The Letters of Pliny the Younger: With Observations on Each Letter ; and an Essay on Pliny's Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle, כרך 2J. Bettenham, 1751 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 18
עמוד 2
... several events , that , in reality , were the fprings , and fources , of the encreasing power of Rome , The metropolis of Picenum is called Ancona ; it was built by the Sicilians , on the Adriatic fhore . TRAJAN adorned it with a very ...
... several events , that , in reality , were the fprings , and fources , of the encreasing power of Rome , The metropolis of Picenum is called Ancona ; it was built by the Sicilians , on the Adriatic fhore . TRAJAN adorned it with a very ...
עמוד 25
... several of her country houses , without mentioning the villa Alfienfis ; which was probably a later purchase . It was , we may prefume , in the neighbourhood of Alfium ; at leaft in the district belonging to that city ; a district ...
... several of her country houses , without mentioning the villa Alfienfis ; which was probably a later purchase . It was , we may prefume , in the neighbourhood of Alfium ; at leaft in the district belonging to that city ; a district ...
עמוד 27
... several vain expreffions , difperfed throughout this epiftle . The more glory a man affumes to himself , the more glory the world will take from him . Crowns of laurel are to be received from others , not to be given to us by ourselves ...
... several vain expreffions , difperfed throughout this epiftle . The more glory a man affumes to himself , the more glory the world will take from him . Crowns of laurel are to be received from others , not to be given to us by ourselves ...
עמוד 67
... several young lawyers , now eminent in their profeffion . For , I am extremely defirous to introduce worthy young men to the court , and place them in the road of fame ; a fervice , which , if to any friend , I ought more especially to ...
... several young lawyers , now eminent in their profeffion . For , I am extremely defirous to introduce worthy young men to the court , and place them in the road of fame ; a fervice , which , if to any friend , I ought more especially to ...
עמוד 92
... several little digreffions , and by dif- ferent kinds of eloquence . Many parts of it ( I should not dare to advance the affertion but only to yourself ) are fublime ; many are controverfial ; many very art- ful . For , in the midst of ...
... several little digreffions , and by dif- ferent kinds of eloquence . Many parts of it ( I should not dare to advance the affertion but only to yourself ) are fublime ; many are controverfial ; many very art- ful . For , in the midst of ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 43 - Hill, I could difcern it to be filled with red hot liquid Matter, like that in the Furnace of a Glafs-houfe...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.