Zeal-of-the-land Busy, in Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, is an early instance of the kind.

The nearer we approached Canton, the busier became the scene on the river, and the greater the number of ships and inhabited boats.

Mrs. Busy was too much an economist to feel either joy or sorrow at his death.

Soon they were as busy as ants, dragging the stones to the water's edge.

"They are as busy as beavers among the underwood.

Will was snug down at Port Royal,sent the girls home some confoundedly pretty jewelry; they were as busy as bees, knitting socks, andWhat, the Devil!

Up to that time we shall be as busy as men can be, and it will be impossible for me to go to San Francisco.