Alcibiades tried to convince the satrap that it was in Persia's interest to wear both Athens and Sparta out at first, "and after docking the Athenian power as much as he could, forthwith to rid the country of the Peloponnesians".
Google him forthwith – he's got quite a look going on.
In 1936, a Time reporter sent a memo to his office describing the DiMaggios in general as "curiously closed-mouthed, uninteresting and uninterested," so Joe had to start at the very beginning, and he apprenticed himself forthwith to the most urbane people he could find, most notably Lefty O'Doul in San Francisco and Lefty Gomez in New York.
He instructed his Watergate lawyer, James St. Clair, to tell reporters at the Western White House that while he was "disappointed" with the decision he would start "forthwith" the process of surrendering the 64 tape recordings.
He recovered and continued to the end of the concert, but earlier this month announced that he was retiring forthwith from the concert platform, having been diagnosed with cancer.
He did so forthwith and was accepted.
AXA, he said, would forthwith sell €200m of tobacco stocks: there was applause.
"There's been some confusion, and I plan on addressing it forthwith," he said.
"I consider that Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, Patricia Gallan, Steve Rodhouse and Kenny McDonald should tender their resignations from the Metropolitan police service forthwith," he said.
"You have landed unlawfully on British territory and I order you to remove yourself and your troops forthwith," he told them.
