"The fire of the American troops, delivered at short range, was so overwhelming, that Pigot was forced to order a retreat. The same fate attended Howe's attack on the left, where the same tactics were pursued by the Americans, with like success." Rare Books celebrates...
"And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He Knoweth them. And He Knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He Knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of wet...
"Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He labours good on good to fix, and owes To...
" Le reveil matin almanach pour l'année 1789 Paris: chez Boulanger rue du Pl. Pont chez le Papetier, 1789 AY831 Z7 1789 Miniature almanacs were popular in Paris beginning in the early 1760s. Created as gifts for young ladies, they were also used as New Year’s presents given out...
"I hope, speaking on the part of my companions and myself, that we have done all that we ought to do to prove our tenacity of purpose and devotion to the cause which we have undertaken. This attempt to escape by crossing the southern ice...
(ip)se veniet et salvos no- s faciet. Co. ecce virgo concipiet et pariet fili- um et vocabitur no- men eius hemanuel. Off(ertoriu)m prope es tu domine et omnes He himself shall come and shall make us saved. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel. You are near,...