Forthwith

Examples

• The priest proclaimed his dream, and forthwith Venice set about procuring the corpse of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Edison rushed forthwith to the main office. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Some allied soldiers came upon this scene and took her forthwith to Alexander for judgment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Manufacture of the motorcycle upon a commercial scale forthwith commenced in the bicycle manufactory at Springfield, Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And he forthwith appointed a domestic to conduct Wamba to the apartment where Cedric and Athelstane were confined. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In which, to show his sincerity, he forthwith pledged the company in a draught which half emptied it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And so, to finish the poor child at once, Mrs. Rawdon ran and greeted affectionately her dearest Amelia, and began forthwith to patronise her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then standing up, Let us return thanks, said he; which he did forthwith, and all quitted the table. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Forthwith they began to fritter it away. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Miss Halcombe cut the knot of the little embarrassment forthwith, in her resolute, downright way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then I have fulfilled my commission thoroughly, said Mr. Farebrother, putting out his hand to Mary, and I shall ride back to Middlemarch forthwith. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Will Ladislaw's mind was now wholly bent on seeing Dorothea again, and forthwith quitting Middlemarch. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The attorney was in high glee, for the embarrassed coach-horser was ordered to be discharged forthwith. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The ceremony of delivering the keys had better come off forthwith. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Here Issus puts those who displease her, but whom she does not care to execute forthwith. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Penelope persisted in believing that she was to be forthwith tried, sentenced, and transported for theft. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And forthwith he took the conductor under hand, and I felt, through all the storm of French which followed, that he raked him fore and aft. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Snodgrass did as he was desired; and Mr. Samuel Weller forthwith presented himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Could they have been made the basis of a world settlement in 1919, they would forthwith have opened a new and more hopeful era in human affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Pickwick looked very hard at the man's face, but his features were immovable, so he noted down the fact forthwith. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She was not proud; and--_bonne d'enfants_ as I was--she would forthwith have made of me a sort of friend and confidant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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