The Letters of Pliny the Younger: With Observations on Each Letter ; and an Essay on Pliny's Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle, 2. ciltJ. Bettenham, 1751 |
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Sayfa 15
... least discovery ; always deferring his confeffion from time to time , upon fome pretence or other , until Do- MITIAN was murdered by PARTHENIUS , and others of his own houfhold . It is impoffible , on this occafion , not to recollect a ...
... least discovery ; always deferring his confeffion from time to time , upon fome pretence or other , until Do- MITIAN was murdered by PARTHENIUS , and others of his own houfhold . It is impoffible , on this occafion , not to recollect a ...
Sayfa 18
... least , we are certain , that in TRA- JAN's reign , he was a man of confiderable power and dig- nity in the state . 86 Dicenti mihi follicitè adfiftit , affidet recitanti . This fentence fhews the difference between dicere and recitare ...
... least , we are certain , that in TRA- JAN's reign , he was a man of confiderable power and dig- nity in the state . 86 Dicenti mihi follicitè adfiftit , affidet recitanti . This fentence fhews the difference between dicere and recitare ...
Sayfa 43
... least with as much boldness and curiofity as PLINY the elder . The account given by the bishop of that mountain was communicated to the royal fociety by Doctor ARBUTH → NOT , and is published in the Philofophical Tranfactions . It ...
... least with as much boldness and curiofity as PLINY the elder . The account given by the bishop of that mountain was communicated to the royal fociety by Doctor ARBUTH → NOT , and is published in the Philofophical Tranfactions . It ...
Sayfa 79
... least not much decayed . I ftay therefore to fee it properly refitted . 1 I appear indeed to have many friends ; but scarce any of the fort , which you are feeking after , and which your affairs demand . My friends are all be- longing ...
... least not much decayed . I ftay therefore to fee it properly refitted . 1 I appear indeed to have many friends ; but scarce any of the fort , which you are feeking after , and which your affairs demand . My friends are all be- longing ...
Sayfa 99
... least in all PLINY's epiftles to GEMINUS , which are fix in number , there is not the least hint , by which we may apprehend him to be an officer . The confules fuffecti were fuch , who came into the place of the confuls originally ...
... least in all PLINY's epiftles to GEMINUS , which are fix in number , there is not the least hint , by which we may apprehend him to be an officer . The confules fuffecti were fuch , who came into the place of the confuls originally ...
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accufation Adieu againſt alfo anfwer appear ARCHIPPUS becauſe Bithynia Campania caufe cauſe CICERO circumftance confequence confuls CORELLIA cuſtom defirous difpofition DOMITIAN emperor encreaſed epiftle eſtabliſhed expreffion FABATUS faid fame favour fays fecond feems fefterces fenate fend fent fentence feven feveral fhall fhews fhould fide fignifies fince firft firſt fituation flaves fome fometimes foon fpeak fpeech friends friendſhip ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fufficient greateſt himſelf honour houſe inftance itſelf judgement Juliopolis JULIUS laft laſt leaft lefs letter MACRINUS manner MAXIMUS mentioned moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary NERVA Nicomedia OBSERVATIONS occafion opinion paffage paffed particular perfons pleaſed pleaſure PLINY the elder PLINY to TRAJAN PLINY's poffible Pontus praiſes prefent proconful province puniſhment purpoſe quod reafon rehearſals reign Roman Rome SABINIANUS ſeems Sinope ſtate SUETONIUS TACITUS thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRAJAN to PLINY tranflation uſe VARENUS whofe
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Sayfa 303 - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
Sayfa 43 - Hill, I could difcern it to be filled with red hot liquid Matter, like that in the Furnace of a Glafs-houfe...
Sayfa 44 - ... flame, and burning stones, came only out of the hole to our left, while the liquid stuff in the other mouth wrought and overflowed, as hath been already described.
Sayfa 44 - I may say so, an eruption in miniature. Had the wind driven in our faces, we had been in no small danger of stifling by the...
Sayfa 38 - He now found that the ashes beat into the ships much hotter, and in greater quantities; and as he drew nearer, pumice-stones, with black flints, burnt and torn up by the flames, broke in upon them : and now, the hasty ebb of the sea, and ruins tumbling from the mountain, hindered their nearer approach to the shore. Pausing a little upon this, whether he should not return back, and instigated to it by the pilot, he cries out, ' Fortune assists the brave : let us make the best of our way to Pomponianus...
Sayfa 380 - ... tower that follow'd on the fallen crew, Whelm'd o'er their heads, and bury'd whom it flew : Some ftuck. upon the darts themfelves had fent 4 All the fame equal ruin underwent.
Sayfa 108 - I have been accustomed to see you, my feet carry me spontaneously to your apartment, whence I constantly return out of humour and dejected, as if you had refused to admit me. There is one part of the day only that affords relief to my disquiet; the time dedicated to pleading the causes of my friends.
Sayfa 54 - Many payed their adorations to the Gods •, but the greater number were of opinion, that the Gods no longer exifted, and that this night was the final and eternal period of the world. There yrere others, who magnified the real dangers, by imar ginary and falfe terrors.
Sayfa 183 - If these could lengthen Fate's tremendous doom, And snatch one moment from the gaping tomb. Death had, relenting, thrown his dart aside, And...
Sayfa 9 - Thou too, Cajeta, whose indulgent cares Nursed the great chief, and form'd his tender years, Expiring here (an ever-honour'd name !), Adorn Hesperia with immortal fame : Thy name survives, to please thy pensive ghost ; Thy sacred relics grace the Latian coast. Soon as her funeral rites the prince had paid, And raised a tomb, in honour of the dead ; The sea subsiding, and the tempest o'er, He spreads the flying sails, and leaves the shore.