presaging
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Generally speaking, the most ruffian-like and least scrupulous of the crew were employed in the pressgangs, for they often had very brutal work to perform.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
A difficulty existed then, as now, in manning the navy, and the pressgangs were always hard at work endeavouring to secure by force or stratagem the necessary crew for the ships.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
Voltaire notes the queer contrast between the English boast of personal liberty and the practice of filling up the crews by pressgangs.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The navy was recruited in those days by means of pressgangs.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
The pressgangs were always at work on shore, and they thought themselves fortunate when such could be found.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald
