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| 7 | 181 | How much View more quotes about better">better for us that the authorities of Thera, or Cos, whose legal charge it was, utilizing the weapon of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, some twenty ships or so, should locate, engage, and destroy the corsair fleet. |
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| 7 | 178 | Why should my suggestions be ignored? Why should The Living Island not be investigated and placed under surveillance? On the other hand, the governor, Archelaos, governor of Thera herself, if his interest was not feigned, would act, and with dispatch. |
| 7 | 179 | This relieved much anxiety. |
| 7 | 180 | I had no wish to pit my two ships, with their crews, against an enemy far superior in ships and men. |
| 7 | 181 | How much better for us that the authorities of Thera, or Cos, whose legal charge it was, utilizing the weapon of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, some twenty ships or so, should locate, engage, and destroy the corsair fleet. |
| 7 | 182 | Accordingly, I permitted myself to be hopeful. |
| 7 | 183 | "Captain," called Archelaos. |
| 7 | 184 | I turned back, at the door. |