But in the shape of "between my wife and I " it is seldom challenged, at least in spoken English.
— from The American Language A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
Your wealth, upon my supposition, will always be at your beck; and it is perhaps beyond the strength of human nature to refuse, under some circumstances, at least in some emergencies, to use the wealth which is within our reach.
— from St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by William Godwin
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