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His other works are
- The Hiſtory of Don Quixote, tranſlated by ſeveral hands, publiſhed by Peter Motteux; reviſed and compared with the beſt edition, printed at Madrid, by Mr. Ozell, 5th edition, 1725.
- Reflexions on Learning, by M. de Fenelon, Archbiſhop of Cambray, made Engliſh from the Paris Edition 12mo. 1718.
- Common Prayer, not Common Senſe, in ſeveral Places of the Portugueze, Spaniſh, Italian, French, Latin, and Greek Tranſlations of the Engliſh Liturgy; Being a Specimen of the Manifold Omiſſions, &c. in all, or moſt of the ſaid Tranſlations, ſome of which were printed at Oxford, and the reſt at Cambridge, or London, 1722.
- Vertot’s Revolutions of Rome, tranſlated by Mr. Ozell.
- Logic, or the Art of Thinking; from the French of M. Nicole, 1723.
- Mr. Ozell finiſhed a Tranſlation from the Portugueze, begun by Dr. Geddes, of the moſt celebrated, popiſh, eccleſiaſtical Romance; being the the Life of Veronica of Milan, a book certified by the heads of the univerſity of Conimbra in Portugal, to be reviſed by the Angels, and approved of by God.
Theſe are the works of Mr. Ozell, who, if he did not poſſeſs any genius, has not yet lived in vain, for he has rendered into Engliſh ſome very uſeful pieces, and if his tranſlations are not elegant; they are generally pretty juſt, and true to their original.
Mr. Ozell is ſeverely touched by Mr. Pope in the firſt book of the Dunciad, on what account we cannot determine; perhaps that ſatyriſt has only introduced him to grace the train of his Dunces.
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