“That is wherefore? For what reason could heavenly Justice do such an unjust thing? Let us then substitute the adverb Wherefore, and the intent and meaning of the Promise will be incontestable; for, after reciting an acknowledgement of the debt, it concludes with the remarkable words, Or to marry her, that is, wherefore, for which reason, out of gratitude, for the Favour above done me, I will marry her.
Figaro. “Oh most celebrated Doctor? Most poetic Quibbler!
“Hark with what florid Impotence he speaks,
And as his Malice prompts, the Puppet squeaks,
Or at the ear of Eve, familiar Toad,
Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad
In legal Puns, or Quibbles, Quirks, or Lies,
Or Spite, or Taunts, or Rhymes, or Blasphemies.
“What think you we know not Quotations, and Poets, and Ands, and Ors, and Whys, and Wherefores.
“What Drop or Nostrum, can such Plagues remove,