A notable time may elapse between the nocturns of Matins without any excusing cause.

It was twenty-five years after the Ascension before the first books of the New Testament were written, and many years must have elapsed before their wide diffusion; hence, in their bookless and guideless condition the early Christians were advised to use the Psalms in their new devotional life (Ephes.

A long space of time elapsed without any further admonition from the ring.

It would appear, therefore, that the earth may have been rotating, throughout the whole period which has elapsed from the commencement of the Glacial epoch down to the present time, one, or more, seconds per annum quicker than it rotated during the Miocene epoch.

the gathering legions of the Czar headed to the west and crossed the Prussian frontier with hoarse, resounding shouts of "On to Berlin!" MOBILIZATION WAS SLOW The mobilization of the Russian army was slow compared with that of Germany, France and Austria, and some weeks elapsed after the declaration of war before Russia was prepared to attack Germany with the full force of which it was capable.

Morphew came, as he always did, very deliberately, so that some time elapsed in silence, during which my surprise grew.

Hundreds of records have become useless because the three years within which the criminals could be deported have elapsed with nothing done.

And after the elapse of a year Lucius also obtained all the honors that had been granted to his brother Gaius.

In the case of growing children in school, it sometimes happens that an entire year elapses during which the learning of an apparently bright student is retarded.

Sufficient time has not elapsed for the return of any answer to this dispatch from him, and in my judgment it would at the present moment be inconsistent with the public interest to communicate those instructions.

I embraced my wife and my daughter; five months have elapsed at the time when I am writing these lines.

Between the contract and espousal two years are generally permitted to elapse among the Greeks in the course of which the bride, according to the circumstances of her relations, prepares domestic chattels for her future family.

When it is explained that during the time elapsing between his lucky lift in the Prescott machine and the reception of the note, that Lieut.

I was absorbed in many sad and serious considerations, and wonderful to relate (for you know how keen an angler I am), had lost all consciousness of my occupation, until after I know not how long a time elapsing without the shadow of a nibble, I was recalled to a most ludicrous perception of my ill-success by Jack's sudden observation, 'Missis, fishing berry good fun when um fish bite.'