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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As to me, howbeit I heir no farther newes from yow.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
“It is murmurit,” says the enactment, “that it is ane noveltie to rais summondis and move sic ane actioun aganis ane persoun that is deide, howbeit the commoun law directly providis the samin.”
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
The lily hath a long stalk and seldom more than one, howbeit it hath somtyme II.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
But of this howbeit our thoughts were full of it, no talk was ministered between us.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.