ROUTLEDGE's revised code rEADERS

THE

LIFE OF NELSON

BY

ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D.

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL

NEW YORK: 9, LAFAYETTE PLACE

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JOHN WILSON CROKER, ESQ., LL.D., F.R.S.

Secretary of the Admiralty;

WHO,

BY THE OFFICIAL SITUATION WHICH HE SO ABLY FILLS,

IS QUALIFIED TO APPRECIATE ITS HISTORICAL ACCURACY ;

AND WHO,

AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS,

IS EQUALLY QUALIFIED TO DECIDE UPON ITS LITERARY MERITS,

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.