Are there any examples of a syllepsis in literature?

Question

What is it used for? Thank you in advance!

Love, Kaos :}

Answer 1

Neither-nor is a syllepsis.

Here is an interesting example:

"When I left the school I was for my age neither high nor low in it; and I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect."

-Charles Darwin