[92] Conf., v. 372, 373. The mistaken date assigned to the correspondence between Voltaire and Frederick is one of many instances how little we can trust the Confessions for minute accuracy, though their substantial veracity is confirmed by all the collateral evidence that we have.
[93] Ib. iii. 188. For his debt in the way of education to Madame de Warens, see also Ib. vii. 46.
[94] Conf., vi. 409.
[95] Ib. vi. 413. He adds a suspicious-looking "et cetera."
[96] Conf., vi. 414
[97] Conf., iv. 295. See also v. 346.
[98] Corr., 1736, pp. 26, 27.
[99] Conf., iv. 271, where he says further that he never found enough attraction in French poetry to make him think of pursuing it.
[100] The first part of the Confessions was written in Wootton in Derbyshire, in the winter of 1766-1767.
[101] Conf., vi. 422.