Citations:thereupon
English citations of thereupon
Adverb: "upon that"
[edit]| 1611 | |||||||
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zephaniah 2:7:
- And the coast shall bee for the remnant of the house of Iudah, they shall feede thereupon, in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie downe in the euening: for the Lord their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie.
Adverb: "in consequence of that"
[edit]| 1593 | 1624 | ||||||
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- c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act ?, scene ?]:
- Vpon my life my Lo: and hopes to find you forward / Vpon his party for the gaine thereof, / And thereupon he sends you this good newes, / Тhat this same very day, your enemies, / The kindred of the Queene must die at Pomfret.
- 1624, Iohn Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, →OCLC, book 5; reprinted in The Generall Historie of Virginia, [...] (Bibliotheca Americana), Cleveland, Oh.: The World Publishing Company, 1966, →OCLC, page 170:
- Here is also frequently growing a certaine tall Plant, whose stalke being all ouer couered with a red rinde, is thereupon termed the red weed, […]
Adverb: "following that"
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- 1653, Sir Richard Baker, A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans Government unto the Reign of King Charles, 2nd edition, London, page 181:
- The Hostages are delivered to King Edward, who brought them into England; and thereupon King John is honourably conducted to Callice, after he had remained prisoner in England near about five years: […]
- 1850, Rufus Choate, “Speech”, in Proceedings of the Constitutional Meeting at Faneuil Hall, November 26th, 1850, Boston, page 35:
- To be called an infidel, says he, by this southern Presbyterian, I count a real honor! He thereupon proceeds to denounce the slaveholding South as a downright Sodom […] and without more ado sends him adrift.