Notwithstanding

Examples

• Notwithstanding its simple action, its structure is complicated by a large amount of adding mechanism. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With all this, I held firm, notwithstanding, to my belief in Miss Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She is rather long, notwithstanding; but by and by I hear a rustling at the door, and someone taps. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The Jew rubbed his hands with a chuckle, but glanced uneasily at the box, notwithstanding. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Notwithstanding the lapse of time that had occurred since Mr. Heep's decease, she still wore weeds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Notwithstanding my late boast about not fearing a showerI hardly liked to go out under this waterspout. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I am heartily glad to see him, notwithstanding. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But it has stood all attacks, and went on well, notwithstanding the Assembly repealed its charter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• After all, notwithstanding the chops and jellies he gets, I would not be in his shoes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• No one would believe it at first; and even now Elizabeth will not be convinced, notwithstanding all the evidence. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• For my own part, I do not hesitate to say, that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Notwithstanding his seven months' experience at Haarlem, he still believed it certain that he should carry Alkmaar by storm. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Two of the foremost instantly fell, and the rest gave way notwithstanding all their leader's efforts to stop them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She often chose this task, in which she found some pleasure, notwithstanding the old man's testiness whenever he demanded her attentions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Notwithstanding the great increase occasioned by such early marriages, there is a continual complaint of the scarcity of hands in North America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This, notwithstanding it was a fundamental error, was pardoned, and excited an expression of loud applause from the gallery auditors. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But the assistant at the other end could not be made to understand anything, notwithstanding I had written out a very minute description of just what to do. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We frequently met, notwithstanding. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I thanked fortune that I had one, too, notwithstanding it was packed up with the baggage and was ten miles ahead. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Thus, notwithstanding the thoughtless delight that waited on its commencement, the impression I have of my life at Vienna is melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Notwithstanding Sarah's scorn, it was a savoury repast enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Notwithstanding the edict of 1766, by which the French king attempted to reduce the rate of interest from five to four per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But notwithstanding this variation of our sympathy, we give the same approbation to the same moral qualities in China as in England. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Come, Wolf; come, said she, laughing: you wear sheep's clothing, but you must quit the fold notwithstanding. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I loved him, notwithstanding, for he had many amiable qualities. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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