Once produce opera at a price which all can afford to pay to hear, and can anyone doubt, that many a man and woman will choose it, in preference to an evening in a public-house or a music-hall.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
That depends upon your preference.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
And Nelligan is exactly the man who will never need the preference, sir.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever