He is not a dramatist - his work as such is insignificant - nor a novelist, for, though his two chief works except the Confessions are called novels, Emile is one only in name, and La Nouvelle Helotise is as a story diffuse, prosy and awkward to a degree. [Please select]
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From a very prosy, tiresome, unmelodious singer, it is suddenly transformed for a brief moment into a lyric poet of great power. [Please select]
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Some are dryly scientific, some are dull and prosy, some are sentimental, some are sensational, and a few are altogether admirable. [Please select]
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"Don't be prosy, Dom," said Otto, helping himself to a fifth, if not a tenth, muffin. [Please select]
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The old gentleman seemed put out to find himself deprived of his prerogative to be elaborate and prosy. [Please select]
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But he lingered longer over the somewhat prosy ancient history of Monsieur Rollin. [Please select]
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I think I am getting rather prosy, so I must try and cut the matter short. [Please select]
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She was not especially appreciated, for she was considered prosy and commonplace. [Please select]
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Chapter XX Gilbert Speaks "This has been a dull, prosy day," yawned Phil, stretching herself idly on the sofa, having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats. [Please select]
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"It has been a prosy day for us," she said thoughtfully, "but to some people it has been a wonderful day." [Please select]
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