[…] if any one has, in common discourse, an indistinct, hesitating, dialectic, or otherwise faulty, delivery, his Natural manner certainly is not what he should adopt in public speaking; […]

Fanning the brakes results in the gradual depletion of the pressure in the cars' brake reservoirs, which can eventually cause a loss of all braking.

He had been surprised to find that Detective Chief Inspector Peck, the man who was apparently in charge of the investigation into Willow Road and its mishappenings, was at the Institute.

No Bandit fierce, no Tyrant mad with pride, / No cavern'd Hermit, reſt ſelf-ſatisfy'd; / Who moſt to ſhun or hate mankind pretend, / Seek an Admirer, or wou'd fix a Friend.