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1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 132 The Prince hath to doe with a paynter, not onely in that he is simply hir highnesse subiecte.., but also in respect he is suche a subiecte, in whiche regarde (he saythe) she maketh lawes and orders also concerning paynters.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 55 When things naturall in that regard forget their ordinary naturall woont, that which is heauie mounting sometime vpwardes of its owne accord.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 57 I must therefore request you to stretch your sinewes in this regarde.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 87 The Gospel of salvation may bee called a Mystery in three regards.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 170 In that regard, [he] seems very observantially to submit, not only to stars, and Planetary constellations: but to plants, [etc.].

1700 H. Dodwell Treat. Conc. Instrumental Musick (new ed.) 30 In that regard, Musick Instrumental also was acknowledged to have the same influence that Singing had by the Imagination over the Affections.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 4/2 If it is of Service in a publick Regard, I cannot find Fault with it.

1821 P. B. Shelley Let. 14 Sept. (1964) II. 349 I will pay every possible attention to your instructions in this regard.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vii. 132 Each tongue has its own way in this regard.

1902 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery vii. 110 They were very anxious that I should become one of them politically, in every respect. They seemed to have little distrust of strangers in this regard.

1979 N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xxviii. 430 We have no witnesses that we can call in the line of expert witnesses, doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, who would help the defendant in that regard.

2003 L. Moss What Genes can't Do iv. 161 Particularly striking in this regard is the emergence of members of every class of cell-adhesion molecule.