The Letters of Pliny the Consul With Occasional Remarks volume 1
The Letters of Pliny the Consul With Occasional Remarks volume 1
The Younger Pliny
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LETTER V. S IT is faid, when b ^Efchines, at the requeft of the Rhodians, read to them one of his ora- tions, and then that which Demofthenes deliver- ed 8 Their bufincfs was to decide all controverfies in the army, to take care of the works and camp, &c. Their command Jafted but fix months, Kennel's Antiq, * See B. 3. Let. 3. THE LETTERS BooklV. ed upon the fame occafion, they were both re* ctived with the loudeft applaufe. I am not fur- prized that the harangues of fuch excellent ora tors mou...ld be thus warmly admired, when J confider, that even a fpeech of mine, which I lately recited before a very judicious audience, was heard with equal earneftnefs and approbation, during two days fuccefiively \ . Yet there was not the plea- fure which arifes from a contention between two rival pieces, to awaken their attention. The Rhodians, befides the particular merit of the refpe&ive orations, had their curiofity excited by comparing them together; but mine, tho- deftitute of that recommendation, had the good fortune to pleafe : whether defervedly or not, you will judge, when you read the perfor- mance} the extent of which will not permit me to introduce it to you with a longer preface.
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