原文 (英語)

Note: A different print edition of this book has been posted as etext #21553 MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY By FREDERICK MARRYAT (1792-1848) CHAPTER I Which the reader will find very easy to read. Mr Nicodemus Easy was a gentleman who lived down in Hampshire; he was a married man, and in very easy circumstances. Most couples find it very easy to have a family, but not always quite so easy to maintain them. Mr Easy was not at all uneasy on the latter score