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I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gillsgreen in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

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I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gillsgreen in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

I am at this moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills,..and fractious in the temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold.

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The use of green-eyed jealousy meant or implied being sick with it. If someone is 'green with envy' they are 'sick with envy'.

The use of green-eyed jealousy meant or implied being sick with it.

The use of green-eyed jealousy meant or implied being sick with it. If someone is 'green with envy' they are 'sick with envy'.

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