All works have this thingly character.

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.

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

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.