Presently

Examples

• Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I come from Dr. Grant's, said Edmund presently. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud, and I descended upon the glacier. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I'm waiting here because there will be sun here presently to warm me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Presently Robert Canler burst into the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I know his whole history: but we can talk about that presently. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• As we advanced the light increased until presently we emerged into well-lighted passageways. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Go downstairs, little Mary, said he presently to the child, I want to speak to Mrs. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Presently Charley came creeping back to my side and said, Oh, don't cry, if you please, miss. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Presently there was a rustle and a tap, and then some more rustling and another tap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Presently, the chateau began to make itself strangely visible by some light of its own, as though it were growing luminous. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• You must have been aware, continued Sir Thomas presently, you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr. Crawford's manners to you. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• An impatient trampling of one of the horses made him presently look up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I can find what move he's upon, easy enough, presently. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Presently afterwards, Young John disappeared into the jail. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The governor hisself'll be down here presently. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They would extract good from the excess of evil,[440] and presently France would fall back helpless into the hands of her legitimate masters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sitting down before this dark comforter, I presently fell into a deep argument with myself on life and its chances, on destiny and her decrees. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Leave being signified by a gesture, Shirley was presently enlightened on what had happened in her absence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Presently Rose showed her the attention of asking, ere she turned the leaf, Are you ready? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This I shall enlarge upon presently. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Presently he stopped and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Presently Denny said, Those fellows are following us! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Amy will be in presently, and she will run down for us, suggested Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Immediately he passed an order to one of his officers, and presently the colours of the Prince of Helium broke from every point of the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Presently, a light went up-stairs after her, passing first the fanlight of the door, and afterwards the two staircase windows, on its way up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Presently we came upon our destination, a great amphitheatre situated at the further edge of the plain, and about half a mile beyond the garden walls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Editor: Lois