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" He was at that time with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 23rd of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared of a very unusual size and shape. He had just returned from taking the benefit... "
The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks - Page 333
by Pliny (the Younger.) - 1807
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Letters from a young painter abroad [J. Russell] to his friends in England

John Russell (painter.) - 1748 - 324 pages
...raife in you any difguft, you will find a proper remedy at hand, in the elegancy of the Original. + " He was at that time with the fleet under ** his command at MtfenUm. On the || 23d of '* Auguft, about one in the afternoon, my Mother *' defired him to obferve...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1754 - 590 pages
...with extreme Willingnefs, therefore, I execute your Commands ; and mould indeed have claimed the Talk if you had not enjoined it. He was at that Time with the Fleet under his Command at Mifcnum* On the 23d of Auguft, about One in the Afternoon, my Mother defired him to obferve a Cloud,...
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The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks, Volume 1

Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth - Latin letters - 1757 - 390 pages
...with extreme wiJlingnefs, therefore, I execute your commands; and fhould indeed have claimed the tafk if you had not enjoined it. He was at that time with the fleet under his command at* Mifenum. On the 24th of Auguft, about one in the'aiternoon, my mother defired him to obferve a cloud...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein ..., Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1758 - 606 pages
...Willingnefs, therefore, I execute your Commands ; and fliould indeed have claimed the Tafk if you have not enjoined it. He was at that Time with the Fleet under his Command at Mifer.um. On the 23d of duguji, about One in the Afternoon, my Mother defiled him to obferve a Cloud,...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, that I execute your commands ; and should indeed have claimed the task, if you had not...with the fleet under his command at Misenum*. On the 23d of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, A Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 1

Edward T W. Polehampton - Astronomy - 1815 - 568 pages
...may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, that I execute your commands ; and should indeed have claimed the task, if you had not enjoined it. He was at that time wilh the fleet under his command at Misenum*. On the 23d of August, about one in the afternoon, my...
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A new theoretical and practical grammar of the French tongue

C. Gros - French language - 1818 - 492 pages
...therefore, I execute your commands, and should indeed have claimed* the task, if you had not enjoined*1 it. He was, at that time, with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On* the 23d of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud, which appeared...
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Herculaneum and other poems

Charles Room - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - 1828 - 108 pages
...Younger to his friend Tacitus, that, at the time when the eruption took place, his uncle was stationed with the fleet under his command at Misenum. " On the 24th. of August (says this writer) about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud, which appeared...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...prove, may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, I execute your commands, and should indeed have claimed the task if you had not...with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 23rd of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared...
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Letters on various subjects. [With a portrait.], Volume 5

James Caughey - Methodist Church - 1847 - 376 pages
...my uncle, as his own writings and your history will evidently prove, may justly be ranked. ******** He was at that time with the fleet, under his command, at Misenum. On the 23rd of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared...
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