Nested Cornered Elements? (jquery.corner.js v.1.92)

I just upgraded my jquery.corner.js from v1.7 (the version this module's "INSTALL.txt" links) to v1.92 and it's working great. 1.92 can be downloaded from the following site:

http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins/corner/jquery.corner.js (via)

My question is this: I'm using jquery.corner.js outside of this module and want to get nested corner elements in place. This would permit a kind of border around your rounded sidebar, or whatever you are rounding (screenshot).

I made a rather pitiful attempt today and Drupal freaked out (_{"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /my-path/template.php on line 312"}).

The modification I made to my code is highlighted below (works fine without the emboldened text):

drupal_add_js('scripts/jquery.corner.js');

drupal_add_js(
'$(document).ready(function() {
$("div#sidebar-left").corner("round 12px").parent().css('padding', '4px').corner("round 10px");
});',
'inline'
);

Can anyone help me out? My JS skills are pretty weak and I haven't turned anything up in my searches today.