Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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Page 23
... letter just quoted , that Pliny , like his uncle , coveted nothing so much as the opportunity of literary retirement ; and that , despising the allurements of vulgar popularity and common - place ambition , his views of immortality were ...
... letter just quoted , that Pliny , like his uncle , coveted nothing so much as the opportunity of literary retirement ; and that , despising the allurements of vulgar popularity and common - place ambition , his views of immortality were ...
Page 24
... letter , whilst it paints with its author's characteristic but delightful enthusiasm the enjoyments of a studious retreat , should hold not only the pleasures , but even the graver occupations of a dissipated capital in contempt . " C ...
... letter , whilst it paints with its author's characteristic but delightful enthusiasm the enjoyments of a studious retreat , should hold not only the pleasures , but even the graver occupations of a dissipated capital in contempt . " C ...
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... by Pliny , as a motive towards quickening the industry of the literary student , the subsequent passage from a letter to Caninius will abundantly show . He is describing the death of that ardent MORNINGS IN SPRING . 27.
... by Pliny , as a motive towards quickening the industry of the literary student , the subsequent passage from a letter to Caninius will abundantly show . He is describing the death of that ardent MORNINGS IN SPRING . 27.
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... letter to his friend , Capito , he thus undis- guisedly declares the wishes of his heart : " Suades , ut historiam scribam , et suades non solus : multi hoc me sæpe monuerunt , et ego volo : non quia commode facturum esse confidam ( id ...
... letter to his friend , Capito , he thus undis- guisedly declares the wishes of his heart : " Suades , ut historiam scribam , et suades non solus : multi hoc me sæpe monuerunt , et ego volo : non quia commode facturum esse confidam ( id ...
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... letter which I am about to quote will prove not only how mutual was their regard from a simi- larity of disposition ... letters . " C. PLINIUS TACITO suo s . " Librum tuum legi , et quam diligentissime potui adnotavi , quæ commutanda ...
... letter which I am about to quote will prove not only how mutual was their regard from a simi- larity of disposition ... letters . " C. PLINIUS TACITO suo s . " Librum tuum legi , et quam diligentissime potui adnotavi , quæ commutanda ...
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