hows'ever

"It's all you knows about it," thinks I; hows'ever, I said there wasn't a doubt on it.

The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. Various

He writ to Mr. Gordon, hows'ever, an '' twuz 'cided dat when he went I wuz to go 'long an' wait on him an 'de cap'n too.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

They kep 'him to it, hows'ever, and he did his work,' wouldn't ha 'done it,' he concluded.

The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography David Christie Murray

"'T will grow finer mayhap by an 'by, sirs," quoth he, "hows'ever, good luck an 'good fortun' to ye, gentlemen -- all right, Peter!" he called to the postillion.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

"'Ow do I know that -- or you, for that matter?" rejoined the farmer, stroking his glossy whiskers, "hows'ever, if you be quite awake, come on down out o 'my hay."

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

"'Tis early days yet, hows'ever -- time enough, my sons -- plenty time!" promised Un '

Nicky-Nan, Reservist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

"England's old England, hows'ever you strike it!" chirruped the prisoner gleefully, and touched his forehead again.

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

It didn't take Ned and me mor'n a jiffy, hows'ever, to prise off the lock; and when I looked in, there sure enough was the powder -- a goodish quantity -- all made up into cartridges, and there, too, I sees the black stump of a fuze with a red spark on the end fizzing and smoking away -- a good un.

The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886

A few of our people managed to get up, hows'ever, and they got to work with their pistols and cutlasses, and I let fly with my pistol from where I sat up aloft among the branches, and bowled over an ugly, bald-headed old chap rigged in a monkey-skin round his 'midships, and carryin' a live snake in his hand.

A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886

I managed to make out hows'ever that I'd had a narrow squeak of it, and that's about all.

For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886