References in classic literature
The men wavered in indecision for a moment, and then with a long, wailful cry the dilapidated regiment surged forward and began its new journey.
Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him.
Red Badge of Courage
Numa gave a nervous start and attempted to break away; but Tarzan held him and, leaping to his feet, ran forward, dragging Numa after him.
Tarzan pushed Numa forward until his head was almost in the aperture, then as though it were an afterthought, he turned quickly and, taking the machine gun from the parapet, placed it in the bottom of the hole close at hand, after which he turned again to Numa, and with his knife quickly cut the garters that held the bags upon his front paws.
Goading him on the ape-man finally succeeded in getting the lion sufficiently far into the tunnel so that there was no chance of his escaping other than by going forward or deliberately backing into the sharp blade at his rear.
Tarzan the Untamed
But firing is infectious - and see how rapidly he moves, with never a pause except as he whirls his horse about to take a new direction, never directly backward toward us, never directly forward toward his executioners.
Now - the glass again - he has tired of his failure, or sees his error, or has gone mad; he is dashing directly forward at the wall, as if to take it at a leap, hedge and all!
Again the spell is broken; our men attempt to cheer; they are choking with emotion; they utter hoarse, discordant cries; they clutch their weapons and press tumultuously forward into the open.
A Son of the Gods
"Wouldn't it be better if you went forward, say by the steerage companion-way, until it is over?" I suggested.
Their movements perceptibly quickened under his coaching, and as the boat swung inboard I was sent forward to let go the jibs.
The Sea Wolf
The shapely figure of the fair-haired soldier, with his clear blue eyes, stepped forward from the ranks, went up to the commander in chief, and presented arms.
War and Peace
It was a favourable change, and the Tankadere again bounded forward on this mountainous sea, though the waves crossed each other, and imparted shocks and counter-shocks which would have crushed a craft less solidly built.
A small brass cannon stood on the forward deck of the Tankadere, for making signals in the fogs.
Around The World In Eighty Days
You have hats--go forward and bail for your lives!"
At such a moment as this, came from away forward that most appalling of all cries that are ever heard at sea:
Tramp Abroad