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

#831983
From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:21
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Michael Pendragon wrote:

> 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


You're like a shit slinging little monkey, Pendragon.

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

By me.

🙂

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