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LIFE OF NELSON
EDITED
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
ALBERT F. BLAISDELL
BOSTON, U.S.A., AND LONDON PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY
1897
EducT881.860.425
Harvard University, Dept. of Education Library
TRANSFERRED TO
MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
1932
COPYRIGHT, 1896 By GINN & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Nelson's Birth and Boyhood— He is entered on Board the Raisonnable —
Goes to the West Indies in a Merchant-ship — His Dislike to the Royal Navy
Serves in the Triumph - Sails in Captain Phipps' Voyage of Discovery to
Adventures in the Polar Regions - Proceeds to the East
-
the North Pole
Indies in the Seahorse
--
Reaction of Feeling
Returns in Ill Health Consequent Despondency
Serves as Acting-Lieutenant in the Worcester, and is
made Lieutenant into the Lowestoffe, Commander into the Badger Brig, and
Post into the Hinchinbrook Expedition against the Spanish Main
appointed to the Janus, but
Failure
He
Injury to Nelson's Health
obliged to resign the Command
Its
Returns to England He is sent to the
Baltic Sea in the Albemarle - His Services during the American War.
CHAPTER II. 1784-1792
IN THE WEST INDIES.
- His
Meets with
Nelson is rcappointed to the Boreas Goes to the West Indies
Kindness to his Midshipmen Enforces the Navigation Act
Opposition from the West Indians Seizes four American Vessels - Is
prosecuted by the Captains Marries the Widow of Dr. Nisbet - Exposes
the Conduct of the Navy Contractors Returns to England His Reception
- Is on the Point of quitting the Service in Disgust — His Manner of Life
while at Home Is threatened with a New Prosecution Applies for Active
Appointed to the Agamemnon on the breaking out of the War
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