as respects

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"Does this not say something on behalf of the patients, as respects mind and body," said The Salisbury and Winchester Journal, in June, 1849, tickled by the score.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014

I heard what you said to the lubber as brought you aboard, and I always respects a boy as respects his mother.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

The series of his letters to his son is, in my opinion, by far the most interesting and valuable, as respects the personal character and temper of the writer.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

With us, indeed, it is exactly the reverse," replied she,—"at least as respects the young ladies.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

All the narratives which I have been able to verify have been found to be fundamentally accurate—sometimes modified afterwards, as respects their mere form, by a memory more or less confused.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille