It’s just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

Frederick Marryat British naval officer and novelist (1792-1848)

About Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and a novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836).

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I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

Frederick Marryat

British naval officer and novelist (1792-1848)

It’s just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.

Frederick Marryat

British naval officer and novelist (1792-1848)