All 9 Uses of
therefore
in
Henry VIII
- Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known The first and happiest hearers of the town, Be sad, as we would make ye; think ye see The very persons of our noble story As they were living; think you see them great, And follow'd with the general throng and sweat Of thousand friends; then, in a moment, see How soon this mightiness meets misery; And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding-day.†
Scene 1.1therefore = for that reason
- Is it therefore The ambassador is silenc'd?†
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- This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I Have not the power to muzzle him; therefore best Not wake him in his slumber.†
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- It shall be therefore bootless That longer you desire the court; as well For your own quiet, as to rectify What is unsettled in the King.†
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- His Grace Hath spoken well and justly; therefore, madam, It's fit this royal session do proceed, And that, without delay, their arguments Be now produc'd and heard.†
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- Therefore I say again, I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge; whom, yet once more, I hold my most malicious foe, and think not At all a friend to truth.†
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- Therefore in him It lies to cure me; and the cure is, to Remove these thoughts from you; the which before His Highness shall speak in, I do beseech You, gracious madam, to unthink your speaking And to say so no more.†
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- Therefore, go on; For no dislike i' the world against the person Of the good queen, but the sharp thorny points Of my alleged reasons, drives this forward.†
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- Lord Cardinal, the King's further pleasure is, Because all those things you have done of late By your power legatine within this kingdom, Fall into the compass of a praemunire, That therefore such a writ be sued against you; To forfeit all your goods, lands, tenements, Chattels, and whatsoever, and to be Out of the King's protection.†
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Definition:
for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)