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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

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Frederick Marryat
Age: 56 †
Born: 1792
Born: July 10
Died: 1848
Died: August 9
Naval Officer
Novelist
Officer
Writer
London
England
Author of Peter Simple
Naval officer
Kings own
Captain Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryat
Captain Marryatt
Capt. Marryat
F. W. Marryat
F. M.
Frederick Captain Marryat
Rather
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Even
Would
Amusement
Instruction
Rich
Poor

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