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  • And, with a fanfare of trumpets and drums, they stated in order that: "Henceforth and forthwith, let it be known by all men that rhyme and reason reign once more in wisdom."†   (source)
  • Any more incidents like this and those involved will be shipped to Kauf, forthwith.†   (source)
  • It must stop forthwith.†   (source)
  • Though I believed little of his explanation, I apologized to him forthwith, before he could leave the room and make even more of this by requiring me to chase him down.†   (source)
  • I have instructed Lord Manderly to have his head off forthwith.†   (source)
  • The pretence grew thinner as time went on, for the stable-hand, instead of bringing back the inspector forthwith, as was to be expected when a man of my father's position and influence was concerned, returned with a polite message that the inspector would certainly do his best to find time to pay a call in the course of the day.†   (source)
  • We do not have time for the ordinary protocols, and thus I propose that the Founder's Ring be taken by whatever means necessary and that she be confined to the Hollows forthwith.†   (source)
  • But let me hasten to assure you that I could take all ten members from my feckless, small-boned class and hurl them forthwith into the outgoing tide of the Ashley River.†   (source)
  • Thus if he finds a car parked in his private parking space, he at once orders that its four tires be deflated and then leaves (we may imagine the subsequent difficulties faced by the owner of a car with four flat tires) and if he catches sight of a ward orderly making tea beside the patient's family, he pounces forthwith upon the teakettle and flings it out of the window (it isn't important on whose head the kettle may land; that is the problem of the person passing by in the street).†   (source)
  • He also made it clear that if sensitive information was to be exchanged between British and American intelligence — continue to be exchanged — he thought it best that his request be granted forthwith.'†   (source)
  • I set to work upon my preparations forthwith.   (source)
  • On my life, Hester, I made my intreaty to the worshipful magistrate that it might be done forthwith.   (source)
  • But she comes at a good time, and we will look into this matter forthwith.   (source)
  • As he spoke, he laid his long fore-finger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.   (source)
  • "I pray you," answered the minister, "if thou hast any means of pacifying the child, do it forthwith!"   (source)
  • Then flinging the already written pages of the Election Sermon into the fire, he forthwith began another, which he wrote with such an impulsive flow of thought and emotion, that he fancied himself inspired; and only wondered that Heaven should see fit to transmit the grand and solemn music of its oracles through so foul an organ pipe as he.   (source)
  • She commanded Henrik to dismiss you forthwith and run you off the property for good.†   (source)
  • It's a long flight, but—". if Eragon and I leave forthwith— said Saphira.†   (source)
  • Hagrid, please tell the Heads of Houses — Slughorn can represent Slytherin — that I want to see them in my office forthwith.†   (source)
  • We even, occasionally, lingered in the first-floor hall— in the faraway hope that Mr. Brinker-Smith might open the door to his apartment, see Owen and me standing there, clearly with nothing educational to do, and therefore invite us forthwith into his apartment so that we could watch his wife nurse the twins.†   (source)
  • When you are satisfied, swear to me that you shall return to Westeros forthwith, and the ships are yours.†   (source)
  • If I ended our pact with the Urgals, they would likely be so angry, they would attack us forthwith, and we cannot fight both them and the Empire at the same time.†   (source)
  • Early applicants shall have first choice among the prized and lush estates. interested parties should see Mr. Cree, secretary to the high ambassador, and request an application forthwith!†   (source)
  • As I said before, fair Íorunn, my answer must of necessity be a lengthy one, so if you, Gannel, have any other questions to ask, I suggest you proceed forthwith.†   (source)
  • Send a bird to Manderly and inform him that his son will be returned forthwith, now that he has demonstrated his loyalty.†   (source)
  • I wished to see this done after the First World War, and I devoutly trust it may be done forthwith.†   (source)
  • Once the epidemic was diagnosed, the patient had to be evacuated forthwith.†   (source)
  • He was delighted with the miniatures and paid for them forthwith.†   (source)
  • I wished to see this done after the first world war, and I devoutly trust it may be done forthwith.†   (source)
  • I gave the man the lie and took my way forthwith.†   (source)
  • Forthwith she had dragged them into the room and placed them side by side.†   (source)
  • Indeed, I could not resist the temptation of beginning forthwith.†   (source)
  • Cuchulainn forthwith demanded fighting equipment.†   (source)
  • Hermine insisted that I should go up to her forthwith and ask her to dance.†   (source)
  • We expect very large additions to our weapons in the near future, and in preparation for this we intend forthwith to call up, drill and train further large numbers.†   (source)
  • I decided to send his references to the Communist party for checking and forthwith named him for membership in the club.†   (source)
  • We set out forthwith.†   (source)
  • For this reason I propose to dismiss him, to dismiss him with ignominy from the post he has held in this Centre; I propose forthwith to apply for his transference to a Subcentre of the lowest order and, that his punishment may serve the best interest of Society, as far as possible removed from any important Centre of population.†   (source)
  • For instead of convalescing idly, as might have been expected, he plunged forthwith into rigorous self-discipline somewhat curiously combined with narcotic indulgence.†   (source)
  • Forthwith the king commanded the squire to fetch him; and he went to the nook where Taliesin sat, and brought him before the king, who asked him what he was, and whence he came.†   (source)
  • That person might have thought of looking behind the counter, have seen the dead woman-and either laid hands on the murderer straight away or else been able to give such an accurate description of him to the police that he would have been arrested forthwith.†   (source)
  • I darkened my bedroom and as I undressed I came on the verses in my pocket; but I forgot them again and lay down forthwith.†   (source)
  • When Hermine had once, so it suddenly occurred to me, spoken about time and eternity, I had been ready forthwith to take her thoughts as a reflection of my own.†   (source)
  • My God, rather than come to such a pass it would have been better for the Jews and every one else, let alone the Egyptians, to have perished in those days and forthwith of a violent and becoming death instead of this dismal pretence of dying by inches that we go in for today.†   (source)
  • I told myself that I could never stop, and with a gust of petulance I resolved to stop forthwith.†   (source)
  • Bill failed to interest any of his companions, and forthwith became sullen and silent.†   (source)
  • Mr. Rubenstein's head forthwith began to wag a solemn negative.†   (source)
  • Forthwith he grasped his ripping knife and proceeded to try following instructions given him.†   (source)
  • Forthwith a change came over the waters, and the serenity became less brilliant but more profound.†   (source)
  • V The haggling business, which had mainly depended on the horse, became disorganized forthwith.†   (source)
  • He cracked his whip in some trepidation, and forthwith they rushed at him.†   (source)
  • Having determined upon his measures, Captain Vere forthwith took action.†   (source)
  • And Rita Dickerman forthwith bestowed upon Clyde an intimate and possessive smile.†   (source)
  • And he negatived the remainder of the definition forthwith.†   (source)
  • 'Yes,' said I, and forthwith handed him the famous Report for publication, if he thought fit.†   (source)
  • One shell, and they would have sent her to the bottom forthwith with the Heat-Ray.†   (source)
  • But if the white powdered glass is put into water, it forthwith vanishes.†   (source)
  • The religious channel is left dry forthwith; and it is you who have done it!†   (source)
  • Then one slipped, and for a moment was on all-fours,—to recover, indeed, forthwith.†   (source)
  • Otherwise, as is customary in such cases, the sentence would forthwith have been carried out.†   (source)
  • Esta forthwith made a hurried departure for her mother's home.†   (source)
  • Kemp closed the door softly behind him, and the key was turned upon him forthwith.†   (source)
  • Forthwith there came the swift patter of soft feet in pursuit.†   (source)
  • And forthwith he offered to buy Clyde some cigarettes—a soda—anything he liked.†   (source)
  • And forthwith he arose and went to mail the letter to Sondra.†   (source)
  • Once seated at the table, the family forthwith began discussing topics of current local interest.†   (source)
  • And forthwith the four deputies carried it out.†   (source)
  • Upon the same plea, he told me to bring my tools and clothing home forthwith.†   (source)
  • The ceremony of delivering the keys had better come off forthwith.†   (source)
  • Forthwith nine assistant commissioners were appointed.†   (source)
  • However, he gave way to her representations, and they entered the furmity booth forthwith.†   (source)
  • He went to Canada forthwith, and I have not since heard from him.†   (source)
  • His only redress is forthwith to draw a circle outside of his antagonist.†   (source)
  • Its operation over, he forthwith began to sink.†   (source)
  • This name met with general approbation, and was forthwith fixed upon.†   (source)
  • She protected those cheeks forthwith, deeming spotlessness part of womanliness.†   (source)
  • If I knew so wise a man as could teach me purity I would go to seek him forthwith.†   (source)
  • I had but to mention the fact to Mr. Johnson, and he forthwith advanced the money.†   (source)
  • He ascended to the deck, and asked for the captain, who forthwith presented himself.†   (source)
  • I heard it give a peculiar thick cry, and forthwith another of these creatures appeared darkly in the deep shadow of the aperture.†   (source)
  • "And now you have one all-important secret, eh, little one?" said Marguerite, merrily, "which you are forthwith going to confide in me. nay, you need not blush, CHERIE." she added, as she saw Suzanne's pretty little face crimson with blushes.†   (source)
  • It appears that in their flurry they had contrived in some mysterious way to get the sliding bolt of the foremost boat-chock jammed tight, and forthwith had gone out of the remnants of their minds over the deadly nature of that accident.†   (source)
  • Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale; And then it left me free.†   (source)
  • Madeline forthwith escorted them round the camp, and through the many aisles between the trees, and to the mossy, pine-matted nooks under the crags.†   (source)
  • He wanted it settled forthwith.†   (source)
  • And forthwith the soul of him would flame up and become eloquent—it was almost an impropriety, for all the while his gaze would be fixed upon Marija's face, until she would begin to turn red and lower her eyes.†   (source)
  • She expressed her gratification by repairing forthwith to the region of the gasoline stove and rewarding her guest with the promised cup of coffee.†   (source)
  • There were diggings to be had for Ziemssen, he presumed, and the moment the engineer's cousin arrived he should take to his bed forthwith.†   (source)
  • Aboard the Indomitable our merchant-sailor was forthwith rated as an able-seaman and assigned to the starboard watch of the fore-top.†   (source)
  • After a formal introduction by Gania (who greeted his mother very shortly, took no notice of his sister, and immediately marched Ptitsin out of the room), Nina Alexandrovna addressed a few kind words to the prince and forthwith requested Colia, who had just appeared at the door, to show him to the "middle room."†   (source)
  • As our client wishes the delivery made as soon as possible, we shall be obliged by your having teams ready at King's Cross at the time named and forthwith conveying the goods to destination.†   (source)
  • There they stood, five altogether: the parson, the clerk, the couple, and Gillingham; and the holy ordinance was resolemnized forthwith.†   (source)
  • Each 'new recruit' whom the Verdurins failed to persuade that the evenings spent by other people, in other houses than theirs, were as dull as ditch-water, saw himself banished forthwith.†   (source)
  • The wagonette was paid off and ordered to return to Coombe Tracey forthwith, while we started to walk to Merripit House.†   (source)
  • I felt forthwith a new impatience to see him; it was the beginning of a curiosity that, for all the next hours, was to deepen almost to pain.†   (source)
  • If you will remember, some of the seed fell upon stony places, where there was not much earth, and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness of earth.†   (source)
  • I heard the unseen dogs growl furiously, and forthwith he ducked back,—coming into contact with the hand I put out to fend him off from myself.†   (source)
  • "That's a downright fine idea," declared Mrs. Hutter, and forthwith bustled away to comply with Carley's request.†   (source)
  • I absolutely insist upon the good and loyal services of Mme. Giry, my box-keeper, whom you will reinstate in her functions forthwith.†   (source)
  • I forthwith expressed that the proper as well as the pleasant and friendly thing would be therefore that on the arrival of the public conveyance I should be in waiting for him with his little sister; an idea in which Mrs. Grose concurred so heartily that I somehow took her manner as a kind of comforting pledge—never falsified, thank heaven!†   (source)
  • I looked at little Weena sleeping beside me, her face white and starlike under the stars, and forthwith dismissed the thought.†   (source)
  • That was a country where, they said, a man might earn three rubles a day; and Jurgis figured what three rubles a day would mean, with prices as they were where he lived, and decided forthwith that he would go to America and marry, and be a rich man in the bargain.†   (source)
  • Forthwith Ory, between bites, turned his interest to Stronghurl, with the difference that now he was more than eager.†   (source)
  • "I really must sit down," Maud said, with a nervous laugh and a dizzy gesture, and forthwith she sat down on the sand.†   (source)
  • CHAPTER 36 With these words Marlow had ended his narrative, and his audience had broken up forthwith, under his abstract, pensive gaze.†   (source)
  • Forthwith the six guns which, unknown to anyone on the right bank, had been hidden behind the outskirts of that village, fired simultaneously.†   (source)
  • I had an instinct for proportion myself, and I collapsed forthwith, descending from the dominant pose of a master of matter to a state of humble confusion which was, to say the least, very miserable.†   (source)
  • Kemp made three swift steps to the door, and forthwith the Invisible Man—his legs had vanished—sprang to his feet with a shout.†   (source)
  • But among the petty-officers was one who having much to do with the story, may as well be forthwith introduced.†   (source)
  • Forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men.†   (source)
  • As my brother hesitated on the door-step, he saw another news vender approaching, and got a paper forthwith.†   (source)
  • They heard Marvel squeal like a caught leveret, and forthwith they were clambering over the bar to his rescue.†   (source)
  • And forthwith, beginning in the tone of a man supremely bored, but presently warming a little, he explained his work to me.†   (source)
  • Forthwith Mr. Huxter, conceiving he was witness of some petty larceny, leapt round his counter and ran out into the road to intercept the thief.†   (source)
  • Forthwith he scrambled to his feet, and stood wiping his clumsy hand across his mouth and regarding me.†   (source)
  • My plan was to return at once to Leatherhead; and so greatly had the strength of the Martians impressed me that I had determined to take my wife to Newhaven, and go with her out of the country forthwith.†   (source)
  • He had snatched at the money forthwith and had been knocked headlong, and when he had got to his feet the butterfly money had vanished.†   (source)
  • He clapped his hands, and forthwith they went off with that hopping run of theirs, fifteen or twenty of them I should think, up the beach.†   (source)
  • One of the men desisted and turned towards him, and my brother, realising from his antagonist's face that a fight was unavoidable, and being an expert boxer, went into him forthwith and sent him down against the wheel of the chaise.†   (source)
  • Then suddenly we saw a rush of smoke far away up the river, a puff of smoke that jerked up into the air and hung; and forthwith the ground heaved under foot and a heavy explosion shook the air, smashing two or three windows in the houses near, and leaving us astonished.†   (source)
  • And forthwith his interest in, as well as his weakness for, Rita, if not Zella and Dillard began to evaporate.†   (source)
  • He staggered and set off back to the "Coach and Horses" forthwith, leaping over the deserted Huxter, who was now sitting up, on his way.†   (source)
  • The three muffled men, with the clumsiest movements, scrambled out upon the sand, and forthwith set to landing the cargo, assisted by the man on the beach.†   (source)
  • And forthwith there was doubled and trebled in the minds of all a most urgent desire that he be overtaken and captured.†   (source)
  • I saw a sail to the southwest, a small sail like that of a little schooner; and forthwith I lit a great pile of brushwood, and stood by it in the heat of it, and the heat of the midday sun, watching.†   (source)
  • Had they left their comrade and pushed on forthwith, there was nothing at that time between them and London but batteries of twelve-pounder guns, and they would certainly have reached the capital in advance of the tidings of their approach; as sudden, dreadful, and destructive their advent would have been as the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon a century ago.†   (source)
  • But his temper, at no time very good, seems to have gone completely at some chance blow, and forthwith he set to smiting and overthrowing, for the mere satisfaction of hurting.†   (source)
  • Montgomery cracked his whip at them, and forthwith they all turned and fled helter-skelter into the trees; and when Montgomery and Moreau were at a distance I judged sufficient, I waded ashore, and picked up and examined the revolvers.†   (source)
  • And forthwith he declared: "As his spiritual advisor I have entered only upon the spiritual, not the legal aspect of his life."†   (source)
  • Two or three little children were playing here, and shrieked and scattered at his apparition, and forthwith doors and windows opened and excited mothers revealed their hearts.†   (source)
  • Forthwith all in the kneeling assembly, swaying from side to side and dashing up the sulphur with their hands,—first the right hand and a puff of dust, and then the left,—began once more to chant their strange litany.†   (source)
  • I took to the gutter, the roughness of which I found painful to my feet, and forthwith the shaft of a crawling hansom dug me forcibly under the shoulder blade, reminding me that I was already bruised severely.†   (source)
  • Forthwith (a psychic reaction which he did not understand and could not very well control) he decided that he did not like him—could not like him.†   (source)
  • Forthwith everyone all down the street, the sweetstuff seller, cocoanut shy proprietor and his assistant, the swing man, little boys and girls, rustic dandies, smart wenches, smocked elders and aproned gipsies—began running towards the inn, and in a miraculously short space of time a crowd of perhaps forty people, and rapidly increasing, swayed and hooted and inquired and exclaimed and suggested, in front of Mrs. Hall's establishment.†   (source)
  • Forthwith he was out of the house and away to call Crane or any other doctor, and then as swiftly returning with Mrs. Wilcox and her daughter.†   (source)
  • And forthwith, a hegira of the Finchleys to Narragansett, where under the name of Wilson they secluded themselves for the next six weeks.†   (source)
  • And yet … And forthwith an uncanny feeling of wretchedness and insufficiency for so dark a crime insisted on thrusting itself forward.†   (source)
  • And forthwith a telegram and a letter to Mrs. Griffiths, saying that as yet no word had been said to Clyde but none-the-less his Lycurgus relatives had declined to assist him further in any way.†   (source)
  • And forthwith she began to primp and admire herself before a mirror which surmounted an ocher-colored mantelpiece that graced a fireless grate in the dining-room.†   (source)
  • And forthwith, seizing Maida Axelrod by the hand, he started to run east along Thirty-fifth Street, in which the car then lay—along the outlying eastern suburbs.†   (source)
  • And forthwith there flared up in his mind a terrible and quite uncontrollable desire for revenge upon any one who could plot so horrible a crime as this against his daughter.†   (source)
  • "Come on all, or the dinner will be getting cold," admonished Mrs. Griffiths earnestly, and forthwith Gilbert turned and went down, followed by Griffiths, who still had Bella on his arm.†   (source)
  • Forthwith, the district attorney proceeded with him to a local notary's office where a deposition was made, after which he called his office, and learning that Roberta's body had been brought to Bridgeburg, he drove there with as much speed as he could attain.†   (source)
  • "Sure," he agreed, gallantly, and forthwith she signaled the young Negress who had returned as waitress, and in a moment a small table was put before them and a bottle of whisky with soda on the side—a sight that so astonished and troubled Clyde that he could scarcely speak.†   (source)
  • THE telegram, worded in the spirit just described, was forthwith despatched care of Belknap and Jephson, who immediately counseled Clyde what to reply—that all was well with him; that he had the best of advice and would need no financial aid.†   (source)
  • But seeing him rush in on Monday afternoon and announce that he had secured the place and that forthwith he must change his tie and collar and get his hair cut and go back and report, she felt better about it.†   (source)
  • "Bring in that boat, will you, Burton?" he called to Burleigh at this point, and forthwith four deputies from the district attorney's office retired through a west door behind the judge's rostrum and soon returned carrying the identical boat in which Clyde and Roberta had sat, and put it down before the jury.†   (source)
  • Then two months after he had received his mother's first letter and while he was deciding almost every day that he must do something, and that forthwith, he chanced one day to deliver to the Union League Club on Jackson Boulevard a package of ties and handkerchiefs which some visitor to Chicago had purchased at the store, for which he worked.†   (source)
  • Mr. Hegglund of Jersey City escorted him to the twelfth floor and into a room where they found on guard a wizened' and grizzled little old man of doubtful age and temperament, who forthwith outfitted Clyde with a suit that was so near a fit that, without further orders, it was not deemed necessary to alter it.†   (source)
  • And forthwith, he began to explain that just at present there wasn't anything in the Union League, but that he would talk to Mr. Haley who was superintendent of the club—and that if Clyde wanted to, and Mr. Haley knew of anything, he would try and find out if there was an opening anywhere, or likely to be, and if so, Clyde could slip into it.†   (source)
  • She clapped her hands admiringly, while Isadore Rubenstein, the elderly son of the proprietor, who was standing somewhat out of the range of her gaze at the moment, noted the gesture and her enthusiasm and decided forthwith that the coat must be worth at least twenty-five or fifty dollars more to her, anyhow, in case she inquired for it.†   (source)
  • And forthwith, and while Sondra wept on, he proceeded first to call his wife in order to explain the nature of the blow—a social blow that was to lurk in her memory as a shadow for the rest of her years—and next to call up Legare Atterbury, lawyer, state senator, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and his own private counsel for years past, to whom he explained the amazing difficulty in which his daughter now found herself.†   (source)
  • "I believe, venerable hunter," he replied, "considering the question in all its bearings, and assuming that your theory is just, it will be the safest to conclude that I am not prepared to make so hasty a departure, and that measures of precaution should be, forthwith, resorted to."†   (source)
  • That bundle contained Miss Crawley, who was conveyed upstairs forthwith, and put into a bed and chamber warmed properly as for the reception of an invalid.†   (source)
  • Forthwith there issued from an inner apartment a man of low stature, but bulky frame, with shaggy hair hanging about his visage, which was grimed with the vapors of the furnace.†   (source)
  • The scholar sits down to write, and all his years of meditation do not furnish him with one good thought or happy expression; but it is necessary to write a letter to a friend, and, forthwith, troops of gentle thoughts invest themselves, on every hand, with chosen words.†   (source)
  • Out then spake Hrothgar; for he to the hall went, By the staple a-standing the steep roof he saw Shining fair with the gold, and the hand there of Grendel: For this sight that I see to the All-wielder thanks Befall now forthwith, for foul evil I bided, All griefs from this Grendel; but God, glory's Herder, 930 Wonder on wonder ever can work.†   (source)
  • 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.†   (source)
  • Forthwith, slowly going from one officer to the other, he brimmed the harpoon sockets with the fiery waters from the pewter.†   (source)
  • He forthwith adopts one of the candidates thus selected as the only available one, thus proving that he is himself available for any purposes of the demagogue.†   (source)
  • Having been seated at work all day, he decided to take a turn upon the hills before it got dark; and, going out forthwith, he struck across the heath towards Mistover.†   (source)
  • When a man speaks in the midst of a great crowd, many of his words are not heard, or are forthwith obliterated from the memories of those who hear them; but amidst the silence of a mute and motionless throng the slightest whisper strikes the ear.†   (source)
  • These magic books and the poetic scrawl were forthwith consigned to the flames by Hans Van Ripper; who, from that time forward, determined to send his children no more to school, observing that he never knew any good come of this same reading and writing.†   (source)
  • I have therefore taken a 'ouse in that locality, which, in the opinion of my friends, is a hollow bargain (taxes ridiculous, and use of fixtures included in the rent), and intend setting up professionally for myself there forthwith."†   (source)
  • He looked up to behold three enraged priests, who forthwith fell upon him; tore off his shoes, and began to beat him with loud, savage exclamations.†   (source)
  • Edmond, at the approach of his patron, respectfully placed the arm of his affianced bride within that of M. Morrel, who, forthwith conducting her up the flight of wooden steps leading to the chamber in which the feast was prepared, was gayly followed by the guests, beneath whose heavy tread the slight structure creaked and groaned for the space of several minutes.†   (source)
  • This opinion then decided the Sergeant, who forthwith set about the execution of the necessary measures.†   (source)
  • And he forthwith appointed a domestic to conduct Wamba to the apartment where Cedric and Athelstane were confined.†   (source)
  • This hideous murder accomplished, I set myself forthwith, and with entire deliberation, to the task of concealing the body.†   (source)
  • Having him set, here, by the fire-side, the good old lady sat herself down too; and, being in a state of considerable delight at seeing him so much better, forthwith began to cry most violently.†   (source)
  • Full well you know what here is wanting; The crowd for strongest drink is panting, And such, forthwith, I'd have you brew.†   (source)
  • Thus literature is etherealized by assuming for its medium the human voice; and knowledge, depositing all its heavier particles, except, doubtless, its gold becomes exhaled into a sound, which forthwith steals into the ever-open ear of the community.†   (source)
  • While Hetty was in the act of placing her in Adam's arms, and had not yet withdrawn her own, Totty opened her eyes, and forthwith fought out with her left fist at Adam's arm, and with her right caught at the string of brown beads round Hetty's neck.†   (source)
  • If anything ail a man, so that he does not perform his functions, if he have a pain in his bowels even—for that is the seat of sympathy—he forthwith sets about reforming—the world.†   (source)
  • They resolved forthwith to make a pilgrimage to Florida, and quaff at morning, noon, and night, from the Fountain of Youth.†   (source)
  • His first intention was to hire a horse there and ride home forthwith, for to walk many miles without a gun in his hand, and along an ordinary road, was as much out of the question to him as to other spirited young men of his kind.†   (source)
  • Forthwith he bent all his faculties to the task of discovery, unmindful of the singing of the gift-bringers and the quips of his associates.†   (source)
  • It was the manner in which all this, and much more, was said—it was the apparent heart that went with his request—which allowed me no room for hesitation; and I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons.†   (source)
  • 'Ernest, although rather treating Jack's manufacture with ridicule, proposed a sensible-enough plan, which Jack forthwith put in execution.†   (source)
  • As this latter point was one which the daguerreotypist could not decide for himself, he forthwith produced his roll of manuscript, and, while the late sunbeams gilded the seven gables, began to read.†   (source)
  • An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics.†   (source)
  • Upon my consenting, he thrust it forthwith into his waistcoat pocket, without the parchment in which it had been wrapped, and which I had continued to hold in my hand during his inspection.†   (source)
  • He really did not like it: giving up Dorothea was very painful to him; but there was something in the resolve to make this visit forthwith and conquer all show of feeling, which was a sort of file-biting and counter-irritant.†   (source)
  • And forthwith they exchanged writings.†   (source)
  • Being returned home at last, Captain Pollard once more sailed for the Pacific in command of another ship, but the gods shipwrecked him again upon unknown rocks and breakers; for the second time his ship was utterly lost, and forthwith forswearing the sea, he has never tempted it since.†   (source)
  • And so, to finish the poor child at once, Mrs. Rawdon ran and greeted affectionately her dearest Amelia, and began forthwith to patronise her.†   (source)
  • An interview was forthwith procured, and Nathan was asked by his young master whether he had ever had any reason to complain of his treatment, in any respect.†   (source)
  • "Yes," said the furze-dealer, standing up, giving his forehead a thorough mopping, and handing the beeswax to Humphrey, who succeeded at the rubbing forthwith.†   (source)
  • But forthwith the drake did they shove, 3130 The Worm, o'er the cliff-wall, and let the wave take him, The flood fathom about the fretted works' herd.†   (source)
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