt paru of

Europe.

l\JOREA.

tll'! .mcicnt Pcl0PQn nefus,

¡,

province of

Europoan

T "":y,

aod is •

p~DiDf,Jla

.UQU,

one huo-

Jefcribe Ihe corruplions of our nalure; Ihe de. vialion!l

of Ollr Ilfe, from

lhe

rule

dUly; anJ

die

caufes of

both!

ow roi\nrellous aod benevolent a plan

rc.:demp.

tiOD daes

unfold,

which thofe corrllptions may be

remedied, and our natll re refio,ed fro01 ilsdcviations,

tr;,nfcendent heights of vi nlle and piety! Finally, wltat

fair and eomprehenfivc profpeet does it give

USI

of lhe ..

d·

miniflrarion

Cod.

wbich it reprefcnls t1!e prefent (late

only ílS .. fmal! period ; and a period of warfítre :lnd uiall

How folemn

and

unbou nded are the fcenes which it o–

pens beyond it ; the refurrellian ofthe dead;

lhe

gcneral

judgmeo[; ,he equal dillribution of reward, and pu–

nifhments to the 600d and the bad; and lhe

full

cample.

[ion of dil'ine \Virdom .nd goodnefs in the final ellablifh–

ment of arder, perfeélion,

tlnd

happiners! -How glorious

then is that fcheme of reli¡:ion, and how worthy of afrec–

tion as well as or- admiratíon, which, by making fu ch

diCeoveries. and .(fording fuch aOiO.nees, has dilclofed

,he unfading fruits and triumphSl of ..inuc, and fecurcd

intercas beyoDd the power of time and chance !

M O R

dred and eighty miles long, and one hllndred . od thir–

[y broad, bounded by ,he gulphs of L epan[o .nd Eo–

gia on the nanh; by

lhe

Egean fea, or Archipclago,

the

e.fl;

lod by ,he Mediterrane.D

,he fou,h

. nd wefl.

MORESK,

MORISCO,

is a

kind

of pi\inting, car–

..ing,

6c.

done afler the manner of the Moors

con–

fining of feveral grotdque pieces and compartmenu,

promifcuouJ1y mingled, Dot containing any perfeét

fi–

gure of aman, or other animal; but

wild re(em–

blance of birds, beafl:s, trces,

Oc.

MORGAY, io iehthyology. See S Q..UALUS .

1I101UNA.

in bOlAny, a genus of ,he di.ndri.

mono~y

nia cla(s_ Tbe corolla is unequal

the

calix

of the

frui[ confifls o(one dentateu lea(; [he calix o( the

Row–

cr is bifjd; and there

bUl one feed unner lhe Rower–

calix . 1 -here is but ane fpecies,

native of Perfia.

M ORIN D A, in bOla0Y. a genus of ,he pentandria mo–

nogynia

c1.rs

, The flo",'ers are a&gregate and mono·

petalous; lhe Oigma is bifid; and [he drupre are

Clg–

grcgate. Thcrc are

three

fpecies,

DOne

of them

na–

tives of Bntaio.

M O RINELLUS , in ornithology. SeeCHAR AD RtU S_

MORISONA, • genus of ,he poll'ndria monogynia

claCs . T he coroll a confif!s of four petals, and che Cl·

lix of t\Yo Ct'J!Dh:.ntS; the berry i, hard, l nd cooraios

one fced. Thcre is bllt one fpecies,

naove of

A–

mericíl_

M ORLA IX, a port·town of Franco. in the provinee of

Oritany : W . long

4°'

N. laL

48° 37'.

M OR 1YLUS, in ichthyology. Se< S'HU S.

M OHN ING. the beginning o( ,lte dny, the lirll 'ppelr–

"nre

liJ!ht, or the time from midnight

til!

noon.

MOROCCO. ,he capital o( tite kingrlon, of the fa",e

n::lme in ¡\fric; : \\'. long 9<'" N_ lat. 32".

MOROC H 'I HUS, in natural hiJlory, an lOuuratcd clay.

calJcd by us

Fr~och

chalk; fer.iDg toylors .nd o,hers