hereupon

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The old Amtmann hereupon fell into double and treble confusion.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

The Earl hereupon prayed me to perswade my Lord Admiral, who, finding a certain destruction by the former resolution, was content to enter the port.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

In order to re-enforce Master Humphrey, the deaf gentleman, and the other original members of his benevolent conclave, he hereupon resorted to a natural, but none the less unhappy, expedient.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

“Take a good look at that bracelet, so you’ll know it when you see it,” was hereupon Miss Sophy’s form of farewell to me.

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