Mr. Midshipman Easy

By: Marryat, Frederick

Mr Nicodemus Easy was a gentleman who lived down in Hampshire; he was amarried man, and in very easy circumstances. Most couples find it very easy to havea family, but not always quite so easy to maintain them. Mr Easy was not at alluneasy on the latter score, as he had no children; but he was anxious to have them, as most people covet what they cannot obtain. After ten years, Mr Easy gave it upas a bad job. Philosophy is said to console a man under disappointment, althoughShakespeare asserts that it is no remedy for toothache; so Mr Easy turnedphilosopher, the very best profession a man can take up, when he is fit for nothingelse; he must be a very incapable person indeed who cannot talk nonsense. Forsome time, Mr Easy could not decide upon what description his nonsense shouldconsist of; at last he fixed upon the rights of man, equality, and all that; how everyperson was born to inherit his share of the earth, a right at present only admittedto a certain length that is about six feet, for we all inherit our graves, and areallowed to take possession without dispute. But no one would listen to Mr Easy'sphilosophy. The women would not acknowledge the rights of men, whom theydeclared always to be in the wrong; and, as the gentlemen who visited Mr Easywere all men of property, they could not perceive the advantages of sharing withthose who had none. However, they allowed him to discuss the question, while theydiscussed his port wine. The wine was good, if the arguments were not, and wemust take things as we find them in this world

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B093B8HC12
• ISBN13: 9798743531844
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"