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MEMOIRS
OF THE
LIFE AND GALLANT SERVICES
OF
Admiral Lord Nelſon,
Containing a full Statement of
THE VARIOUS BATTLES,
(One Hundred & Twenty-four in Number)
IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED ;
AND THE
MELANCHOLY ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH,
On the 21ſt of October, 1805.
Whilſt Fighting for his King and Country.
" A Man he was—his Country's ſhield and pride—
" Who greatly liv'd, and crown'd with glory—died."
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GLASGOW,
PRINTED BY J. & M. ROBERTSON, SALTMARKET, 1806.
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| Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Memoirs of the life and gallant services of Admiral Lord Nelson > (1) Title page |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74463386 |
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| Description | Title and imprint with woodcut illustration of warships. |
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| Description | " ... containing a full statement of the various battles, (one hundred & twenty-four in number) in which he has been engaged ..." |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2840(15) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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