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  • Smidt, sometimes called the Marryat of Germany, was a prolific spinner of yarns, which were interesting, though of a low quality.

    The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various

  • He went, at the age of thirteen, to Great Ealing School, which numbered amongst its pupils, at one time or another, Thackeray, John Henry Newman, Thomas Huxley and Captain Marryat.

    Gilbert and Sullivan 1932

  • "Marryat," he said, "I must send you back, with two hundred men, to

    With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire 1867

  • Captain Marryat charted this course more than a century ago, books like "Mr Midshipman Easy" making him one of the most popular writers of his day.

    At Journey's End, a Ship of the Line Steve Donoghue 2011

  • I love my fine reels, and am currently covetous of a Marryat Baby #2 to match up with the 7 'Scott 3 wt. glass rod that never gets used a lot simply because I don't have a good reel to fit it.

    Why Do High-End Fly Reels Cost So Much? 2009

  • I love my fine reels, and am currently covetous of a Marryat Baby #2 to match up with the 7 'Scott 3 wt. glass rod that never gets used a lot simply because I don't have a good reel to fit it.

    Why Do High-End Fly Reels Cost So Much? 2009

  • Marryat would not make much the same mistake in real life as Midshipmen Simple, but he did, as he confessed in his Diary in America 1839.

    Hugh Rawson: More Fowl Talk for the Holidays Hugh Rawson 2010

  • Marryat would not make much the same mistake in real life as Midshipmen Simple, but he did, as he confessed in his Diary in America 1839.

    Hugh Rawson: More Fowl Talk for the Holidays Hugh Rawson 2010

  • In 1839 an English traveler marveled at the role liquor played in American life: “I am sure the Americans can fix nothing without a drink,” wrote Frederick Marryat in A Diary in America.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • In 1839 an English traveler marveled at the role liquor played in American life: “I am sure the Americans can fix nothing without a drink,” wrote Frederick Marryat in A Diary in America.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

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