He was a literary man and read enough literature.

他是个精通文学的人，读了许多文学作品。

Politicians and literary men are in the same case.

政治家和文人也是如此。

Frederick knew that he was a Prussian general, but he wanted to be a French literary man.

腓特烈知道自己是普鲁士将军， 但他想成为法国文人。

The fact that every man desires to be somebody else explains many of the aberrations of artists and literary men.

每个人都想成为别人这一事实解释了艺术家和文人的许多偏差。

'No, Elfride, ' he whispered; 'I didn't mean that. I mean that he is really a literary man of some eminence, and not altogether a reviewer. He writes things of a higher class than reviews, though he reviews a book occasionally.

“不，Elfride，”他低声说。 ‘我不是那个意思。我的意思是，他确实是一位颇有名气的文学家，而不完全是一位评论家。他写的东西比评论更高级，尽管他偶尔会评论一本书。

I hope you wrote it before we became intimate. The verses are good though... as far as I can judge. I think you have the making of a literary man in you, but you have chosen a better and higher calling than literature.

虽然诗句很好...... 据我判断。 我认为你有文学家的气质， 但你有选择了比文学更好、更高的职业。