fray. In their extremity of terror all became brave. The rich ranged themselves in line along the ...
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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...
moments all would be over! But for once Mannaeus did not perform a commission satisfactorily. He l...
Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert CHAPTER I THE FEAST It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the ...
The crowd applauded and howled with joy. HE knew it, he who had commanded them over yonder, and had...
now be seen advancing with the air of an empress, in the midst of a group of women and eunuchs carr...
the Ursulines at Honfleur. The child made no objection, but Felicite sighed and thought Madame was...
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Malaga wine, and Virginia, laughing at the idea of becoming intoxicated, would drink a few drops of...
cigar in his face; another time, Madame Lormeau was teasing him with the tip of her umbrella and he...