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Edward Moore (22 March 17121 March 1757), English

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and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire. He was the author of ''Fables for the Female Sex'' (1744), ''The Trial of Selim the Persian'' (1748), ''The Foundling'' (1748) and ''

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'' (1751). He wrote the domestic tragedy of ''The Gamester'', originally produced in 1753 with

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in the leading character of Beverley the gambler. It is upon ''The Gamester'' that Moore's literary reputation rests; the play was much-produced in England and the United States in the century after Moore's death. The oft-quoted phrase "rich beyond the dreams of avarice" is spoken by Mrs. Beverley in the play's second act. As a poet he produced clever imitations of

John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peac ...

and

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, and with the assistance of Lord Lyttelton,

Lord Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, (22 September 169424 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, and man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. Early life He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Ches ...

and

Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He had Strawb ...

, conducted ''The World'' (1753–1757), a weekly periodical on the model of the ''Rambler''. He collected his poems under the title of ''Poems, Fables and Plays'' in 1756. Moore died in

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on 1 March 1757. His ''Dramatic Works'' were published in 1788.

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