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Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Arms
Cold
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Impotence
Folds
Envy
Prison
Despair
Conscious

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