THE LIFE OF NELSON. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY. .... " Bursting through the gloom SECOND EDITION. VOL. I. London: PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, Bookseller to the Admiralty and Board of Longitude, ALBEMARLE STREET. ΤΟ 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 THEIR HISTORICAL ACCURACY; AND WHO, AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, IS EQUALLY QUALIFIED TO DECIDE UPON THEIR LITERARY MERITS, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS THE FIRST VOLUME. NELSON'S Birth and Boyhood.-He sails in Capt. Phipps's Voyage of Discovery.-Goes to the East Indies in the Seahorse, and returns in ill Health. Expedition against the Spanish Nelson goes to France during the Peace.--Re-ap pointed to the Boreas, and stationed at the Lee- ward Islands. His firm Conduct concerning the American interlopers, and the Contractors.- Marries and returns to England.-Is on the Point of quitting the Service in Disgust.-Man- ner of Life while unemployed.-Appointed to the |