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

#831950
From: parnellos.pizza@
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 20:45
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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.

:)

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