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Meanings of plain prose in English

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Usage of plain prose in English
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Nevertheless the subject has a practical aspect which is definable in plain prose.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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Rather a pretty story, even in plain prose, is it not?
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
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The words of the poet are substantiated by the plain prose of the dictionary maker.
Our Day / In the Light of Prophecy
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Established plain prose officials do better for our English.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
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In plain prose, I'm just plodding on-Godknows whither.
Without a Home
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A man may venture to say that in verse which it is perilous to utter in plain prose.
Famous Reviews, Selected and Edited with Introductory Notes by R...
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In plain prose I didn't get home to dress until eleven, and the snow makes it hard going.
A Hoosier Chronicle
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I prefer the lawyer's plain prose.
The Lerouge Case
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He deviated, however, sometimes into other tracks of literature, and condescended to entertain his readers with plain prose.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 08 / ...
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Lastly compare the whole with such an account as you or I or Cluvienus would write in plain prose:-
On the Art of Writing / Lectures delivered in the University of ...
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There has been a great deal of poetry and very little plain prose written about the valley of Mexico.
Mexico and Its Religion / With Incidents of Travel in That Count...
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In Jonathan Fitzgibbons's rather plain prose Cromwell's Head, readers are treated to a scholarly portrait of the butcher butchered.
The Irish Times
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The story has been enshrined in poetry by Longfellow, but we must be content to give it in plain prose.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 05 (of 15), German
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They are rather apt to think that a poetry book is but dull reading, and they much prefer plain prose.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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My friends and neighbours, no poet am I; but always wrongs burn in the heart until plain prose cannot utter them.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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I BEG your pardon for this sally, and will, if I can, continue the rest of my account in plain prose.
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e / Written durin...
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