Background: Solomon Northup was a free black man living in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in 1841, when he was coaxed by "two gentlemen of respectable appearance" to travel to Washington, D.C. for employment.
By James Thurber The New Yorker, May 20 , 1933P. 13 Talk story about complexity of life in these strange times brought home to us by two gentlemen standing on Fifth Avenue corner talking.
A traveler, present at the inauguration, tells us that one section of it was headed by Hugh Gibson, who was followed by four gentlemen neatly, if not elaborately, dressed....followed by a Republic committeeman who wore an unpressed blue suit,, Congress boots, and a collar without tie; the collar was held in position below the Adam's apple by a small white bone collar-button.
A traveler, present at the inauguration, tells us that one section of it was headed by Hugh Gibson, who was followed by four gentlemen neatly,… Talk story about Elmer Rice, who became an author of plays after starting out upon a career as a lawyer.
I don't want to spoil any surprises, so I'll describe another sequence somewhat abstractly, or rather concretely, with reference to the improbable weaponry deployed by two gentlemen walloping the bejeezus out of each other in a Palm Beach condo for reasons that need not detain us here.
The scientist playfully signed for Griffin a copy of an investigative book about Pakistan's nuclear program, published in 1981, entitled "The Islamic Bomb," which was written, as Griffin put it, "by two gentlemen whose names wouldn't look out of place in the Tel Aviv phone directory".
In attacking the gainful employment rule, Cox discussed how a formulation in the rule came from a research paper by "two gentlemen named Baum and Schwartz".
As a rabid Troubie fan (converted in 2012 by "Two Gentlemen of Chicago"), I admit I've been slow to warm up to the squeaky-voiced Winter, despite his endearingly glum yet resilient personality.
However, when dessert was served and Fidel mentioned that the ice cream being served was "the best ice cream in the world", Senator Leahy, being from Vermont, felt obliged to politely interject: "with all due respect, sir, the finest ice cream in the world was invented in the state of Vermont by two gentlemen called Ben and Jerry". Fidel was intrigued.
"He is a man of unquestionable integrity and he begins by saying that he was visited by two gentleman who approached the door with envelopes, and said, "Mr Thomas, I have these for you".
