erelong
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erelong
Example Sentences
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He took a very active part in developing the Rifle Association of the Province of Ontario, and erelong became its President.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He was determined to be civil head of Nauvoo from the first, soon of the county also, erelong of the State, and eventually of the nation.
From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by R. W. Beers
Their differences were of temperament rather than of principle, and erelong a complete estrangement took place between them.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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