Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Astor” in chapter 7 of Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899:

...ibrary. He used to relate some humorous anecdotes of excursions which he made with Mr. Astor. In the course of one of these, the two gentlemen took supper together at a hotel recently opened. Mr. Astor remarked: This man will never succeed. Why not? inquired the other. Don't you see what large lumps of sugar he puts in the sugar bowl? Once, as they were walking slowly to a pilot-boat ...
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