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lol "or equivalent"

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This was an especially delightful one for me—so, thank you!

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O that I knew more about Salaambô, in order to continue this delightful inquiry! Fortunately, I've recently been made aware of a solution.

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I actually love this work by Flaubert. It is "over-the-top" but so sensual.

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I can't think of Carthage without thinking of the third book of Augustine's Confessions. "To Carthage I came, where there sang all around me in my ears a cauldron of unholy loves."

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