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Pliny's Epistles in Ten Books: Volume 1, Books 1-6

  
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The Life of Pliny

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Pliny's Epistles Book I
 1.1. 
Epistle I. C. Plinius Secundus to his Beloved Septitius.
 1.2. 
Epistle II. To Arrianus.
 1.3. 
Epistle III. To Caninius Rufus.
 1.4. 
Epistle IV. To Pompeia Cælerina, his Wife's Mother.
 1.5. 
Epistle V. To Voconius Romanus.
 1.6. 
Epistle VI. To Cornelius Tacitus.
 1.7. 
Epistle VII. To Octavius Rufus.
 1.8. 
Epistle VIII. To Pompeius Saturninus.
 1.9. 
Epistle IX. To Minutius Fundanus.
 1.10. 
Epistle X. To Atrius Clemens.
 1.11. 
Epistle XI. To Fabius Justus.
 1.12. 
Epistle XII. To Calestrius Tiro.
 1.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Socius Senecio.
 1.14. 
Epistle XIV. To Junius Mauricus.
 1.15. 
Epistle XV. To Septitius Clarus.
 1.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Euritius.
 1.17. 
Epistle XVII. To Cornelius Titian.
 1.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Tranquillus.
 1.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Romanus Firmus.
 1.20. 
Epistle XX. To Cornelius Tacitus.
 1.21. 
Epistle XXI. To Paternus.
 1.22. 
Epistle XXII. To Catilius Severus.
 1.23. 
Epistle XXIII. To Pompeius Falco.
 1.24. 
Epistle XXIV. To Bebius Hispanus.
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Pliny's Epistles Book II.
 2.1. 
Epistle I.
 2.2. 
Epistle II. To Paulinus.
 2.3. 
Epistle III. To Nepos.
 2.4. 
Epistle IV. To Calvina.
 2.5. 
Epistle V. To Lupercus.
 2.6. 
Epistle VI. To Avitus
 2.7. 
Epistle VII. To Macrinus.
 2.8. 
Epistle VIII. To Caninius.
 2.9. 
Epistle IX. To Apollinaris.
 2.10. 
Epistle X. Pliny to Octavius.
 2.11. 
Epistle XI. Pliny to Arrian.
 2.12. 
Epistle XII. To Arrian.
 2.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Priscus.
 2.14. 
Epistle XIV. To Maximus.
 2.15. 
Epistle XV. To Valerian.
 2.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Annianus.
 2.17. 
Epistle XVII. To Gallus.
 2.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Mauricus.
 2.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Cerealis.
 2.20. 
Epistle XX. To Calvisius.
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Pliny's Epistles. Book III.
 3.1. 
Epistle I. To Calvisius.
 3.2. 
Epistle II. To Maximus.
 3.3. 
Epistle III. To Corellia Hispulla.
 3.4. 
Epistle IV. To Macrinus,
 3.5. 
Epistle V. To Marcus.
 3.6. 
Epistle VI. To Servus.
 3.7. 
Epistle VII. To Caninius.
 3.8. 
Epistle VIII. To Tranquillus.
 3.9. 
Epistle XI. To Minutian.
 3.10. 
Epistle X. To Spurinna and Coccia.
 3.11. 
Epistle XI. Plinius to Julius Genitor.
 3.12. 
Epistle XII. To Catilius.
 3.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Romanus.
 3.14. 
Epistle XIV. To Acilius.
 3.15. 
Epistle XV. To Proclus.
 3.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Nepos.
 3.17. 
Epistle XVII. To Severian.
 3.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Severus.
 3.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Calvisius Rufus.
 3.20. 
Epistle XX. To Maximus.
 3.21. 
Epistle XXI. To Priscus.
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Pliny's Epistles. Book IV.
 4.1. 
Epistle I. To his Uncle Fabatus.
 4.2. 
Epistle II. To Clemens.
 4.3. 
Epistle III. To Antonius.
 4.4. 
Epistle IV. To Soffius.
 4.5. 
Epistle V. To Sparsus.
 4.6. 
Epistle VI. To Naso.
 4.7. 
Epistle VII. To Lepidus.
 4.8. 
Epistle VIII.
 4.9. 
Epistle IX. To Ursus.
 4.10. 
Epistle X. To Sabinus.
 4.11. 
Epistle XI. To Minutian.
 4.12. 
Epistle XII. To Arrian.
 4.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Cornelius Tacitus.
 4.14. 
Epistle XIV. To Paternus.
 4.15. 
Epistle XV. To Fundanus.
 4.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Valerius Paulinus.
 4.17. 
Epistle XVII. To Gallus.
 4.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Antoninus.
 4.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Hispulla, his Wife's Aunt.
 4.20. 
Epistle XX. To Maximus.
 4.21. 
Epistle XXI. To Velius Cerelis.
 4.22. 
Epistle XXII. To Sempronius.
 4.23. 
Epistle XXIII. To Pomponius Bassus.
 4.24. 
Epistle XXIV. To Valens.
 4.25. 
Epistle XXV. To Messius Maximus.
 4.26. 
Epistle XXVI. To Nepos.
 4.27. 
Epistle XXVII. To Falco.
 4.28. 
Epistle XXVIII. To Severus.
 4.29. 
Epistle XXIX. To Romanus.
 4.30. 
Epistle XXX. To Licinius.
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Pliny's Epistles. Book V.
 5.1. 
Epistle I. To Severus.
 5.2. 
Epistle II. To Flaccus.
 5.3. 
Epistle III. To Aristo.
 5.4. 
Epistle IV. To Valerianus.
 5.5. 
Epistle V. To Maximus.
 5.6. 
Epistle VI. To Apollinaris.
 5.7. 
Epistle VII. To Calvisius.
 5.8. 
Epistle VIII. To Capito.
 5.9. 
Epistle IX. To Saturninus.
 5.10. 
Epistle X. To Antoninus.
 5.11. 
Epistle XI. To Tranquillus
 5.12. 
Epistle XII. To Fabatus, his Wife's Grand-father.
 5.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Scaurus.
 5.14. 
Epistle XIV. To Valerian.
 5.15. 
Epistle XV. To Pontius.
 5.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Marcellinus.
 5.17. 
Epistle XVII. To Spurinna.
 5.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Macer.
 5.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Paulinus.
 5.20. 
Epistle XX. To Ursus.
 5.21. 
Epistle XXI. To Rufus.
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Pliny's Epistles. Book VI.
 6.1. 
Epistle I. To Tyro.
 6.2. 
Epistle II. To Arrian.
 6.3. 
Epistle III. To Verus.
 6.4. 
Epistle IV. To Calphurnia.
 6.5. 
Epistle V. To Ursus.
 6.6. 
Epistle VI. To Fundanus.
 6.7. 
Epistle VII. To Calphurnia.
 6.8. 
Epistle VIII. To Priscus.
 6.9. 
Epistle IX. To Tacitus.
 6.10. 
Epistle X. To Albinus.
 6.11. 
Epistle XI. To Maximus.
 6.12. 
Epistle XII. To Fabatus, His Wife's Grandfather.
 6.13. 
Epistle XIII. To Ursus.
 6.14. 
Epistle XIV.
 6.15. 
Epistle XV. To Romanus.
 6.16. 
Epistle XVI. To Tacitus.
 6.17. 
Epistle XVIII. To Restitutus.
 6.18. 
Epistle XVIII. To Sabinus.
 6.19. 
Epistle XIX. To Cornelius Nepos.
 6.20. 
Epistle XX. To Tacitus.
 6.21. 
Epistle XXI. To Caninius.
 6.22. 
Epistle XXII. To Tyro.
 6.23. 
Epistle XXIII. To Triarius.
 6.24. 
Epistle XXIV. To Macer.
 6.25. 
Epistle XXV. To Hispanus.
 6.26. 
Epistle XXVI. To Servianus.
 6.27. 
Epistle XXVII. To Severus.
 6.28. 
Epistle XXVIII. To Pontius.
 6.29. 
Epistle XXIX. To Quadratus.
 6.30. 
Epistle XXX. To Fabatus.
 6.31. 
Epistle XXXI. To Cornelian.
 6.32. 
Epistle XXXII. To Quintilian.
 6.33. 
Epistle XXXIII. To Romanus.
 6.34. 
Epistle XXXIV. To Maximus.

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Epistle XXI. To Velius Cerelis.

by the Same. [Mr. Henley]

[_]

On the Death of Two Sisters in Child-Bed.

I Deplore the sad and unhappy Fate of the Sisters of Helvidius! Both expir'd, just after the Delivery of a Daughter. I am touch'd with a sensible, tho' not an extravagant Sorrow at it; and think it a severe Lot, that two young Ladies of great Honour and Character, are taken away by the Fruitfulness of Nature in the Bloom of Years. I am in Pain at the Infelicity of the Children (Orphans from their Nativity) as well as that of their very worthy Husbands, and much likewise in a private Concern at it. For I preserve a constant Value, even for the Memory of their deceas'd Father, as my Pleading and Books have testified. One only of his Children now survives; the sole Prop of a Family, that lately rested upon more Supports. Yet my Uneasiness will be extreamly softned, if Fortune shall keep him at least healthful and Secure; and equal to such Ancestors. I am the more anxious for his Safety and Conduct, since he is left alone: You know the Tenderness of my Soul in Point of Affection, and the Power of my

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Fears, so that you will be less surpriz'd, that I have the greatest Alarms, where my Hopes are the most sanguine.

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