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  • Are natural breath: [458-35] but, howsoe'er you have

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • But I fear 'twill be a fizzle, howsoe'er I fake and fudge it!

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 Various

  • Never might he on earth howsoe'er well he will'd it

    The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

  • But I deem it best that ye should leave your squires and come with me, for, howsoe'er pressed the prince may be, I am very sure that he would be loth to keep two old comrades-in-arms upon the further side of the door.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • But I deem it best that ye should leave your squires and come with me, for, howsoe'er pressed the prince may be, I am very sure that he would be loth to keep two old comrades-in-arms upon the further side of the door.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • But I deem it best that ye should leave your squires and come with me, for, howsoe'er pressed the prince may be, I am very sure that he would be loth to keep two old comrades-in-arms upon the further side of the door.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "But howsoe'er that may be, later will I pledge to our better friendship."

    In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Lucy Foster Madison 1898

  • Nature, howsoe'er disguised, will soon or late assert herself.

    In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Lucy Foster Madison 1898

  • But I deem it best that ye should leave your squires and come with me, for, howsoe'er pressed the prince may be, I am very sure that he would be loth to keep two old comrades-in-arms upon the further side of the door.

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • But I deem it best that ye should leave your squires and come with me, for, howsoe'er pressed the prince may be, I am very sure that he would be loth to keep two old comrades-in-arms upon the further side of the door.

    The White Company 1890

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