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XV.—SOME PRIVATE HOUSES.
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THE private houses of Damascus are a theme of wonder and admiration1 throughout the Orient. In a land in which a moist spot is called a garden, and a canal bordered by willows2 a Paradise, the fancy constructs a palace of the utmost splendor3 and luxury out of materials which in a less glowing country would scarcely satisfy moderate notions of comfort or of ostentation4.
But the East is a region of contrasts as well as of luxury, and it is difficult to say how much of their reputation the celebrated5 mansions6 of Damascus owe to the wretchedness of the ordinary dwellings7, and also to the raggedness8 of their surroundings. We spent a day in visiting several of the richest dwellings, and steeping ourselves in the dazzling luxury they offer.
The exterior9 of a private house gives no idea of its interior. Sometimes its plain mud-wall has a solid handsome street-door, and if it is very old, perhaps a rich Saracenic portal; but usually you slip from the gutter10, lined with mud-walls, called a street, into an alley11, crooked12, probably dirty, pass through a stable-yard and enter a small court, which may be cheered by a tree and a basin of water. Thence you wind through a narrow passage into a large court, a parallelogram of tesselated marble, having a fountain in the centre and about it orange and lemon trees, and roses and vines. The house, two stories high, is built about this court, upon which all the rooms open without communicating with each other. Perhaps the building is of marble, and carved, or it may be highly
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carving
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肤色( complexion的名词复数 ); 面色; 局面; 性质 | |
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salon
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gilding
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costly
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suite
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salons
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n.(营业性质的)店( salon的名词复数 );厅;沙龙(旧时在上流社会女主人家的例行聚会或聚会场所);(大宅中的)客厅 | |
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壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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lavished
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v.过分给予,滥施( lavish的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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chisel
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slate
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minaret
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dome
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connoisseur
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amiable
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profuse
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raggedly
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破烂地,粗糙地 | |
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ornaments
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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