The letters of Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus: the tr. of Melmoth, revised and corrected with notes and a mem. by F.C.T. Bosanquet |
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admiration Aeschines affair affection agreeable ancient appear attended banished Bassus Bithynia Caesar called Campania Catullus character Cicero consider consul Corellia death decree Demosthenes deserve desire dignity Domitian Edition eloquence EMPEROR TRAJAN endeavour Engravings enjoy entreat esteemed Eumolpus extremely Farewell father favour former friends friendship GEORGE BELL give hear Herennius Senecio History honour Iliad Illustrations imagine informed judge judgment Julius kind lately LETTER MACRINUS Marius Priscus means Memoir ment mentioned merit nature Nerva obliged observe occasion opinion orator perhaps person plead pleasure Poems poet Polyaenus portico Portrait praetor present Priscus privilege proconsul proper province quaestor Quintilian reason received recital Regulus request revised Roman Rome Rufus seems senate sesterces sort speech Suetonius Tacitus thought thousand sesterces tion TRAJAN to PLINY Translated Vespasian villa virtue vols word worthy write
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Página 194 - ... and black pieces of burning rock. They were likewise in danger not only of being aground by the sudden retreat of the sea, but also from the vast fragments which rolled down from the mountain and obstructed all the shore. Here he stopped to consider whether he should return back again ; to which the pilot advising him, "Fortune," said he, "befriends the brave.