wherefore

• The King asked wherefore were they doing nothing, & they made answer that the ship had been spoiled; that a man must have gone from stem to stern hacking her with an axe even the whole length of the gunwale Then went the King and witnessed with his own eyes the truth thereof, and straightway said he, & sware thereon, that die should that man once the King wot whosoever he was who from envy had spoiled the ship, 'but he who can tell me this thing shall have great reward.' —  The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
• I know you will Hiram made no reply; both took their seats, and then he spoke Emma,' he said, in a tone so solemn and important that it struck terror to her soul, she knew not wherefore--'Emma, this is a momentous period of your life, and everything depends on the steps you take Why, Hiram, what do you mean--what can you mean Nothing to alarm you, but everything to impress you with the fact that no time is to be lost. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• In truth, this old fellow--wherefore my own heart warmed to him--was wholly given to the study of antiquities; and so full was his mind of this delightful subject that there was no room left in it for thoughts about religions of any sort. —  The Aztec Treasure-House
• It was in the spirit of the Roman Church that Governor Winthrop replied--"say no more; the Court knows wherefore, and is satisfied The direct result of the expulsion of Williams and Anne Hutchinson was the founding of Rhode Island, famous as an early experiment in the separation of Church and State. —  Beginnings of the American People
• Oh! the heimweh, ceaseless aching Oh, the black, dividing sea and alien plain Youth was cheap--wherefore we sold it. —  In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV)

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