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

The Life of Pliny

1.

Pliny's Epistles Book I

2.

Pliny's Epistles Book II.

3.

Pliny's Epistles. Book III.

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4.

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.

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.

5.

Pliny's Epistles. Book V.

6.

Pliny's Epistles. Book VI.

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Epistle XX. To Maximus.

by Mr. Henley

[_]

On his Books.

I Told you my Opinion of each Book of yours in particular, as I read it; you may now take my Judgment of all in general. The Work is beautiful, strong, lively, sublime, various, elegant, clean, happily figur'd, ample, and much to your Praise, extensive. You have been carried to a large Compass by the Force, both of your Wit and Sorrow in it; and each has given Height and Magnificence to your Grief, and that has imparted a Spirit and a Poignancy to your Wit.

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