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

#831981
From: Michael Pendrago
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 16:13
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On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 7:06:35 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> General-Zod wrote: 
> 
> > Will Dockery wrote: 
> 
> >> 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. 
> 
> >> 🙂 
> 
> > I remember that post....
> Apparently some would rather forget. 

You're like a child who didn't receive the cookie he expected.

This thread never should have existed separately from NancyGene's original. 

However, a question was posed... and answered.

There is no need to continue whining about it.

Consequently, I shall be marking this thread as spam.

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