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At their landing the moon was almoſt totally eclipſed: whence the Chriſtians conceited (gheſſe the frailneſſe of the building by the unconſtancy of the foundation) that the overthrow of the Mahometanes (whoſe enſigne was the Half-moon) was portended.

The ordinary voter ... feels himself their humble subject, whose duty is, as the Chinese used to say, to “tremble and obey”.

The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.