Letters to Cornelius Tacitus On the Death of the Elder Pliny And the Eruption of
Letters to Cornelius Tacitus On the Death of the Elder Pliny And the Eruption of
The Younger Pliny
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As I was then eighteen years old, I know not whether to call my behaviour at this critical juncture temerity or folly, but I occupied myself in reading Livy, even making extracts from that author, as if nothing serious was happening around. Just at this instant we received a visit from a friend of my Uncle's, who had lately returned from Spain, and he, seeing me engaged in VIII. reading, as I sat with my mother, reproved her for her calm demeanour, and me for my heedless unconcern; but I contin...ued my reading. The morning dawned with a feeble light; the houses tottered around us, and though we were on open ground, the place was so restricted that it was unsafe to remain there any longer as we were in imminent danger, and so decided to get away from the town. We were followed by a crowd of panic-stricken people, and as to a terror smitten mind the suggestion of another is always better than its own, they pressed upon us so closely as to impel us onwards on the road. When we got a convenient distance from the buildings we stood still in the midst of a most dangerous and fearful scene.
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