wheresoe'er

American  

[hwair-soh-air, wair-] / ˌʰwɛər soʊˈɛər, ˌwɛər- /

conjunction

Literary.

1. contraction of wheresoever.

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wheresoe'er

"Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these?"

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

Her Eyes shed Mercy, wheresoe'er they shine; And her Soul melts, at every Woe—but mine.

From The Life of Mr. Richard Savage Who was Condemn'd with Mr. James Gregory, the last Sessions at the Old Baily, for the Murder of Mr. James Sinclair, at Robinson's Coffee-house at Charing-Cross. by Anonymous

Bear me wheresoe'er thou wouldst— To some lofty mountain-trail Where the torrents toss and shriek Warnings over folly's gulf.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich

Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your unhoused heads, your unfed sides, Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

We still have slept together, Rose at an instant, learn'd, play'd, eat together: And wheresoe'er we went like Juno's swans, Still we went coupled, and inseparable.

From The Golden Link of Friendship by Various