Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters…

Thomas B. Macaulay
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Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world. ✨ On Sir William Temple by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1838.
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Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world. ✨ On Sir William Temple by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1838.

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