‘I have always wanted to be an all-round man of letters on the eighteenth-century plan, which allowed or commanded a man to write essay or poem, novel or play, just as he pleased.’ (Google)
He was the last of a species, the great statesman, who was also the urbane man of letters and bon vivant. (Google)
Stanley Burnshaw, a consummate man of letters who was not only a poet, critic, translator, editor, publisher and novelist but also was skilled at setting type by hand, died September 16, 2005 on Martha's Vineyard. He was 99. (Google)