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| dc.contributor.author | Pliny the Younger |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-14 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T10:33:25Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T10:33:25Z |
| dc.date.created | 18 |
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| dc.language | Greek |
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Pliny's Epistles In Ten Books
Done into English By several Hands.
The Life of Pliny
by
Mr. Henley
Address'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Parker.
My L
ord
,
The Practice of setting the L
ife
of an Author at the head of his Writings, is no less useful than it is prevailing; as it tends very much to improve and finish one of the noblest Branches of History, to give us an Idea of the Writer in a single Draught, and to adjust the Sense and Merit of his Pieces.
B
ut
this is a Debt we particularly owe to the Character of P
liny
; as he abounds in every Grace and Talent that is requir'd to make up, or to adorn the Man, the Gentleman, the R
oman
, the Author, in every Scene, whether more publick, or disengag'd: And as in his Mind, his Conduct and Writings, he is a shining Model of Worth and Honour, of Understanding and Politeness.
C
aius
P
linius
C
æcilius
S
ecundus
, or, the Younger, was born, according to
Gruter
, in the Year of Christ LXI. The Name of his Father was
Cæcilius
: Both he, a . . .
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