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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Ten: Part 1

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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Book Ten: Part 1

The nxtraordinary degree of strength a momentary effervescence had given me to quit the Hermitage, left me the moment I was out of it. I was scarcely established in my new habitation before sharp and frequent attacks of retention were accompanied by a new complaint; that of a rupture which I had for some time, without knowing that I had it. I soon was reduced to the most cruel state. The physician Thierry, my old friend, came to see me, and made me acquainted with my situation. The sight of probes, bougies, bandages, all the apparatus of the ...

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