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Salammbo

By: Gustave Flaubert

...oras, the Cantabrian wines brought in casks, with the wines of the jujube, cinnamomum and lotus. There were pools of these on the ground that made the... ... the four corners rose four long perfuming-pans filled with nard, incense, cinnamomum, and myrrh. The slave lit the 38 Salammbo perfumes. Salammbo lo... ... for his cooks. Three hours afterwards he was still immersed in the oil of cinnamomum with which the basin had been filled; and while he bathed he ate... ...er in the streets, and rubbed the faces of the Pataec Gods with butter and cinnamomum to thank them. These, with their big eyes, their big bodies, and... ...cool her bosom beneath the broad fans, or perhaps amuse herself by burning cinnamomum in hollow pearls. At sunset T aanach would draw back the black f...

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