An appreciable time elapses between the striking of the tendon and the jerk.

By supposition, as place is introduced, time may be extended; the time required by the fable elapses, for the most part, between the acts; for, of so much of the action as is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same.

Thus life redoubles, and is oft preserved By the bold swimmer, in the swift elapse Of accident disastrous.