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Oasis

Definition of oasis:

It is a really delightful oasis in the midst of the depressing Dutch plains. "Holland, v. 1 (of 2)", Edmondo de Amicis.
A powerful young lion may some time have appeared thus at daybreak on the edge of a jungle and measured the stretches of sand to be crossed before he could reach an oasis where memory told him was the lurking- place of love. "The-Choir-Invisible", Allen, James Lane.
So we began the job, although I, who had large experience of this desert, and did not like the appearance of the weather, wished to leave the beast where it lay and get back to the oasis "Queen Sheba's Ring", H. Rider Haggard.
Apion, who went to Rome to plead against Philo, was a native of the Great Oasis but as he was born of Greek parents, he claimed and received the title and privileges of an Alexandrian, which he denied to the Jews who were born in the city. "History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12)", S. Rappoport.

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