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

The wapentake of Bulmer is, as respects minute and accurate information, part of the terra incognita of Yorkshire.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph

But again as respects the historic tradition of the church our author is not less emphatic.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner

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.

Now, gentlemen, after the Revolution had completed our independence, how were we left as respects our rights, our interests, our hopes, and our prospects on this very subject of nationality?

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.