iron instrument caught fast, and they began to climb up the wall, the one after the other. But whe...
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branches of which were of glass and the grape-bunches of emerald, the rays from the precious stones...
women rushed towards the guards of the Legion and kissed their feet. The litter advanced on the sho...
assemblage of small beams, with amethysts and topazes amid their gilding in the knots of the wood. ...
guards together with the Suffet. A few interposed, saying that they ought to hear him and know at l...
entered, followed by about twenty men. They wore white woollen cloaks, long daggers, copper necklac...
reserving her for some alliance that might serve his political ends; so that Salammbo lived alone i...
fray. In their extremity of terror all became brave. The rich ranged themselves in line along the ...
Mappalian quarter and tried to climb up the face of the cliff. He covered his knees with blood, bro...
the brass plates of which were tearing the purple of the couch. A necklace of silver moons was tang...
The tetrarch hesitated to obey, fearing that the Jews would discover his secret. His reluctance to ...
of Carthaginians, who were dressed in garments of black. The sailors' tunics showed like drops of b...
her, certainly, but she might give him courage; and besides, in spite of his dislike, not all the b...
appeared a line of walls resting on white rocks and blending with them. Suddenly the entire city ro...
Marcellus and Jacob were seated side by side. Marcellus described the happiness he had felt under t...