Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 11 | 402 | The abstention, it seemed to me, might well give me a wider eventual latitude of action. |
| 11 | 403 | Besides, I told myself, it was still rather early to determine on which curule chairs the tarns of power might alight. |
| 11 | 404 | As I thought it would, the group of proposals set before the council by Samos passed overwhelmingly. |
| 11 | 405 | There were some abstentions, and some nays, perhaps from those who feared the power of one or another of the Ubars, but the decision on the whole was clear, a devastating of the claims of the Ubars and the, in effect, enthronement of the council of Captains as sovereign in the city. |
| 11 | 406 | The council met late that night, and much business was conducted. |
| 11 | 407 | Even before dawn walls were being raised about the holdings of Henrius Sevarius, and his wharves were being blockaded with ships of the arsenal, while large watches were being maintained on the holdings of the other four Ubars. |
| 11 | 408 | Several committees were formed, usually headed by scribes but reporting to the council, to undertake various studies pertaining to the city, particularly of a military and commercial nature. |
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The abstention, it seemed to me, might well give me a wider eventual latitude of action.
Besides, I told myself, it was still rather early to determine on which curule chairs the tarns of power might alight.
As I thought it would, the group of proposals set before the council by Samos passed overwhelmingly.
There were some abstentions, and some nays, perhaps from those who feared the power of one or another of the Ubars, but the decision on the whole was clear, a devastating of the claims of the Ubars and the, in effect, enthronement of the council of Captains as sovereign in the city.
The council met late that night, and much business was conducted.
Even before dawn walls were being raised about the holdings of Henrius Sevarius, and his wharves were being blockaded with ships of the arsenal, while large watches were being maintained on the holdings of the other four Ubars.
Several committees were formed, usually headed by scribes but reporting to the council, to undertake various studies pertaining to the city, particularly of a military and commercial nature.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )