Wherefore

Examples

• Else wherefore live we in a Christian land, eighteen hundred and odd years after our Master? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Wherefore look now what thou doest, and whether there be any rescue. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Wherefore each of you, when his turn comes, must go down to the general underground abode, and get the habit of seeing in the dark. Plato. The Republic.
• But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I see she is uncomfortable, and I plainly see this is the good reason wherefore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• O wherefore are love and ruin for ever joined in this our mortal dream? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She has despised me--repulsed me--reviled me--And wherefore should I offer up for her whatever of estimation I have in the opinion of others? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• If he be ever asked how, why, when, or wherefore, he shuts up one eye and shakes his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Wherefore do I feel thus? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I crave pardon, noble lord, said Isaac timidly, but wherefore should I rely wholly on the word of one who will trust nothing to mine? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• We had been used to look forward to death tremulously-- wherefore, but because its place was obscure? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Wherefore, Mr Pancks said, 'What do you mean by that? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Wherefore should this be? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Wherefore we pray you heartily to beware, and to be found watching, even as the Holy Text hath it, 'Invenientur vigilantes'. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I conceived that I was different and superior to my protectors and companions, but I knew not how or wherefore. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Editor: Martin