by and by,
immediately:
“That shall be by and by,”
THE TEMPEST, iii. 2. 142
;
“I'll be with her by and by,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iv. 1.
6
;
“Now fetch me a stool hither by and by,”
2 HENRY VI., ii. 1. 139.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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