All 7 Uses of
elapse
in
Frankenstein
- During the two years that had elapsed previous to their marriage my father had gradually relinquished all his public functions; and immediately after their union they sought the pleasant climate of Italy, and the change of scene and interest attendant on a tour through that land of wonders, as a restorative for her weakened frame.†
Chpt 1
- Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life; and was this his first crime?†
Chpt 7 *
- Six years had elapsed, passed in a dream but for one indelible trace, and I stood in the same place where I had last embraced my father before my departure for Ingolstadt.†
Chpt 7
- A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.†
Chpt 12
- Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends.†
Chpt 14
- I instantly wrote to Geneva; nearly two months have elapsed since the departure of my letter.†
Chpt 21
- Besides, some months have elapsed since the commission of his crimes, and no one can conjecture to what place he has wandered or what region he may now inhabit.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by