Word: albeit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Nation in its last issue publishes an article on athletics, fair and harmless in its tone, but, while not incorrect in certain ideas, it takes, it seems to us, a mistaken view of some points, albeit the writer, from impartiality and greater experience, may be in a good position to judge...
...necessary it may be. But in many courses, especially in those large and popular ones this custom is more or less marked and it is growing pernicious. Last Saturday's performance was doubtless unnecessary on the part of so many and it was hardly a compliment, albeit it was borne in silence, to the instructor...
...hero of the tale, has an individuality so strongly marked that he rouses one's interest at the opening of the story. He was a man who "at times looked like a devil that had been chained up by society and taught to walk in the procession, but awkwardly albeit, like a half-trained bear. The interesting question was how long would the chain hold?" The chain did not hold long, and in telling why it did not, and in his description of the development of Dufont's character and of the dramatic scenes in the old chateau of Monmarcel...