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You found there a blossoming of that ancient sap, peculiar to the soil of Rome, which in all ages has thrown up preposterous edifices, of exaggerated hugeness and dazzling and ruinous luxury.
On y retrouvait cette sève du sol de Rome, qui, dans tous les temps, a repoussé en monuments déraisonnables.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
As I have often said to you, one cannot imagine anything more preposterous than Paris, our great Paris, crowned and dominated by this temple raised to the glorification of the absurd.
Je te l’ai souvent dit, on n’imagine pas un non-sens plus imbécile, Paris, notre grand Paris, couronné, dominé par ce temple bâti à la glorification de l’absurde.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
' It's quite preposterous that I am never to be allowed a moment to myself.'
Il est incroyable que je ne puisse avoir un moment à moi.»
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
Of course it is heroic, but it is preposterous.
C'est héroïque certainement mais c'est absurde.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
That is why they are enduring grinding poverty and preposterous taxation, and that is why their young men are rolling up to the armies and dying without complaint in Gallipoli and Transcaucasia.
Voilà pourquoi ils supportent la misère noire et des impôts formidables; voilà pourquoi leurs fils s’engagent dans les armées et meurent sans une plainte à Gallipoli et en Transcaucasie.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
— It would be preposterous if I were to be obliged to give up my home to a servant."
Ce serait risible, que je fusse obligée d’abandonner ma demeure à une servante.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

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