erelong
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erelong
Example Sentences
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Whenever he was on the stage, she could not turn her eyes from him; and, erelong, he seemed to play and to recite with his face towards her alone.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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
My acquaintances erelong were very numerous, not at home only, but likewise among people at a distance.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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
The old dame made speedy work: erelong a trimly covered table, with a neat collation, stood before the lovers.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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