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""Letters on the Evils of Impressment: With the Outline of a Plan for Doing Them Away"" is a book written by Thomas Urquhart in 1816. The book is a collection of letters addressed to various influential people in British society, including members of Parliament and the Royal Navy. The letters argue against the practice of impressment, which was the forced recruitment of sailors into the British Navy during times of war. Urquhart outlines the various injustices and abuses that were inflicted upon the men who were impressed, including the use of physical force, coercion, and deception. He also highlights the negative impact that impressment had on British society as a whole, including the disruption of families and the loss of skilled workers. In addition to criticizing the practice of impressment, Urquhart also proposes a plan for doing away with it. His plan involves the creation of a national naval reserve, which would provide a pool of trained sailors that could be called upon in times of war without resorting to impressment. Overall, ""Letters on the Evils of Impressment"" is an important historical document that sheds light on a controversial practice that played a significant role in British naval history. It is a passionate and well-researched plea for the abolition of impressment and the adoption of a more humane and effective system of naval recruitment.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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"Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language . . . was published in quarto in 1653 . . . Urquhart's plan of an universal language is rather indicated than fully developed in the first book of his work, entitled Neaudethaumata, or Wonders of the New Speech ; and the reader will scarcely regret that the subject is, in a great measure, abandoned in the remaining books, which are chiefly occupied with domestic details, exhibiting a lively picture of the times, drawn by the pencil of no unskilful limner. The subject of the different books is disclosed by their titles,-Chrestasebeia, or the Impious Dealing of Creditors-Cleronomaporia, or the Intricacy of a Distressed Successor or Apparent Heir-Chryseomystes, or the Covetous Preacher-Neleodicastes, or the Pitiless Judge-and Philoponauxesis, or Furtherance of Industry. These topics are illustrated by a great variety of personal anecdotes and local notices ; and the work, which may be truly described as instructive and entertaining, concludes with a [petition] . . . or 'proquiritations' upon the State." -- Sylvester Douglas Sterling, The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart (1834). p. xx. ¿ 2023 Hardcover Edition.

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