Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of Heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone. And the face of the deep is frozen --Book of Job 38: 29-30 Carte de l'amérique corrigée, et augmentée Petrus Bertius (1565-1629) Paris?,...
“We have waited here long in the dust; we are tired and hungry; but the triumphal procession must appear at last.” -- Margaret Fuller Woman in the Nineteenth Century… Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845 First edition HG1154 O8 1845 From the preface: “A reproduction, modified and expanded,...
“…King Montecuma accompanied with his Nobles, and those of the most distinguished Rank in his Court, entertain’d the Spaniards with all sorts of Divertisements, to testify how mightily they were pleased with their Arrival. The King’s Brother came to meet ’em with a splendid Retinue;...
“He is a traitor to his race, who does not feel that all within the circle of humanity are his brothers and sisters — that their wrongs are his wrongs, and that his cup is dashed with the bitterness which overflows from theirs. While a...
Dr. Ronald Rubin has donated four issues of early American newspapers highlighting Jewish contributions to commerce. The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, October 9, 1781, features an advertisement by Haym Salomon, broker, considered the Financier of the American Revolution. In the news that day, a report on the war...
“…so also can nothing be more unprofitable, than the too customary mode of charging the infant memory with verses, or even chapters of abstract doctrines, or passages, about the true meaning of which, schoolmen themselves have hitherto been divided in opinion.” — from the Preface A...
تاريخ راشد افندي تاريخ راشد قسطنطنية : ابراهيم من متفرقه كان The first Turkish printing house was established in Istanbul on December 14, 1727. The director of the press was Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674-1745), a Hungarian convert to Islam. In 1726 Muteferrika sent a report on the efficiency of...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="241"] Miscellanies Daines Barrington (1727-1800) London: Printed by J. Nichols, sold by B. White, 1781 First edition AC7 B34 1781[/caption] “What we saw of the country leaves us no doubt of its fertility, and that it is capable of producing all the plants...
“Still, wond’rous youth! each noble path pursue, On deathless glories fix thine ardent view: Still may the painter’s and the poet’s fire To aid thy pencil, and thy verse conspire!” — from “To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works” POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL… Phillis...