absurdes

Perhaps the heaviest trouble which Hester was ever called upon to bear had its mysterious beginnings on that morning of opal and gossamer when the magnolia opened. Il le fit avec des arguments inconsistants et irréfutables, de ces arguments qui fondent devant la raison comme la neige an feu, et qu'on ne peut saisir, des arguments absurdes et triomphants, de curé de campagne qul démontre Dieu.

Mary Cholmondeley - Red Pottage

Tous les calculs qu'on a faits sur cette prétendue multiplication sont des chimères absurdes. They had been used to reconcile the story of the deluge with the admitted population of the world soon afterwards. Essay , ii 453 n. I cite from this, the last edition published in Malthus's lifetime, unless otherwise stated. Ibid. , p. 141. Ibid.

Leslie Stephen - The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3): James Mill

Ce qui donne lieu a toutes les conjectures plus ou moins absurdes aux quelles chacun se livre, c'est l'approche du 25 Prairial." "The most extravagant hopes, and a general impatience to throw off the mask are manifested on all sides.

An English Lady - A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part IV., 1795: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General: and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners

Ce qui donne lieu a toutes les conjectures plus ou moins absurdes aux quelles chacun se livre, c'est l'approche du 25 Prairial." "The most extravagant hopes, and a general impatience to throw off the mask are manifested on all sides.

An English Lady - A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete: Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General: and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners