translate English to French: The difficulty was increased by my determination to give him no kind of orders. I had renounced all right to direct him by preaching, promises, threats, emulation, or the desire to show off.
La difficulté était dautant plus grande que je ne voulais lui prescrire absolument rien; javais banni de mes droits les exhortations, les promesses, les menaces, lémulation, le désir de briller; comment lui donner celui de courir sans lui rien dire?