Frank Mildmay or the Naval Officer

My father was a gentleman, and a man of considerable property. In my infancy and childhood I was weak and sickly, but the favourite of my parents beyond all my brothers and sisters, because they saw that my mind was far superior to my sickly frame, and feared they should never raise me to manhood; contrary, however, to their expectations, I surmounted all these untoward appearances, and attracted much notice from my liveliness, quickness of repartee, and impudence: qualities which have been of much use to me through life.Marryat, Frederick is the author of 'Frank Mildmay or the Naval Officer', published 2007 under ISBN 9781426466212 and ISBN 1426466218.