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It was like this: There was a presumptuous little self-important skipper in a coasting sloop engaged in the dried-apple and kitchen-furniture trade, and he was always hailing every ship that came in sight.
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A frivolous little self-important captain of a coasting-sloop in the dried-apple and kitchen-furniture trade was always hailing every vessel that came in sight, just to hear himself talk and air his small grandeurs.
Mark Twain Archibald Henderson 1920
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A frivolous little self-important captain of a coasting-sloop in the dried-apple and kitchen-furniture trade was always hailing every vessel that came in sight, just to hear himself talk and air his small grandeurs.
Mark Twain Henderson, Archibald 1910
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It was like this: There was a presumptuous little self-important skipper in a coasting sloop engaged in the dried-apple and kitchen-furniture trade, and he was always hailing every ship that came in sight.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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It was like this: There was a presumptuous little self-important skipper in a coasting sloop engaged in the dried-apple and kitchen-furniture trade, and he was always hailing every ship that came in sight.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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This high dignitary seldom stirred but with his kitchen-furniture and service for the table, which last was of massy silver, beautifully wrought and embellished.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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As to everything else, I would, as far as good taste goes, have just as soon had a collection of all Waterman's kitchen-furniture. "
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various
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