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adverb

Thence adv.

From that place. "Bid him thence go." "When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them." Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. "Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence."

From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. "There shall be no more thence an infant of days."

For that reason; therefore. "Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him."

Not there; elsewhere; absent. (Poetic)

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"Thence" Quotes from Famous Books

... works far more costly than in the average of continental railways. The Belgian Chambers provided the money, or rather authorised the government to borrow it, year after year. The first portion of railway was opened in 1835, and every year from thence till 1843, witnessed the opening of additional portions; until at length, in this last-named year, all the 341 miles mentioned above were opened for traffic. The cost varied from L.6140 per mile (near Courtrai), ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 - Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 • Various

... he got out at a short distance from a hackney coach stand, to which he went on foot, and thence returned to the ...

— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac

... succeeds in carrying out his intention," she answered. "But come with us to a room in the second storey, and from thence you will have a view of the river, and be able to watch the progress of the boats. It is our boudoir, but under the circumstances we will venture to ...

— The Three Commanders • W.H.G. Kingston

... the king as soon as he had closed his mother's eyes, and accompanied her body to Heliopolis, there to have it embalmed; from thence the mummy was to be sent to Thebes, and solemnly placed in the grave of her ancestors. This duty of children towards their parents, and indeed all care for the dead, was regarded as so sacred by the Egyptians, that neither Pentaur ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... him, such is the religious medium through which he views them, they are all cleared up and perfectly bright. Blessed man! he had escaped from the wild labyrinths of doubt into the stronghold of belief; from thence, with undisturbed tranquillity of soul, he beheld and portrayed the storms of the world; to him human life was no longer a dark riddle. Even his tears reflect the image of heaven, like dew-drops on a flower in the sun. His poetry, ...

— Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel

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