John, a well-known translator, who received the rudiments of his education in the free school at Ashby de la Zouch, and completed his grammatical studies at Christ's Hospital, where he acquired a considerable knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It was the intention of his friends to send him to Cambridge; but, averse to the confinement of a college life, and perhaps disinclined to the clerical profession, he solicited and obtained employment in a public office of accounts, a situation for which he had been at much pains to qualify himself. His attention to business, however, did not divert his thoughts from literature. He made himself master of the principal modern languages, especially French, Italian, and Spanish; and from all these, as well as from the Latin and the Greek, he favoured the world with translations, which, if not remarkable for elegance, are generally pretty faithful to the originals. Ozell, though evidently a prudent man, had nevertheless a more exalted notion of his own abilities than the world was disposed to entertain; and this vain conceit probably led Pope to give him a place in the Dunciad, a species of distinction which seems to have annoyed him excessively. He died in the year 1743.

OZIERI, a city of the island of Sardinia, the capital of the diocese of the same name. It stands on a beautiful slope, in a healthy district, in which excellent wheat is raised and large flocks of sheep are pastured. Besides the cathedral, it contains several nunneries and monasteries, an hospital, and 7200 inhabitants.