Anon

Examples

• Tom stretched himself out on a box, and there, as he lay, he heard, ever and anon, a smothered sob or cry from the prostrate creature,--O! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I will return anon. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Again and again he crosses and obscures the disc I want always to see clear; ever and anon he renders me to you a mere bore and nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Now he spoke broad Yorkshire, and anon he expressed himself in very pure English. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Anon, slapping his sides with his arms, he would burst forth in peals of laughter, that made the old woods ring as they passed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Nobody was visible; but ever and anon a whitish something moved above the bank from behind, and vanished again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I say, undo the postern--thou shalt know more anon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Toughy has gone to the doctor's to get a bottle of stuff for a sick woman but will be here anon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Ever and anon she spread her satin dress over an undue portion of the bench, or laid her gloves or her embroidered handkerchief upon it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Thou art a saucy groom, said the robber, but of that anon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• On the handsome face of the boy a grim smile played, and ever and anon he threw a taunting challenge to the foes that faced him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But more of that anon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Other horses, ridden by other small boys, arrive from time to time, awaiting their masters, who will come cantering on anon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Checker: Norris