... of those reports Which, from the many mouths of busy Fame, Still, as I pass'd, struck varying on my ear, Each making th' other void. Nor does delay The colour of my hasteful business suit. I bring dispatches for our great Commander; And hasted hither with design to wait His rising, or awake ... — Andre • William Dunlap
... of the year 1777! This thing so strange! I gazed at her with quickened pulse. It seemed that I was dreaming; that as I sat before her in my tweed business suit with its tubular trousers I was the anachronism! This should have been candle-light illumining us; I should have been a powdered and bewigged gallant, in gorgeous satin and frilled shirt to match her dress. How strange, ... — Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various
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