Amongst the prerogatives of the Paris opera director, is the absolute monopoly of his repertory in the capital-works in the public domain Excepted-and the right to claim for his theatre the services of those who gain the first prizes at the final examinations of the operatic classes at the Conservatoire.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
P'r'aps she has pitched him as she has other people before, present company not Excepted.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Jed didn't seem to realize it, and made no apology about present company being Excepted.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton