The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks, Հատոր 1

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E. Larkin, 1809
 

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Էջ 283 - They consulted together, whether it would be most prudent to trust to the houses, which now shook from side to side...
Էջ 36 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Էջ 291 - My mother strongly conjured me to make my escape, at any rate, which, as I was young, I might easily do ; as for herself, she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible. However, she would willingly meet death if she could have the satisfaction of seeing that she was not the occasion of mine.
Էջ 282 - ... view of it, and, indeed, extremely near, if it should in the least increase, he was determined to put to sea as soon as the wind should change.
Էջ 292 - At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames (as in truth it was) than the return of day ; however, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to shake off, otherwise we should have been crushed and buried in the heap.
Էջ 279 - He was at that time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared of a very unusual size and shape.
Էջ 282 - But my uncle in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend assured him it was only the burning of the villages, which the country people had abandoned to the flames ; after this he retired to rest, and it is most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep, for being pretty fat and breathing hard...
Էջ 290 - The sea seemed to roll back upon itself, and to be driven from its banks by the convulsive motion of the earth ; it is certain at least the shore was considerably enlarged, and several sea animals were left upon it.
Էջ 289 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid ; the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open ground, yet, as the...
Էջ 65 - Some very elegant dishes were served up to himself and a few more of the company; while those which were placed before the rest were cheap and paltry. He had apportioned in small flagons three different sorts of wine...

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