The Letters of Pliny the Younger: With Observations on Each Letter ; and an Essay on Pliny's Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle, Volume 2J. Bettenham, 1751 |
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... Romans . Thus far of their history may be depended upon : the derivation of their name is fa bulous . Picenum is faid to be fo called from pica , a magpye , which bird went before the Sabines , and was their guide to con- duct them from ...
... Romans . Thus far of their history may be depended upon : the derivation of their name is fa bulous . Picenum is faid to be fo called from pica , a magpye , which bird went before the Sabines , and was their guide to con- duct them from ...
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... Romans , which how- ever common and prevalent in the days of PLINY , appear , to us , unaccountable and furprizing . Of thefe a very ex- traordinary inftance is here related of REGULUS : Oculum modo dextrum , modo finiftrum ...
... Romans , which how- ever common and prevalent in the days of PLINY , appear , to us , unaccountable and furprizing . Of thefe a very ex- traordinary inftance is here related of REGULUS : Oculum modo dextrum , modo finiftrum ...
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... Roman fplenium may pass under the deno- mination of a mask , or whether we must confine it to the more narrow limits of a patch . The fubfequent parts of this epiftle are fo very abstruse , and are fo entirely written in the ftile and ...
... Roman fplenium may pass under the deno- mination of a mask , or whether we must confine it to the more narrow limits of a patch . The fubfequent parts of this epiftle are fo very abstruse , and are fo entirely written in the ftile and ...
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... Roman lawyers pleaded ( dum dicebant ) before the fenate , or in the courts of judicature , the judges only fat down ; the pleaders , or , to ufe a modern expreffion , the council on both fides , ftood up ; their friends and intimate ...
... Roman lawyers pleaded ( dum dicebant ) before the fenate , or in the courts of judicature , the judges only fat down ; the pleaders , or , to ufe a modern expreffion , the council on both fides , ftood up ; their friends and intimate ...
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... Roman citizens . b The candidates always wore their gowns open and ungirted . ROSINI antiquitates , Lib . 5. Cap . 33. ex ISIDORO . PLINY in his 9th ep . B. 2. hath this expreffion upon the fame occafion , prenfo amicos , fupplico ...
... Roman citizens . b The candidates always wore their gowns open and ungirted . ROSINI antiquitates , Lib . 5. Cap . 33. ex ISIDORO . PLINY in his 9th ep . B. 2. hath this expreffion upon the fame occafion , prenfo amicos , fupplico ...
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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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