Literary notes about OASIS (AI summary)
The term oasis in literature frequently symbolizes a welcome refuge amid desolation, whether that desolation is the literal barren desert or a metaphorical landscape of hardship. On one level, it denotes a physical haven—places of water, lush growth, or civilization found within arid environs ([1], [2], [3])—while on another, it captures moments of unexpected beauty, tranquility, or creative respite amid chaos ([4], [5], [6]). In some accounts, even religious or cultural centers are depicted as oases of enlightenment ([7], [8]), and in narrative passages, an oasis can represent both a tangible resting spot and an emotional sanctuary amid the relentless march of life's desert ([9], [10]).
- Ptolemy seems to place the Liby-Egyptians to the south of the Greater and Lesser Oasis, on the route thence to Darfour.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - In the latitude of Abydos is the first Auasis (Oasis) of the three which are said to be in Africa.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo - This oasis forms one of the chief stations on the caravan route from Cairo to Fezzan.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny - That little paradise in the Great Pine Woods was the oasis in the desert, towards which my heart turned lovingly, during many years of bondage.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - [Pg 183] CHAPTER XXI DEAR DIEPPE There is occasionally a time in our life which proves a veritable oasis in a desert of doubt and suspicion.
— from The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker: A Novel by John Strange Winter - And ye poets and philosophers, who have painted love as the oasis of the Desert, the green spot in memory's waste, where affection still lingers
— from The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon - Monasteries in Ireland, oasis of civilization, 2 .
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir - Round the temple places the trees remain and give a refreshing oasis, and there are some beautiful springs.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey - The only habitation they passed was fruit-drying ranch No. 7, in the wilderness—just this one sunny oasis in the solemn half-light of the woods.
— from Quick Action by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers - A threadbare patch of Brussels carpet covered the center of the room, and formed an oasis of roses and lilies upon a desert of shabby green drugget.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
