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

Truth was, my outward eyes were closed,   Although I did not know it; Deep into dream-land I had dozed, And thus was happily transposed   From proser into poet.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

"What a bore that must be he is a most insufferable proser."

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

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

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

Porriquet, unfortunately, was now an irritating old proser.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir