1835 , Jacob Abbott , New England and her institutions , Old Boreas, the king of the winds, will order out a snow-storm by and bye to block up the roads, so that none but booted and weatherproof boys can get to school, and you, Miss, must lose a day or two, and then find yourself at the foot, with those block-head boys who always abide there.
1872, R.B. Forbes , Life-Boats, Projectiles And Other Means For Saving Life , A classification of the block is necessary, yet that does not always, if generally, regulate the premium; the classification of the block-head who is to command is not suificiently taken into account!
2006 , Doris Kearns Goodwin , Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln , He resolved “never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough to have me."
