Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 36 | As in the case of the official "Stone," so, too, at the Sardar is a metal rod, which determines the Merchant Foot, or Gorean foot, as I have called it. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 33 | The Gorean foot is, in my estimation, just slightly longer than the Earth foot; based on the supposition that each of its ten Horts is roughly one and one-quarter inches long, I would give the Gorean foot a length of roughly twelve and one-half inches, Earth measure. |
| 10 | 34 | Normally, incidentally, in giving measures, the Earth foot, unless otherwise specified, should be understood. |
| 10 | 35 | It seems pertinent, however, in this instance, to state the ratios in Gorean feet, rather than translate into English measures, where the harmony of the proportions would be obscured. |
| 10 | 36 | As in the case of the official "Stone," so, too, at the Sardar is a metal rod, which determines the Merchant Foot, or Gorean foot, as I have called it. |
| 10 | 37 | Port Kar's Merchant Foot, like her "Stone," is kept in the arsenal, in the same building as her "Stone". |
| 10 | 38 | Not only the ships of Surbus had become mine, his men having declared for me, but his holding as well, and his assets, his treasures and equipments, and his slaves. |
| 10 | 39 | His holding was a fortified palace. |
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The Gorean foot is, in my estimation, just slightly longer than the Earth foot; based on the supposition that each of its ten Horts is roughly one and one-quarter inches long, I would give the Gorean foot a length of roughly twelve and one-half inches, Earth measure.
Normally, incidentally, in giving measures, the Earth foot, unless otherwise specified, should be understood.
It seems pertinent, however, in this instance, to state the ratios in Gorean feet, rather than translate into English measures, where the harmony of the proportions would be obscured.
As in the case of the official "Stone," so, too, at the Sardar is a metal rod, which determines the Merchant Foot, or Gorean foot, as I have called it.
Port Kar's Merchant Foot, like her "Stone," is kept in the arsenal, in the same building as her "Stone".
Not only the ships of Surbus had become mine, his men having declared for me, but his holding as well, and his assets, his treasures and equipments, and his slaves.
His holding was a fortified palace.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 10)