Sweat flowed down his breast between his square muscles; and his breathing shook his sides with his bronze girdle all garnished with thongs hanging down to his knees, which were firmer than marble.

Salammbo, who was accustomed to eunuchs, yielded to amazement at the strength of this man.

It was the chastisement of the goddess or the influence of Moloch in motion around her in the five armies.

She was overwhelmed with lassitude; and she listened in a state of stupor to the intermittent shouts of the sentinels as they answered one another.
The flames of the lamp kindled in the squalls of hot air.

There came at times broad lightning flashes; then the darkness increased; and she could only see Matho's eyeballs like two coals in the night.