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Article #826503Re: Question of the Day: What great English writer...?
From: "George J. Dance
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:31
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:31
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On 2022-07-15 6:51 p.m., W-Dockery wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 6:50:33 PM UTC, NancyGene wrote:
>>
>> > More Hornblower:
>> >
>> > ("Beat to Quarters," p.238) "This Spanish way of making a show out
>> of insanity and greatness was repulsive enough, but could be
>> paralleled often enough in English history. One of the greatest
>> writers of the English language, and a dignitary of the Church to
>> boot, had once been shown in his dotage for a fee."
>
>> Still no correct answer?
>
>> This is obviously not a swift crowd.
>
> I didn't notice the one, but I did correctly guess the one before, Edgar
> Allan Poe.
I remember that. There was one in between, though; you probably skipped
it because there was something nasty about you in the subject line. I
don't remember the question, but the answer was John Todhunter.
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