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Title: The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. I (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. I.
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:
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Printed, at the Ranelagh Press,
BY STANHOPE AND TILLING;
FOR C. CHAPPLE, PALL MALL, AND SOUTHAMPTON ROW,
RUSSELL SQUARE.
1806.
TO
THE KING;
AND
HIS SUBJECTS, IN EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE,
FORMING WHAT IS DENOMINATED
THE COUNTRY;
_THESE MEMOIRS_
OF
_LORD NELSON'S LIFE_,
WHICH WAS SO HONOURABLY DEVOTED TO,
AND SO GLORIOUSLY LOST IN,
THEIR SERVICE,
ARE MOST HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY
JAMES HARRISON.
LONDON,
JANUARY 4,
1806.
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