erelong
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erelong
Example Sentences
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Having lately found a large circulating library, he had been enabled to content his taste in this respect to the full; and erelong half the world was figuring in his faithful memory.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
He continued his course southward, and erelong found himself on the banks of the Mississippi—the mighty Father of Waters, "the object of his day dreams, the destined avenue of his ambition and his hopes."
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles
By heavens, now, there may be occasion erelong to tame some one's proud spirit, but not the spirit of a defenceless young maid—marry, that is work fit only for parsons.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
The affairs of the colonies may erelong require the superintendence of a calm, temperate, and experienced head; and, finally, there is the question of revenue and the inchoate system of free-trade.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
Even us, who perhaps erelong shall be embarrassed where to get a meal, he persuades to share our pittance with him.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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