Damascus

(n.) A city of Syria.

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• Go back as far as you will into the vague past, there was always a Damascus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The centre of gravity of Islam shifted across the desert from Damascus to Mesopotamia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Her sharp Damascus blade seemed out of place, and useless among rose-leaves. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Damascus dates back anterior to the days of Abraham, and is the oldest city in the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He says: Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I always expect her to sheer off to Damascus or San Francisco; she's a bird of paradise. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• How they hate a Christian in Damascus! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I do not like riding in the Damascus street-cars. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Satisfied revenge was all I needed to make me perfectly happy, and when I walked in to supper that first night in Damascus I was in that condition. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In Damascus they think there are no such rivers in all the world as their little Abana and Pharpar. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They do say that one can get into any walled city of Syria, after night, for bucksheesh, except Damascus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Damascus has plenty of clear, pure water in it, though, and this is enough, of itself, to make an Arab think it beautiful and blessed. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was cruel to urge the crippled horses, but it had to be done in order to make Damascus Saturday night. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• If I were to go to Damascus again, I would camp on Mahomet's hill about a week, and then go away. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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