forasmuch as
Britishconjunction
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And he was sorrowful therewith, forasmuch as he had thought mayhap to find in the eyes of his love the twin stars of the woman of his dream.
From The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers by Wallace, Edna Kingsley
Of which amercements, or ransoming of bondmen, some lords’ stewards say that it is rightful, forasmuch as a churl hath no temporal thing that is not his lord’s, as they say.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
Nothing, indeed, in this world can be successful without prayer; forasmuch as every good and every perfect gift cometh down from God, and must be asked of him.
From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann
All which must necessarily be, forasmuch as his essence, life, wisdom, and power, are inseparable.
From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann
Others again said that, forasmuch as the expedition was perilous, they ought to go by night and not by day.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
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