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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TOTHE KING;ANDHIS SUBJECTS, IN EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE,FORMING WHAT IS DENOMINATEDTHE COUNTRY;THESE MEMOIRSOFLORD NELSON'S LIFE,WHICH WAS SO HONOURABLY DEVOTED TO,AND SO GLORIOUSLY LOST IN,THEIR SERVICE,ARE MOST HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BYJAMES HARRISON.

LONDON,JANUARY 4,1806.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

Never, perhaps, was a greater panegyric pronounced on any human being,than that which is comprised in the motto to this biographical accountof Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, delivered from the lips of theSovereign who had experienced his worth; and who, with a noblegratitude, deigned thus publicly to acknowledge, and record, thetranscendent heroism of his Lordship's meritorious services: heroism andservices, the recollection of which, His Majesty generously anticipates,must not only exist for ever in the memory of the people; but, bycontinually stimulating future heroes, prove a perpetual source ofstrength, security, and glory, even to the country itself. A reflectionworthy of a King! Inciting to heroism, by the consideration of a moreenlarged motive than seems to have been heretofore sufficientlyregarded; and thus entitling himself to participate the very praise heis so liberally bestowing. The expressive voice of gratitude is thus,sometimes, surprised by a similar unexpected but grateful echo; and therays of royalty, beaming with their fullest lustre on a brilliantobject, are in part reflected back to their source.

The general history of the world, to almost every part of which theinfluence of Lord Nelson's services may be considered as having in somemeasure extended, must most assuredly preserve the remembrance of one ofit's chiefest heroes; and the future historian of our own country, inparticular, will

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