The Letters of Pliny the Younger: With Observations on Each Letter ; and an Essay on Pliny's Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle, المجلد 2J. Bettenham, 1751 |
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... thofe mountains to the Adriatic fea , be- " tween the rivers fuis and Leuftrum . " It lies eastward of Umbria . PLINY , the hiftorian , calls it , quinta regio Ita- lie : " The fifth region of Italy . " He tells us , that the Sa- bines ...
... thofe mountains to the Adriatic fea , be- " tween the rivers fuis and Leuftrum . " It lies eastward of Umbria . PLINY , the hiftorian , calls it , quinta regio Ita- lie : " The fifth region of Italy . " He tells us , that the Sa- bines ...
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... thofe , who were concerned with him in the fame caufe ; he was the man , who defired they might not be circumfcribed in time , and always took care to provide an audience . What therefore could be more agreeable , than that you might ...
... thofe , who were concerned with him in the fame caufe ; he was the man , who defired they might not be circumfcribed in time , and always took care to provide an audience . What therefore could be more agreeable , than that you might ...
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... thofe , who made the afcent of it gentle and dual to us , feems as indifpenfable a moral duty , as any what- ever and our generofity will appear the more confpicuous upon this occafion , as it may be prefumed , that scarce any other ...
... thofe , who made the afcent of it gentle and dual to us , feems as indifpenfable a moral duty , as any what- ever and our generofity will appear the more confpicuous upon this occafion , as it may be prefumed , that scarce any other ...
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... thofe , who were accused , " might have the fame privilege . " By this paffage , it is plain , that LICINIUS NEPOS thought there was a diftinc- tion between the forms of trial on these two laws , the lex ambitús , and lex de repetundis ...
... thofe , who were accused , " might have the fame privilege . " By this paffage , it is plain , that LICINIUS NEPOS thought there was a diftinc- tion between the forms of trial on these two laws , the lex ambitús , and lex de repetundis ...
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... thofe , for whom he profeffed an affection . We find in TULLY many epiftles of this kind ; the thirteenth book ad familiares is almost filled with letters of recommendation . TULLY was the model , from whom our author planned his ...
... thofe , for whom he profeffed an affection . We find in TULLY many epiftles of this kind ; the thirteenth book ad familiares is almost filled with letters of recommendation . TULLY was the model , from whom our author planned his ...
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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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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 43 - Hill, I could difcern it to be filled with red hot liquid Matter, like that in the Furnace of a Glafs-houfe...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.