hereupon

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Johnson hereupon summoned management and labor negotiators to the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they were summoned in the King's court to answer hereupon, some, by arrangement, excused themselves from appearing, the others cunningly appeared, saying that they ought not to answer without their peers.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de

Pretty to see air of doubt and hesitation that hereupon comes over ingenuous faces on Opposition benches.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 by Various

"I--" hereupon his eyes flashed almost passionately, "I am accustomed to worship genius unconditionally."

From Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes by Werner, E.

Bessie expressed hereupon an earnest disposition to go alone; but in respect to this proposal as well Mrs. Westgate had the cold sense of complications.

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry