his pictures, an it the efiee of his unfortunate commence- 
Yient in ait. by their total want of drawing, and frecdon 
c itrodaGion ace 
secition, notwithflanding = took 
earn to oe in the academ my at Rome, after 
Te was himfelt eu of his 
deficiency on this head, and frequently engaged other artifts, 
fuch as Felippo Lauri, and Courtcis, to paint them for him, 
etl his men and women 
a order t o prev ent pea 8 of his works — fold as - 
Earlom 
We have many of the fineft a of this great mafter in 
this el befides an infinity of minor productions from 
7 penc ptt principal ones here, are one in ae ie of 
» Laban, 
palace.in Rom ued at 7000 guineas. 
‘Thefe are mater-pieces “of their kind, i grandeur, rich- 
nefs, and variety of imagination in their different compofi- 
tions; and for pane luxuriancy, and truth in their 
colour, He died in 1682, aged 82. ‘* When fhall we look 
upon his like again ! !’ 
GELEITSTEIN, in Gasca, a town of Germany, 
in the principality ef Wurzburg; 10 miles S. of Ge- 
mundei. 
GELEMAR, a sibel of Hindooftan, in Oude; 26 
miles S.W. of Gooracpo 
GELENAU,a ae of Saxony, in the circle of Erzge- 
b: ue 5 miles W.N.W. of Greiffenitein 
GELFUM, or GELBUM, an Hungarian name for a kind 
of mundic, which contains filver. 
GELIGCONDA, in Geography, a pelea of Hindooftan, ¢ 
in the Carnatic; 50 miles S.W. of Ong 
GELISE, a river - France, ee runs into the Baife 
at Lavardac. 
GE a town of Hifpania 
en Geograph y 
e Vacceans; fuppofed 
Le 
Tareagonenhsy in the c country © of t 
to be the ela of Antonine’s Itinera 
LLAH, or COLLAn, or Caleb ad Snaan, a town 
of ne in the province of eucaer ae near the river 
Serratt 5 ee upen the eminence of a m 
pap only narrow road ine to it. 
ind of conienens afylum for the rebels of both this and 
me neighbouri » wher are hofpitably 
entertained, till their friends have pas aaa their pardon, or 
ay aaa for their crimes ; aoe ‘. a onftantina. 
» a town o Africa, of Tunis, c 
near the riv ejer 
hus Coreclins oa Geel his winter-quarters, which gave 
it the name of *Caftra Corneliana;’ 18 miles N. of 
unis. 
GELLE’, a town of Africa, in Dar-Fir, at a {mall 
diftance N.W. of Cubcabia, and 40 miles N.W. of Cobbé. 
N. lat. 14° 24’. E. long. 27°28. Gellé, fays Mr. Brown, 
GEL 
(Travels in Africa, &c. p. 240.) was efteemed lefs flourifi- 
ing than moft other towns of Dar-Fir, being under the 
galling tyranny of a prieft, a native of the place, and yee 
whom the in eae were dependent. His unfated ava- 
rice left them neither apparel nor a mat upon nich to 
lie; ,and his malice perfecuted them, Becate they had 
nothing more which he could plunder. 
GELLERT, Curistran Fure 
was born in Jul 1715). near alerps 
ae ved a goo 
HTEGOTT, in Biography. 
where his father was . 
ucation in the {chools, 
the 
73 died theology at Leipi fic. end of 
ur bi he returned home, ommenced preacher, but 
mee 6 fi undertook the office of a 
ure a8 an ora a? 
rivate tutor, hi 
deal of refpeét, as well for the agreeablenefs of his ftyle, as 
for the excellence of difpofitien which his work every ‘ghee 
difplayed. As an inftructor of youth, he endeavoured not 
an to enrich the minds of his pupils with ufeful knowledge, 
but to form their tafe, aa oe their hearts, and infpire 
them ak fentiments of religion and virtue. In 1744, he 
publithed the firft volume of his fables, fome plays, and the 
1748 
ealth, ad was ie 
o hypochondriacal ions, and, in 1751, he accepted ae 
ofce of extraordinary profllr _  phiolopy He had n 
oyed the emolum of his tion many m months, wen 
his ogi at eee dint a able lownefs of fpirit 
and confirmed melancholy, which embittered all the joys a 
life. In this ftate, beloved by all, on account of his patience 
and Chriftian refignation, he continued to linger out a mi- 
said exiltence ae December 1769. I The lofs of aoe fin- 
perfon, ” 
e year 
omplete aera was pub-- 
a Let Ly eight volumes, with sae ings. Kut- 
ner “ha celebrated his various exce 3 he fays, “ 
ca cee of exciting the love and admiration of his contem- 
oraries, in . eminent a coe as Gellert, and of exerciling 
fo powerful an influence ‘s the tafte and wa’ think 
ing of all ranks” Though not a genius of the firft clafs he 
was an agreeable and forte writer 5 the poet of religion and 
virtue 3 an able reformer of public morals, who preferred: 
reproof to punifhment, and feemed more inclined to ad- 
minifter confola aay than to plunge into defpair. In his 
fables and fpiritual fongs he has diplge the whole force of 
is genius. In the former, he fuccefstully imitates La Fon- 
taine, and fhews the fame delicate vein of humour, the fame 
livelinefs and eafe united to the keeneft fatire. _ In his tales. 
idactic 
tragic. His ridicule always 
appears in the garb of innocence, while the irony is con- 
ealed under the fineft veils his verfes are exceedingly foft 
