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A man by tumbling his thoughts, and forming them into expressions, gives them a new fermentation, which works them into a finer body.

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
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County of Cambridge
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Thoughts
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