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MR. MOORE having been long under a prosecution in Doctors' Commons, his
proctor called on him one day whilst he was composing the tragedy of
The Gamester. The proctor having sat down, he read him four acts of
the piece, being all he had written; by which the man of law was so
affected, that he exclaimed, Good! good! can you add to this couple's
distress in the last act?--O, very easily, said the poet, I intend
to put them into the Ecclesiastical Court.
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