as respects

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"Does this not say something on behalf of the patients, as respects mind and body," said The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, in June, 1849, tickled by the score.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014

I heard what you said to the lubber as brought you aboard, and I always respects a boy as respects his mother.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

So also, the power of our wealth seems limited as respects the comfort of the servants, no less than their quietude.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John

As safely, as respects our persons, as to church.

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon

This has been attempted, so far as respects the sentiment of justice, in a little work by the present author, entitled Utilitarianism.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II by Mill, John Stuart