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 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 112
... TRAJAN , who certainly would not allow fuch iniquitous precedents to be established . Tum legatus POLYENUS caufas abolita accufationis expo- fuit , poftulavitque , ne cognitioni CÆSARIS præjudicium fieret . The meaning of this fentence ...
... TRAJAN , who certainly would not allow fuch iniquitous precedents to be established . Tum legatus POLYENUS caufas abolita accufationis expo- fuit , poftulavitque , ne cognitioni CÆSARIS præjudicium fieret . The meaning of this fentence ...
עמוד 180
... TRAJAN in Dacia afforded noble materials for an epic poem . His military character was most remark- ably diftinguished . He had been bred up in the camp from his childhood and upon his acceffion to the empire , he re- folved , that the ...
... TRAJAN in Dacia afforded noble materials for an epic poem . His military character was most remark- ably diftinguished . He had been bred up in the camp from his childhood and upon his acceffion to the empire , he re- folved , that the ...
עמוד 181
... TRAJAN , in confequence of thefe offenfive preparations , after the fenate had declared DECEBALUS a public enemy , marched into Dacia , and made an entire conqueft of that kingdom . The fate of DECE- BALUS a is told us in this epiftle ...
... TRAJAN , in confequence of thefe offenfive preparations , after the fenate had declared DECEBALUS a public enemy , marched into Dacia , and made an entire conqueft of that kingdom . The fate of DECE- BALUS a is told us in this epiftle ...
עמוד 217
... TRAJAN . The captato- res were encouraged , and if I may ufe the expreffion , were fashion , during the reign of DOMITIAN . But knavery of every kind , when it could not be punished , was at leaft difcountenanced in the reign of TRAJAN ...
... TRAJAN . The captato- res were encouraged , and if I may ufe the expreffion , were fashion , during the reign of DOMITIAN . But knavery of every kind , when it could not be punished , was at leaft difcountenanced in the reign of TRAJAN ...
עמוד 318
... TRAJAN was at the head of an army in the Lower Germany . No prince was ever called to the imperial throne , who bore a higher character , or was more uni- verfally beloved than TRAJAN . His civil and military virtues were equally ...
... TRAJAN was at the head of an army in the Lower Germany . No prince was ever called to the imperial throne , who bore a higher character , or was more uni- verfally beloved than TRAJAN . His civil and military virtues were equally ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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.