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

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From: Will Dockery
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 17:23
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On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 7:55:17 PM UTC-4, ME wrote:
> 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

Congratulations, I gave the correct answer to the first one, in which the answer was Edgar Allan Poe.

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