Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 112 | Residences, at an oasis, are built on the higher ground, where nothing will grow. |
| 2 | 113 | It is the valley, naturally, which, irrigated, usually by hand, though sometimes with clumsy wooden machinery, supports the agriculture. |
| 2 | 114 | Land, at an oasis, which will grow food is not wasted on domiciles. |
| 2 | 115 | Tor, rather similarly, though few crops were grown within its walls, was built high, about its water, several wells in the deepest area in the city. |
| 2 | 116 | The architecture of Tor, in concentric circles, broken by numerous, narrow, crooked streets, was a function of the radius from its wells. |
| 2 | 117 | An advantage of this municipal organization, of course, though it is scarcely a matter of intentional design, is that the water is in the most protected portion of the city, its center. |
| 2 | 118 | Tor's water, I might mention, was ample to her needs. |
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Residences, at an oasis, are built on the higher ground, where nothing will grow.
It is the valley, naturally, which, irrigated, usually by hand, though sometimes with clumsy wooden machinery, supports the agriculture.
Land, at an oasis, which will grow food is not wasted on domiciles.
Tor, rather similarly, though few crops were grown within its walls, was built high, about its water, several wells in the deepest area in the city.
The architecture of Tor, in concentric circles, broken by numerous, narrow, crooked streets, was a function of the radius from its wells.
An advantage of this municipal organization, of course, though it is scarcely a matter of intentional design, is that the water is in the most protected portion of the city, its center.
Tor's water, I might mention, was ample to her needs.
- (Tribesmen of Gor, Chapter )