Sentences with phrase «english man of letters»

Klassen invites readers to consider that there is much more to this Middle English man of letters.

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Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), in his later years hailed as the outstanding living man of letters in the English - speaking world, in his youth a believing Christian, in his maturity held that men's lives are governed by blind, unconscious, purposeless cosmic forces.

Relating events from the front line in a letter to his mother, a young British soldier tells of the remarkable moment on Christmas Day when French, English and German men laid down their weapons and clasped hands, sharing biscuits and good wishes.