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mode in the introductory measures and elsewhere
Observe the use of the same mode in the introductory measures, and elsewhere, of his setting of Verlaine's Il pleure dans mon coeur (1889), the second of the "Ariettes."
— from Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Lawrence Gilman

me is this In Massachusetts and everywhere
James A. Lowell (Massachusetts): The practical difficulty which strikes me is this: In Massachusetts, and everywhere else, for that matter, we have a financial situation to face.
— from Proceedings, Third National Conference Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents by National Conference on Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents

more interested than in making an escape
Three men in the centre of the company of sailors were engaged in some altercation, in which all the rest seemed far more interested than in making an escape from the vessel, which, apparently, was in no immediate danger of breaking up.
— from Istar of Babylon: A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter

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