howbeit
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When I became Joe’s ’prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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And although he was counselled to the contrary, yet would he never abandon his design, howbeit afterwards he repented of it sorely.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
They say that fourteen years at least have passed since she last went away; howbeit they believe her to have lived in chastity.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit He that sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these speak I unto the world.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus