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 was published at London in 1788, 8vo, and the latter have since been reprinted from time to time in the principal collections of English dramatic literature. ‘The Foundling’ has been translated into French, and ‘The Gamester’ into French, German, and Dutch. The ‘Fables and Poems’ are included in the collections of English poetry edited by Anderson, 1793–1807; Park, 1808; Chalmers, 1810; and Davenport, 1822. Separate reprints of the ‘Fables’ appeared at London in 1768, 8vo; 1770, 12mo; 1771, 12mo; 1783, 8vo; 1786, 12mo; 1795, 24mo; 1799, 8vo; 1806, 12mo. A joint edition of ‘Fables by John Gay and Edward Moore’ appeared at Paris in 1802, 12mo. The ‘Fables’ have also been translated into German. ‘The World’ appeared in collective form at London in 1757, 2 vols. fol. and 6 vols. 12mo, and in 1761 4 vols. 8vo; reprinted in 1772, 8vo, 1793, 8vo, and in 1794, 24mo. It is also included in the series of ‘British Essayists’ edited by Ferguson and Chalmers in 1823, and by Robert Lynam [q. v.] in 1827. A portrait of Moore by T. Worlidge belongs to Dr. Edward Hamilton. It was engraved by Neagle, and prefixed to the 1788 edition of his ‘Dramatic Works.’

 MOORE, ELEANORA, otherwise NELLY (d. 1869), actress, played in Manchester and made her first appearance in London at the St. James's Theatre, 29 Oct. 1859, as the original Winifred in Leicester Buckingham's ‘Cupid's Ladder,’ a part in which she displayed much promise. On 29 Oct. 1860 she was at the same house, under Alfred Wigan [q. v.], the first Margaret Lovell in Tom Taylor's ‘Up at the Hills.’ She was seen for the first time at the Haymarket, 29 March 1864, as Venus in Mr. Burnand's ‘Venus and Adonis.’ On 30 April she was the original Ada Ingot in T. W. Robertson's ‘David Garrick,’ Sothern being Garrick. She played in the ‘Castle of Andalusia,’ and was once more Venus, this time in Planché's ‘Orpheus in the Haymarket,’ December 1865. She was the original Lucy Lorrington in Westland Marston's ‘Favourite of Fortune,’ 2 April 1866; was Cicely Homespun in the ‘Heir-at-Law,’ Celia in ‘As you like it,’ Mary in Tom Taylor's ‘Lesson for Life,’ and was the original Maud in ‘Diamonds and Hearts,’ an adaptation by the younger Gilbert à Becket of Sardou's ‘Nos bons Villageois,’ 4 March 1867. At the Princess's she played, 15 June 1867, Mabel in a revival of ‘True to the Core,’ by A. Slous; made, 11 April 1868, her first appearance at the Queen's as Nancy in ‘Oliver Twist,’ to the Bill Sikes of (Sir) Henry Irving and the Artful Dodger of John Laurence Toole; was, on 29 June, the original Marian Beck in ‘Time and the Hour,’ by J. Palgrave Simpson and Felix Dale (Herman Merivale), and 24 July 1868 was Ruth Kirby in Byron's ‘Lancashire Lass.’ This was her last performance. She died on 22 Jan. 1869. Miss Moore played at various houses, but her chief success was obtained at the Haymarket with Sothern. She was fair, with bright yellow hair, well-proportioned, a pleasant and sympathetic actress, and a woman of unblemished reputation. Her sister Louisa, also an actress, still lives, but has retired from the stage, with which others of her family are more or less intimately connected.

 MOORE, FRANCIS (1558–1621), law reporter, born in 1558, was son of Edward Moore of East Tildesley, near Wantage, Berkshire, by Elizabeth' Hall of Tilehurst in the same county (, Extinct Baronetage, p. 365). After attending Reading grammar school he entered St. John's College, Oxford, as a commoner in 1574, but did not graduate (, Alumni Oxon. 1500-1714, iii. 1022). He subsequently became a member of New Inn, and entered himself of the Middle Temple on 6 Aug. 1580, being chosen autumn reader in 1607. One of the ablest lawyers of his day, Moore was appointed counsel and under-steward to Oxford University, of which he was created M.A. on 30 Oct. 1612. At Michaelmas 1614 he became serjeant-at-law, and on 17 March 1616 was knighted at Theobalds. He was M.P. for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, in 1588-9, and for Reading in 1597-8, 1601, 1604-11, and 1614. In parliament he was a frequent speaker, and is supposed to have drawn the well-known statute of Charitable Uses which was passed in 1601. The 