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Title: The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. II (of 2)
Author: James Harrison
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Language: English
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THE LIFE OF
_THE RIGHT HONOURABLE_
_HORATIO_ LORD VISCOUNT NELSON:
BARON NELSON OF THE NILE,
AND OF BURNHAM-THORPE AND HILBOROUGH IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK;
KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH;
DOCTOR OF LAWS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD;
VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET;
DUKE OF BRONTE, IN FARTHER SICILY;
GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST. FERDINAND AND OF MERIT;
KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE OTTOMAN CRESCENT;
KNIGHT GRAND COMMANDER OF THE EQUESTRIAN, SECULAR, AND CAPITULAR,
ORDER OF ST. JOACHIM OF WESTERBURG;
AND
HONORARY GRANDEE OF SPAIN.
BY MR. HARRISON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
Lord Viscount Nelson's transcendent and heroic services will, I am
persuaded, exist for ever in the recollection of my people; and,
while they tend to stimulate those who come after him, they will
prove a lasting source of strength, security, and glory, to my
dominions.
_The King's Answer to the City of London's Address on the Battle of
Trafalgar._
LONDON:
Printed at the Ranelagh Press,
BY STANHOPE AND TILLING;
FOR C. CHAPPLE, PALL MALL, AND SOUTHAMPTON ROW,
RUSSELL SQUARE.
1806.
THE LIFE
OF
_LORD NELSON_,
DUKE OF BRONTE, &c.
In tracing the history of a hero so active as Lord Nelson, the mind can
scarcely be allowed a moment's pause. His multifarious transactions,
indeed, frequently arise in such rapid successions, that they become far
too much involved with each other to admit of any precise chronological
arrangement. Operations are commenced, wh
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