Sparks from the derailed bogie of the train were first noticed by the signalman at Slough West box, who immediately sent to Slough Middle box the Stop and Examine signal, followed at once by Obstruction Danger when he realised that the coach was derailed.

Before the Industrial Revolution, most children inherited their line of work from their parents through a process known as ascription.

The imagination...may of course engage us in pursuits utterly inconsistent with the moral order of things.

When we got to the Chief of Police's office a crowd of the most dreadful-looking scoundrels, obviously police narks, informers, and spies of every kind, were hanging about outside the door.