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Scandal, that the world so much admired, is but a poor performance; I, myself, could far surpass it, were I to descend to writing for the stage, but that I despise." "Did you never write for the stage, doctor?" "I once wrote a tragedy." "What was the subject?" "The death of Colebrand, or the history of Guy, Earl of Warwick." "And how was it received, doctor?" "Whatever I write, has numberless enemies;—they had the insolence to damn it. Pit, boxes, galleries, all hired to join against poor Guy;—there was a great deal of nature and of wit in the dialogue, for it made them laugh a good deal; but it was damned. The whole world were in a confederacy against me; but I wrote and published an address, which proved every one that spoke or hissed against me, to be a dunce." "How did you prove that,