 | Robert Dodsley - 1754 - 590 pàgines
...tranfmit a more exact tion of it to Pofterity, deferves my Acknowledgments ; for if this Accident fliall be celebrated by your Pen, the Glory of it, I am well aflured, will be rendered for ever illuftrious. And notwithftandmg he periflied by a Misfortune, which,... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - 1757 - 390 pàgines
...more exact relation of it to pofterity, de~ ferves my acknowledgments ; for if this accident fhall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well aflured, will be rendered for ever illuftrious. And notwithftanding he perifhed by a miffortune, which,... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807 - 424 pàgines
...audience, as well as the author, should be of sound intellects. Farewell. LETTER XVI. |. TO TACITUS. YOUR request, that I would send you an account of my uncle's...transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, merits my acknowledgments ; for, if the glorious circumstances which occasioned this accident shall... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger.) - 1809 - 620 pàgines
...audience, as well as the author, should be of sound intellects. Farewell. LETTER XVI. . TO TACITUS. YOUR request, that I would send you an account of my uncle's death, in order to transmit a more oxact relation of it to posterity, merits my acknowledgments ; for, if the glorious circumstances which... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pàgines
...judgment, but that he takes care his audience have so too. Farewel. LETTER XLVII. TO TACITUS. YOUR request that I would send you an account of my uncle's...transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, merits my acknowledgments ; for, if the glorious circumstances which occasioaed this accident shall... | |
 | C. Gros - 1818 - 492 pàgines
...than to (be doing of nothing)""". Farewell. [x] que personne, 137 ; [y] pro7. Pliny to Tacitus. Your request*, that I would send you (an account)- of my...more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments'1; for, if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, (the glory of)* it, I am... | |
 | Edwin Atherstone - 1824 - 358 pàgines
...terror, which might otherwise appear unnatural or overcharged. i PLINY THE YOUNGER TO TACITUS* YOUR request that I would send you an account of my uncle's...more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgements; for if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pàgines
...which record the death of his uncle, who fell a victim to his inquiring spirit and humanity. " Your request that I would send you an account of my uncle's...rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which, as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins,... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 358 pàgines
...which record the death of his uncle, who fell a victim to his inquiring spirit and humanity. " Your request that I would send you an account of my uncle's...rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which, as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins,... | |
 | John Miley - 1843 - 382 pàgines
...circumstantial and accurate, as might be expected from an eye-witness. " Your request," he says, " that I should send you an account of my uncle's death, in order...rendered for ever illustrious. And notwithstanding he perished by a misfortune, which as it involved at the same time a most beautiful country in ruins,... | |
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Your request that I would send you an account of my uncle's death, in order to transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments ; for, if this accident shall be celebrated by your pen, the glory of it, I am well assured,... 
