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—'''Psalms 74:20''', as presented in ''The Book of Common Prayer'', 1549 / 1559 / 1662). Quoted in Gauldie, Enid. (1974). ''Cruel Habitations: a history of working-class housing 1780-1918.''
—'''Psalms 74:20''', as presented in ''The Book of Common Prayer'', 1549 / 1559 / 1662). Quoted in Gauldie, Enid. (1974). ''Cruel Habitations: a history of working-class housing 1780-1918.''





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Chengyu (four-character idiom): 名正言順. Míng zhèng yán shùn. ("call things by their own names." i.e. legitimate, valid, true.
Chengyu (four-character idiom): 名正言順. Míng zhèng yán shùn. ("call things by their own names." i.e. legitimate, valid, true.



''"First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Sec­ond, the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might."''
''"First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Sec­ond, the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might."''