mad-houses

No one dared to answer; and they were all conducted to the mad-houses of the universe, the largest buildings imaginable.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

There shall be no more infamous mad-houses in France, where poor souls shiver in strait-waistcoats.

The History of the Next French Revolution 2006

There shall be no more infamous mad-houses in France, where poor souls shiver in strait-waistcoats.

Burlesques 2006

He replied that, in fact, unless I had personal knowledge of the superintendent, Monsieur Maillard, or some credential in the way of a letter, a difficulty might be found to exist, as the regulations of these private mad-houses were more rigid than the public hospital laws.

Error Felix Davies, Richard T. 1991

It is ardent spirits that fill our poor-houses and our jails; it is ardent spirits that fill our penitentiaries, our mad-houses, and our state prisons; and it is ardent spirits that furnish victims for the gallows.

Select Temperance Tracts American Tract Society

There were no mad-houses; if there had been, even to the extent we now possess them, they would not have sufficed to hold a tenth part of the numbers whose contact and example would have been fatal to the peace, perhaps even to the existence, of society.

The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various

"You may not like it any more than you like prisons or mad-houses; it has its uses."

Sisters Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

"Well, outside of mad-houses it's supposed to be not quite incalculable."

Full Circle 1909

"Well, outside of mad-houses it's supposed to be not quite incalculable."

Full Circle 1909

Some of them had been broken and had died or were dragging out bruised and tormented days in their own homes or in mad-houses.

The Dawn of A To-morrow 1905