This we know, that the time Elapsing between the assassin's shot and the lamented death of his victim has been sufficient for the supremacy of reason and the subjugation of passion so far as to prevent any immediate dire results to free government.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
The thin soil formed by these decaying plants, and enriched by the chemical ingredients of disintegrating volcanic ash, in time produced a more luxuriant verdure, and in the interval Elapsing since the threefold ravages of fire, flood, and earthquake, caused by Krakatau, convulsed the East with terror, the dread mountain has become wreathed with flower and fruit, for orchards and gardens, tended by the Malays from the surrounding islands, now flourish at the foot of the quiescent peak.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
Guillaume was becoming more and more annoyed about Salvat's affair, not a day Elapsing without the newspapers fanning his irritation.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola