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Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

Mylord, je me suis empressʹe de mettre sous les yeux du premier consul de la rʹepublique française la note officielle en date du 14 Nivose que vous m'avez transmise; ...

An address to the people of Great Britain. By R. Watson, Lord Bishop of Landaff.

<p>"On the night of 3-4 July an attempt was made to bombard Cadiz from a bomb-vessel, protected by ship's boats. A few days before, some British boats had shown marked reluctance to come to close quarters with the Spanish gunboats. When they counter-attacked this time, Nelson in person led the British boats in his barge. There was desperate hand-to-hand fighting, in which Nelson's life was saved by his coxswain John Sykes, who put out his own arm to receive a cutlass blow aimed at Nelson's head. Nelson mentioned Sykes in his dispatch (an almost unheard-of honour for a rating) and got him promoted. Once again Nelson had shown extraordinary personal courage and risked his life in circumstances where no flag officer would normally be found"--Oxford dictionary of national biography. John Sykes is assumed to be the same as John Sykes 1770 or 1771-1858</p>

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and border 21.5 x 18 cm

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

An address to the people of Great-Britain: extracted from the popular pamphlet of the bishop of Landaff.

A farewell warning to my country, before the hour of danger. By the author of "The crisis," &c. &c.

Unanimity the best defence of religious and civil liberty. A sermon, preached in the parish church of St. Andrew, Holborn, on Sunday, April 29th, 1798. By Henry George Watkins, ...

An affectionate address to the middling and lower classes of British subjects, on the present alarming crisis. By John Smith, D. D. One of the Ministers of Campbelton.

A picture of the times, in a letter addressed to the people of England, by a lover of peace.

Reflections on the war. In answer to Reflections on peace, addressed to Mr. Pitt, and the French nation. By Francis D'Ivernois, Esq. Translated from the original French.

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Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

Mylord, je me suis empressʹe de mettre sous les yeux du premier consul de la rʹepublique française la note officielle en date du 14 Nivose que vous m'avez transmise; ...

An address to the people of Great Britain. By R. Watson, Lord Bishop of Landaff.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

An address to the people of Great-Britain: extracted from the popular pamphlet of the bishop of Landaff.

A farewell warning to my country, before the hour of danger. By the author of "The crisis," &c. &c.

Unanimity the best defence of religious and civil liberty. A sermon, preached in the parish church of St. Andrew, Holborn, on Sunday, April 29th, 1798. By Henry George Watkins, ...

An affectionate address to the middling and lower classes of British subjects, on the present alarming crisis. By John Smith, D. D. One of the Ministers of Campbelton.

A picture of the times, in a letter addressed to the people of England, by a lover of peace.

Reflections on the war. In answer to Reflections on peace, addressed to Mr. Pitt, and the French nation. By Francis D'Ivernois, Esq. Translated from the original French.

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Two letters addressed to a member of the present Parliament, on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke.

Mylord, je me suis empressʹe de mettre sous les yeux du premier consul de la rʹepublique française la note officielle en date du 14 Nivose que vous m'avez transmise; ...

An address to the people of Great Britain. By R. Watson, Lord Bishop of Landaff.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

An address to the people of Great-Britain: extracted from the popular pamphlet of the bishop of Landaff.

A farewell warning to my country, before the hour of danger. By the author of "The crisis," &c. &c.

Unanimity the best defence of religious and civil liberty. A sermon, preached in the parish church of St. Andrew, Holborn, on Sunday, April 29th, 1798. By Henry George Watkins, ...

An affectionate address to the middling and lower classes of British subjects, on the present alarming crisis. By John Smith, D. D. One of the Ministers of Campbelton.

A picture of the times, in a letter addressed to the people of England, by a lover of peace.

Reflections on the war. In answer to Reflections on peace, addressed to Mr. Pitt, and the French nation. By Francis D'Ivernois, Esq. Translated from the original French.

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