rtimer was never in the merchant's house but once in his life, and
resolved never to enter it again.--C. Dickens, _Our Mutual Friend_
(1864).

=Morten= (_Sir_), a spectre who appears at King Olaf's feast, in the guise
of a one-eyed old man, and carouses with the guests until bed-time. When
the morning breaks, he has departed, and no trace of him is to be found.

"King Olaf crossed himself and said--
'I know that Odin the Great is dead;
Sure is the triumph of our Faith,
This one-eyed stranger was his wraith.'
Dead rides Sir Morten of Fogelsang."

H. W. Longfellow, _The Wraith of Odin_.

=Morton=, a retainer of the earl of Northumberland.--Shakespeare, 2 _Henry
IV._ (1508).[TN-25]

_Morton_ (_Henry_), a leader in the covenanters' army with Balfour.
While abroad, he is Major-general Melville. Henry Morton marries Miss
Edith Bellenden.

_Old Ralph Morton of Milnwood_, uncle of Henry Morton.

_Colonel Silas Morton of Milnwood_, father of Henry Morton.--Sir W.
Scott, _Old Mortality_ (time, Charles II.).

_Morton_ (_The earl of_), in the service of Mary queen of Scots, and a
member of the privy council of Scotland.--Sir W. Scott, _The Monastery_
and _The Abbot_ (time, Elizabeth).

_Morton_ (_The Rev. Mr._)[TN-26] the Presbyterian pastor of Cairnvreckan
village.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.).

=Mortsheugh= (_Johnie_), the old sexton of Wolf's Hope village.--Sir W.
Scott, _The Bride of Lammermoor_ (time, William III.).

=Morvi'dus=, son of Danius by his concubine, Tangust[)e]la. In his reign,
there "came from the Irish coasts a most cruel monster, which devoured
the people continually, but as soon as Morvidus heard thereof, he
ventured to encounter it alone. When all his darts were spent, the
monster rushed upon him, and swallowed him up like a small
fish."--Geoffrey of Monmouth, _British History_, iii. 15 (1142).

=Mosby=, an unmitigated villain. He seduced Alicia, the wife of Arden of
Feversham. Thrice he tried to murder Arden, but was baffled, and then
frightened Alicia into conniving at a most villainous scheme of murder.
Pretending friendship, Mosby hired two ruffians to murder Arden while he
was playing a game of draughts. The villains, who were concealed in an
adjacent room, were to rush on their victim when Mosby said, "Now I take
you." The whole gang was apprehended and executed.--_Arden of Feversham_
(1592), altered by George Lillo (1739).

=Mosca=, the