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Hows'ever, dey sut'n'y wuz sot on each urr an '(yo' heah me!) ole marster an 'Cun'l Chahmb'lin dey' peared to like it 'bout well ez de chil'en.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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Hows'ever, my lad, "says I," take my advice -- bring your hammock an 'chest into the fok'sle; swap half your fine clothes for blue shirts and canvas trowsers; turn-to ready and willing, an' do all that's asked you -- you'll soon find the differ 'twixt the men and a few petty officers an ''prentices half out their time.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. Various
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Hows'ever, things went on till we'd crossed the line a good while; the leftenant was making his way with the girl at every chance.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. Various
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Hows'ever, the three year went by, and no Dauphin come in; and then the eyes o 'my mother began to look, not only as if they was a-gazin' away across the salt sea, but clean into eternity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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Hows'ever, when I come'd near the bottom of the Dust-heap as I had to pass, the great dark heap was so 'zackly the same as the night, you couldn't tell one from t'other.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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Hows'ever, at last I have made up my mind to speak plain; and I have mentioned to Doctor Strong that - did you speak, sir? '
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Hows'ever, blind they were; an 'I don't remember that it struck us as anyways singular, after what we'd been through a'ready.
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Hows'ever, once on board I had a strip and a good rub-down, and tumbled to bed glowin 'like a babby.
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Hows'ever, he hadn't much time to puzzle about this, for lo and behold! as he stared about him, what should he see under the lew of the next rock but a party of little people, none of 'em more than a thumb high, dancing in a ring upon the turf!
Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Hows'ever, there's a way of stopping it by putting your thumb on your top lip and pressing hard, and that's what I did, and managed to make very little noise; so that it surprised me when somebody said, 'Be quiet, you fool there!'
The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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