He was a man of letters and a knight, concerned for both the spiritual and saecular health of his underlings.
His resources were still limited, but he flattered himself in the expectation that he might earn a subsistence as a man of letters.
He was a known orator and a man of letters.
He was then put on half-pay, and took on the role of man of letters.
He had a circle of devoted friends and was recognized as a top-ranking moralist and man of letters.
Being a writer, was not a priority for him; he saw himself as a man of letters, and his letters show all his correspondent qualities.
He is a man of great experience, a man of letters and of law.
And beyond all that he was a scholar and a man of letters.
