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charge of Philistinism that I cannot see
As for Consolation , which in form as in matter strongly resembles part of the Strayed Reveller , I must say, at the risk of the charge of Philistinism, that I cannot see why most of it should not have been printed as prose.
— from Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury

city of Pittsburgh that I could see
On Monday morning there was no mob in the city of Pittsburgh that I could see, though the railroad property and trains were in the possession of the strikers, and remained so until the arrival of Governor Hartranft with the national guard.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

choice of places that I can see
“There’s no choice of places, that I can see; what do you say, Mr. Sheridan?”
— from A Nest of Linnets by Frank Frankfort Moore

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