prose
noun
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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You have been prosing with that pragmatical personage at Dunkirk—nay, I beg the Lord Chancellor's pardon, Clarendon House.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)