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Re: Question of the Day: What great English writer...?

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From: ME
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 16:55
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On Friday, 15 July 2022 at 17:39:47 UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca 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.


Just in case you missed that post, I submitted the correct answer s to NG

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