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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Excerpt from Observations on the Publication of Walter Boyd, Esq. M. P I had read, with great attention, the publication of Mr. Boyd on its first appearance; but although I did not agree with him in opinion, as to the manner in which he applied the various facts and arguments which he has discussed; and still less as to the conclusions he has drawn from them; yet I had not the slightest intention to obtrude upon the Public any observations on my part, until I found that in some circles the work had made an impression, and contributed to raise an alarm. We have too much reason at this moment for alarm, that whenever it appears in a new form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundr...