m'inspireroit

Updated: May 8, 2025

I laugh, even yet, sometimes, at the grimaces I fancy he made on reading this panegyric, where he was certainly drawn to the life; it began thus: Tu croyois, vieux Penard, qu' une folle manie D' elever ton neveu m'inspireroit l'envie.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 04

I laugh, even yet, sometimes, at the grimaces I fancy he made on reading this panegyric, where he was certainly drawn to the life; it began thus: Tu croyois, vieux Penard, qu' une folle manie D' elever ton neveu m'inspireroit l'envie.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete