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 16
עמוד 16
... person of high repu- tation . He had not only an esteem for learning , but for learned men , and came almost every day to hear QUINTILIAN and NICETES the priest , whofe declama- tions I then constantly attended . He was a man , be ...
... person of high repu- tation . He had not only an esteem for learning , but for learned men , and came almost every day to hear QUINTILIAN and NICETES the priest , whofe declama- tions I then constantly attended . He was a man , be ...
עמוד 24
... person , to whom the care of it was commit- ted . The confideration , that the afhes and unregard- ed remains of a man , the glory of whose memory is known known in all parts of the world , fhould , 24 PLINY'S EPISTLES .
... person , to whom the care of it was commit- ted . The confideration , that the afhes and unregard- ed remains of a man , the glory of whose memory is known known in all parts of the world , fhould , 24 PLINY'S EPISTLES .
עמוד 40
... person sleeping , than like one who was dead . My mother and I still continued at Mifenum . But , this has no relation to the history , nor did you defire any particulars , except thofe of my uncle's death . I fhall therefore finish my ...
... person sleeping , than like one who was dead . My mother and I still continued at Mifenum . But , this has no relation to the history , nor did you defire any particulars , except thofe of my uncle's death . I fhall therefore finish my ...
עמוד 48
... persons of that name ; but , I apprehend the friend of PLINY to be CESIUS . SABINUS , whom MARTIAL 2 , in a very elegant epigram , calls , montana decus Umbra : " The 66 joy of Umbria , and her mountain's pride . " And if the ...
... persons of that name ; but , I apprehend the friend of PLINY to be CESIUS . SABINUS , whom MARTIAL 2 , in a very elegant epigram , calls , montana decus Umbra : " The 66 joy of Umbria , and her mountain's pride . " And if the ...
עמוד 126
... a PLINY mentions JULIUS FEROX to TRAJAN , as a person of great diftinction , in the 25th epiftle of the 10th book . There is only this epiftle extant to him . of of a very old obfervation , That a man differs 126 PLINY'S EPISTLES .
... a PLINY mentions JULIUS FEROX to TRAJAN , as a person of great diftinction , in the 25th epiftle of the 10th book . There is only this epiftle extant to him . of of a very old obfervation , That a man differs 126 PLINY'S EPISTLES .
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.