 | J. C. Hutchinson - Hygiene - 1875 - 324 pages
...an eruption of Vesuvius. " My uncle," (Pliny the elder,) "was at that time in command of the fleet at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to notice a cloud which seemed of unusual shape and dimensions. He had just returned from taking the benefit... | |
 | Pliny (the Younger) - 1878 - 466 pages
...prove, may justly be ranked. It is with extreme willingness, therefore, tk I execute your commands; and should indeed have claimed the task if you had not enjoined it. He was at that tine with the fleet under his command at Misenum.* Ontht 24th of August, about one in the afternoon,... | |
 | Marlborough coll, nat. hist. soc - 1880 - 152 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 enjoined it. He was at that tune with the fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 21th of August, my mother desired him to observe... | |
 | sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1885 - 456 pages
...rather solicit, the task which you lay upon me. He was at Misenum, in personal command of the fleet. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother called his attention to a cloud of extraordinary size and appearance. He had taken a turn in the sunshine,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Dyer - Pompeii (Extinct city) - 1891 - 712 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 enjoined it. He was at that time with tho fleet under his command at Misenum. On the 24th of A*ugust. about one in the afternoon, my mother... | |
 | S. Russell Forbes - Capri (Italy) - 1893 - 196 pages
...am persuaded the mentioning of him in your immortal writings will greatly contribute to eternalize his name. Happy I deem those to be whom the gods have...with the fleet under his command, at Misenum. On the 5th of November, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which appeared... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - Human physiology - 1895 - 362 pages
...by an eruption of Vesuvius. " My uncle " (Pliny the elder) "was at that time in command of the fleet at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to notice a cloud which seemed of unusual shape and dimensions. He had just returned from taking the benefit... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - Hygiene - 1896 - 580 pages
...of Vesuvius. " My uncle " (Pliny the elder) " was at that time in command of the fleet at Misemun. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to notice a cloud which 28. Bathing among the ancients ? Baths of Rome ? 29. After the bath ? Swimming... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 450 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 twenty-third of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud which... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - Physiology - 1902 - 646 pages
...an eruption of Vesuvius. " My uncle " (Pliny the elder) " was at that time in command of the fleet at Misenum. On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to notice a cloud which 28. Bathing among the ancients ? Baths of Rome ? seemed of unusual shape and dimensions.... | |
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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... 
