All works have this thingly character.

Furthermore, the fact that a school principal has only been in a large school six weeks does not prevent his candidating for principal of a larger school with larger salary.

Oft of one wide expanse had I been told / That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; […]

Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.