Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 1755, ala ọma jijiji mere n'oké osimiri ma kpochapụ naanị otu nwa nwoke na nwunye nwa ya n'obodo ahụ.
Ala ọma jijiji nke Lisbon mgbe ha nọ n'ọnwa ọlụlụ na Cadiz na Spain. E kwuru na ọdachi a, nke onye France na-ede uri bụ́ Écouchard-Lebrun chetara, mere ka mmụọ Racine nyụọ ka ọkụ. O rere nnukwu ọ́bá akwụkwọ ya, kwụsị ide akwụkwọ, ma tinyezie onwe ya n'ịga chọọchị. Ọ bụ ihe dị ka n'oge a ka Racine dere akwụkwọ ikpeazụ ya e bipụtara, edemede banyere nwa ama ama ama nke France nke narị afọ nke 18 bụ Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc onye ọ gbara ajụjụ ọnụ ma dee banyere ya na uri nkà ihe ọmụma ya "L'Épître II sur l'homme" (1747) ("Akwụkwọ ozi nke abụọ banyere mmadụ").