whil'st

For as the Diligent-hand maketh Rich, whil'st the Slothful and Prodigal come to nothing, so the Use of our Powers improves and Encreases them, and the most Observing and Considerate is the Wisest Person: For she lays up in her Mind as in a Store-house, ready to produce on all Occasions, a Clear and Simple Idea of every Object that has at any time presented itself.

Mary Astell Sowaal, Alice 2008

_ Sure whil'st I was talking with Mr. _Tradewell_, I heard my

The Busie Body Susanna Centlivre

The bobs are all double changes, and made in one and the same manner (i.e.) the leading bell, and that in fourths place, do both lie still, whil'st the two bells in second and thirds places, and those in fifth and tenors places make the bob-change; and as soon as 'tis made, the bell in fourths place moves directly down.

Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing Wherein is laid down plain and easie Rules for Ringing all sorts of Plain Changes Richard Duckworth

And whil'st her braunch faire blossomes foorth did bring,

Daphnaïda (excerpt) 1919

O whil'st I live this grace me give, I doing good may be,

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890

O whil'st I live this grace me give, I doing good may be,

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878

And whil'st they live, how oft doth turn their fate;

Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight 1678

So that the Sun and Moon have both been seen above the Horizon, whil'st the Moon has been in an Eclipse.

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669

I have observ'd many of these Sponges, to have included likewise in the midst of their fibrous contextures, pretty large friable stones, which must either have been inclos'd whil'st this Vegetable was in formation, or generated in those places after it was perfectly shap'd.

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669

_Peristaltick_ motions might be very easily perceiv'd, whil'st the Animal was alive, but especially a small cleer white part V, seemed to beat like the heart of a larger Animal.

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669