proser

Example Sentences

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His old schoolmaster called him "Ne'er-do-weel Peter;" but the dominie was a mere proser; he knew the moods and tenses of a Greek or Latin sentence, but he was incapable of appreciating its soul.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

Here offers you still the full use of his breath, Your devoted and long-winded proser till death.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

I sympathize with you for the dole which you are dreeing under the inflictions of your honest proser.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

He is as little of a proser as possible, but he blurts out the finest wit and sense in the world.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

I used to think him rather a proser; how I blessed his prosing now!

From The Altar Fire by Benson, Arthur Christopher