Nor was Van Mildert the only man of letters who showed confidence in his literary power.
Rather it illustrates the transformative - or at least literary - power of the extraordinary experience of war.
The sort of power you hanker for is literary power.
But deny to him any quality of literary or metaphysical power, and he is piqued.
"First Principles" is not wholly destitute of a certain literary power,' said one of them.
The articles had, however, shown considerable historical knowledge as well as literary power.
Also his literary powers had awakened at last.
"Lodz Ghetto" is a work of immense literary and moral power.
He believed in his own literary power, his capacity for suggesting fine shades and picking perfect words.