 | Zurcher, Margollé - 1868 - 326 pages
...actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; bu t doubly happy are they who are blessed with both these...ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands ; and should, indeed, have claimed the task if you had not enjoined it. 'He... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 pages
...the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are...ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, that 1 execute your commands ; and should indeed liave claimed the task, if you had not enjoined it. " My... | |
 | John Phillips - 1869 - 458 pages
...the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are...my uncle, as his own writings and your history will prove, may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands; and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - 1875 - 650 pages
...being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are they who arc blessed with both these uncommon talents — in the...ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands ; and should indeed have claimed the task if you had not enjoined it. He was... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger) - 1878 - 466 pages
...frequently quoted in the Digesta of Justinian. them in a manner worthy of being read; but peculirly happy are they who are blessed with both these uncommon talents: in the number of which my uncle, as his om writings and your history will evidently prove, may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness,... | |
 | Marlborough coll, nat. hist. soc - 1880 - 152 pages
...of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read; but doubly happy are those who are blessed with both these uncommon talents; in the number of which my uncle, aa his own writings and your history will evidently prove, may justly be ranked. It is with extreme... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 458 pages
...the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read; but doubly happy are...the number of which my uncle — as his own writings • Pliny the Elder perished in the eruption which destroyed Pompeii A VILLA AT POMPEII. • After... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 450 pages
...my uncle — as his own writings * Pliny the Elder perished in the eruption which destroyed Pompeii. and your history will evidently prove — may justly...ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands, and should, indeed, have claimed the task if you had not enjoined it. He was... | |
 | 1906 - 594 pages
...actions as are worthy of being related or to relate them in a manner worthy of being read; but peculiarly happy are they who are blessed with both these uncommon...that I execute your commands, and should indeed have demanded the task if you had not enjoined it. He was at that time with the fleet under his command... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 pages
...the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or of relating them in a manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are...ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands, and should, indeed, have claimed the task if you had not enjoined it. He was,... | |
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I am persuaded the mentioning of him in your immortal works will greatly contribute to eternize his name. Happy I esteem those to be, whom Providence has distinguished with the abilities either of doing such actions as are worthy of being related, or... 
