How To Use By and by In A Sentence
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By and by electricity will take the place of coal.
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25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
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T'un-hwang by the king of "the northern Leang," in 400; and there he sustained himself, becoming by and by "duke of western Leang," till he died in 417.
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline
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Franz is right, so mind your knife and fork, and be moderate, or else you won't be able to help in the surprise by and by," said Mrs. Jo.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
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I answer, it has nothing to do with my Memoirs, as I was not in London during the whole of the row; but I shall by and by show, that it had a great deal more to do with political matters, or rather with a _political party, _ than was at the time imagined, or than is even now suspected.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2
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By and by the artist came over, and nearly wept with despair when he saw his subject sheared of the auburn, gray-sprinkled aureola that had made his first sketch a success.
Mark Twain: A Biography
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By and by she heard another little _tap, tap, tap_ on the window-pane.
Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling
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And the native turned out to have a luncheon basket on his head so my heart rose, and by and bye a big fellow in khaki stravaiged out of the shades -- a jovial, burly Britisher called "Boots," -- told me he was hunting up the other fellows, and that they had got home late last night -- this about half an hour after time fixed -- so much for Indian punctuality hereaway!
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
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I was comforted by the presence of Helen and the new baby and by the support of friends.
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By and by, as she sat so still, she heard _tap, tap, tap_, and _rustle, whisper, rustle_, up and down the window-pane, and on the door and at the keyhole.
Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling
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By and by she met an old man with a beard.
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Naturally that attitude would seep into your loved one's consciousness by and by, no matter how self-involved he might be.
FLIGHT LESSONS
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But the Earth withal is verdant, sun-beshone; and the Son of Adam has his place on it, and his tasks and recompenses in it, to the close; ” as one remembers by and by, too.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
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I was promised the pie in the sky by and by.
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And all the while she thus discoursed, Mrs. Gaunt's thoughtful eyes looked straight over the chatterbox's white cap, and explored vacancy; and by and by she broke the current of twaddle with the majestic air of a camelopard marching across a running gutter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866
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These erratic blocks of foreign origin are often polished and striated, having undergone what is called glaciation, of which more will be said by and by.
The Antiquity of Man
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And yet at Athens before the porch there called Peale, I saw with these eyes a jugler that swallowed up a two hand sword, with a very keene edge, and by and by for a little money that we who looked on gave him, hee devoured a chasing speare with the point downeward.
The Golden Asse
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Svein Estrithson, always beaten during Magnus's life, by and by got an agreement from the prudent Harald to _be_ King of Denmark, then; and end these wearisome and ineffectual brabbles; Harald having other work to do.
Early Kings of Norway
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With that the frigat came away with M. Rowit, and brought him aboord the English Admiral againe according to promise: who was no sooner entred in, but by and by defiance was sounded on both sides: the Spaniards hewed off the noses of the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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By and by I noticed his nostrils, and then found out to my rage that I, a Regimental Sutler, accustomed to drive good nags, was leading a glandered horse in a country where horse flesh was cheap as dirt.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac
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When by and by I went to herd the _hirsel_ which my father formerly tended, like most other regular shepherds I delighted in and was proud of the employment.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
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The _rosaria_ outlived the suppression of pagan superstitions, and by and by assumed its Christian form in the feast of Pentecost, which falls in the month of May.
Pagan and Christian Rome
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By and by he went away, forgetting to take leave of me, my back being turned, looking upon the aviary, which is there very pretty, and the birds begin to sing well this spring.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S.
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By and by we were all ejected from the premises, and Hunter couldn't have been happier.
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In the very conquest for this baser type a man blights his sensibilities, minifies his present enjoyment, and destroys his prospect for a full measure of happiness by and by.
A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece
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The king and the duke turned out by and by looking pretty rusty; but after they'd jumped overboard and took a swim it chippered them up a good deal.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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But it is only these ancients who knew him that keep it green; by and by when they are gone Old Joe and his neddies will be remembered no more.
A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
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He pinched harder still, and by and by the crisis retreated.
EVERVILLE
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Naturally that attitude would seep into your loved one's consciousness by and by, no matter how self-involved he might be.
FLIGHT LESSONS
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By and by, when in her turn, back in the festally decorated house, she came to give the newly married pair her felicitations, she was well pleased to see Stuart quite himself again, smiling at her with the proud look of the bridegroom from whom no human being can wrest the prize he has just secured.
Under the Country Sky
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As for the latter, it seems to be nothing else but the saying Amen to the Presage, uttered in his accustomary form of Speech, as if he should say, you of the invisible Kingdom of Spirits, have given the Token of my sudden Departure, and you say true, I shall be with you by and by.
The Iron Chest of Durley
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By and by he'll understand
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The first half-hour after the dishes were washed (a task performed to music, all hands joining in the choruses of "John Peel," "Blow, ye winds of morning," etc.) was spent quietly enough, four of the party at parcheesi, the others busy over crokinole and jackstraws; but by and by there was a cry of "Boston!" and instantly boards and counters were put away on their shelf, and the decks cleared for action.
The Merryweathers
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Suffice it, then, that he ruled in Noumaria five years; that he did what was requisite by begetting children in lawful matrimony, and what was expected of him by begetting some others otherwise; and that he stoutened daily, and by and by decided that the young Baroness von Altenburg -- not excepting even her lovely and multifarious precursors, -- was beyond doubt possessed of the brightest eyes in all history.
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
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Through the early hours of the day the mottled, pearly clouds keep their shape, with delicious open spaces of tempered blue between; by and by the sky's tender fleece is half shadowed, toward noon it melts into loose mists.
An Island Garden
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Intending to describe the spring of the yeare, which euery man knoweth of himselfe, hearing the day of March named: the verses be very good the figure nought worth, if it were meant in Periphrase for the matter, that is the season of the yeare which should haue bene couertly disclosed by ambage, was by and by blabbed out by naming the day of the moneth, & so the purpose of the figure disapointed, peraduenture it had bin better to haue said thus:
The Arte of English Poesie
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As, for proof, now: a purse of gold most resolutely snatched on Monday night and most dissolutely spent on Tuesday morning; got with swearing “Lay by” and spent with crying “Bring in;” now in as low an ebb as the foot of the ladder and by and by in as high a flow as the ridge of the gallows.
The first part of King Henry the Fourth
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So it was ordered, that after the pleadings of both sides was ended, they thought best to try and boult out the verity by witnesses, all presumptions and likelihood set apart, and to call in the servant, who onely was reported to know all the matter: by and by the servant came in, who nothing abashed, at the feare of so great a judgment, or at the presence of the
The Golden Asse
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You will read for yourself, by and by, many others: stories of older Saints, and perhaps of brighter Saints, or it may be even of saintlier Saints than these.
A Book of Quaker Saints
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Summer vacation will come by and by.
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But the Earth withal is verdant, sun-beshone; and the Son of Adam has his place on it, and his tasks and recompenses in it, to the close; -- as one remembers by and by, too.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.
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But I have had a good dinner of "sweetbread," and expect a sleep by and by.
New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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By and by electricity will take the place of coal.
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The pir in the sky by and by bullshit will get any candidate defeeated.
Nevada Teachers' Union Sues To Stop Workers Caucusing On Las Vegas Strip
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By and by the Ainu people and their culture were forced to the Northern parts of Japan by the Jomon people.
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And the native turned out to have a luncheon basket on his head so my heart rose, and by and bye a big fellow in khaki stravaiged out of the shades -- a jovial, burly Britisher called "Boots," -- told me he was hunting up the other fellows, and that they had got home late last night -- this about half an hour after time fixed -- so much for Indian punctuality hereaway!
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
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‘We'll give him a purple coat from my paintbox by and by,’ said Bertie.
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Whether this was the Octateuch of Moses it is neither certain nor much worth our inquiry; for Photius judgeth him a corrupt author: besides that it may be shewn by and by, that there was a twofold Octateuch besides that of Moses.
From the Talmud and Hebraica
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I call sentient beings out of the blessed gulf of nothingness, that they may pay a duty to my weakness by and by, and curse me in their hearts?
A Pessimist In Theory and Practice
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In the course of what we call stirpiculture," said Noyes, "Charles, as you know, is in the situation of one who is by and by to become a father.
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation