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Wherefor he laid not a finger on the woman, but went out from her and returned to his own country, where he lived a contrite life till he died.
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Wherefor the humanity of Abraham deserves no slight praise; because he freely invites men who were to him unknown, through whom he had no advantage, and from whom he had no hope of mutual favors.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Wherefor though Paul expressely doth not adde that rule/yt folowith not therfor/that yt is not to be added: yea that yt ys to be added I will proue by other places of the Scripture.
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Wherefor Chrisostom in the afore named place semith to say well.
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Wherefor seing that this can not be doone without great perill and daunger/that such a weakling shuld vse an vnfaithfull
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Wherefor I have sent Thee a few lines entreating Thee to come hither and cure my diseases.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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Wherefor the Swede people against us shall seek, 3000
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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Wherefor men have named me for Love, since all wayfarers must drink here, and drink again, lamenting the draught.
The Wood Carver's Wife Marjorie Lowry Christie 1922
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Wherefor good cause we ever/shall have Kriemhild to fear,
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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Wherefor now rich apparel/thy goodly meed shall be,
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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