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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Ten: Part 4

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

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Book Ten: Part 4

Madame de Luxembourg, who knew I had written this letter, spoke to me of it when she came into the country at Easter; I showed it to her, and she was desirous of a copy; this I gave her, but when I did it I did not know she was one of those money-gainers who were interested in under-farms, and had displaced M. de Silhouette. By my numerous follies any person would have imagined I wilfully endeavoured to bring on myself the hatred of an amiable woman who had power, and to whom, in truth, I daily became more attached, and was far from wishing to ...

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