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The Confessions

By: J. J. Rousseau

...and awkwardness, Madam D’Epinay would have me make one of the party to the Chevrette, a country-house, near Saint Denis, belonging to M. de Bellegarde... ...M. Duclos. I had several years before seen him, for the first time, at the Chevrette, at the house of Madam d’Epinay, with whom he was upon very good ... ...M. D’Epinay, wishing to add a wing which was wanting to the chateau of the Chevrette, was at an im- mense expense in completing it. Going one day with... ...ntly fulfilled this intention; and for a man fre- quently ill, often at La Chevrette, at Epinay, at Raubonne, at the castle of Montmorency, at other t... ... He thought there was some trick in the manoeuvre of Duchesne, that is, of Guy who acted for him; and perceiving the terms of the agree- ment to be de... ...and was at length suspended without my being able to learn the reason why; Guy did not deign to *I knew, for instance, the President de—— to be connec... ...mained in the most cruel state of suspense. I wrote letter after letter to Guy, to M. de Malesherbes and to Madam de Luxembourg, and not receiving ans... ...e to be heard was a matter of favor. The next day I received a letter from Guy, who informed me that hav- ing in the morning been with the attorney-ge... ... his office a rough draft of a requisition against Emilius and the author. Guy, it is to be remembered, was the partner of Duchesne, who had printed t...

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