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
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
“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
“Moly,” the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig, howbeit with the gods all things are possible.’
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
I wryte all thingis, howbeit thay be of lytill wecht, to the end that ze may tak the best of all to judge upon.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
