sproposito

Updated: June 30, 2026

But the trick he most frequently played me before others, one of which my warmth was always dupe, was suddenly to interrupt an important argument by a 'sproposito' of buffoonery. I could not stand it; sometimes being so angry that I wished to leave the room.

Various - Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete

But the trick he most frequently played me before others, one of which my warmth was always dupe, was suddenly to interrupt an important argument by a 'sproposito' of buffoonery. I could not stand it; sometimes being so angry that I wished to leave the room.

duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon - Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete

But the trick he most frequently played me before others, one of which my warmth was always dupe, was suddenly to interrupt an important argument by a 'sproposito' of buffoonery. I could not stand it; sometimes being so angry that I wished to leave the room.

duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon - Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 12