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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 XXV. To Messius Maximus.

by the Same. [Mr. Henley]

[_]

On Conceal'd Votes.

I Sent you my Opinion, that it was to be fear'd, some ill Consequence should arise from a clandestine way of Voting. So it has happen'd. In the last Assembly of the People, many of the Voting Tables were mere Buffoonry, and many too vile to be openly express'd; and in one, the Names of the Voters were found, instead of the Candidates. The Senate was highly displeas'd at it, and denounc'd the Indignation of the Emperor against the Writer with a loud Clamour: Yet he deceiv'd them; did not appear; and, perhaps, was among those that appear'd to be angry. What may it be imagin'd, is his Conduct at

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Home, who plays upon so important a Matter as a Time so serious, with this Scurrility? The Confidence of a Man's asking himself, who shall know it? makes a corrupt Mind so licentious. He demanded the Tables, took the Pencil, hung down his Head; fears no Body, despises himself. Hence is all this Ridicule, fit only for the Theatre or a Stage. Whither can you turn your self? What Remedies can you seek? The Cure is every where too weak for the Disease. But these Affairs, that are above our Sphere, will be the Care of some other Hand, whose daily Vigilance and Labour encreases by this idle, and yet ungovern'd Petulancy of ours.

Farewell.

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