His face was completely hidden in the dark and nothing was clear to me except his overbearing policemanship, his massive rearing of wide strengthy flesh, his domination and his unimpeachable reality.

9 March 1776, Adam Smith, chapter 10, in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.[…], London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell,[…], OCLC 762139, book, page 127-128:

The loudness variations were achieved by comodulating the maskers with 2.5-Hz lowpass noise.

$80 for a chippy? I can get a goddamn horse for $50!