Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | The passage was lit with energy bulbs, of the sort which I had encountered in the tunnel of Marlenus which led beneath the walls of Ar. |
| 4 | 5 | There was nothing in the lighting of the passage, or its construction, to suggest that the priest-kings' Caste of Builders, if they had one, was any more advanced than that of the men below the mountains. |
| 4 | 6 | Too, the passage was devoid of ornament, lacking the mosaics and tapestries with which the beauty-loving Goreans below the mountains are wont to glorify the places of their own habitation. |
| 4 | 7 | The priest-kings, as far as I could tell, had no art. |
| 4 | 8 | Perhaps they would regard it as a useless excrescence detracting from the more sober values of life, such as, I supposed, study, meditation and the manipulation of the lives of men. |
| 4 | 9 | I noted that the passage which I trod was well worn. |
| 4 | 10 | It had been polished by the sandals of countless men and women who had walked before where I now walked, perhaps thousands of years ago, perhaps yesterday, perhaps this morning. |
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The passage was lit with energy bulbs, of the sort which I had encountered in the tunnel of Marlenus which led beneath the walls of Ar.
There was nothing in the lighting of the passage, or its construction, to suggest that the priest-kings' Caste of Builders, if they had one, was any more advanced than that of the men below the mountains.
Too, the passage was devoid of ornament, lacking the mosaics and tapestries with which the beauty-loving Goreans below the mountains are wont to glorify the places of their own habitation.
The priest-kings, as far as I could tell, had no art.
Perhaps they would regard it as a useless excrescence detracting from the more sober values of life, such as, I supposed, study, meditation and the manipulation of the lives of men.
I noted that the passage which I trod was well worn.
It had been polished by the sandals of countless men and women who had walked before where I now walked, perhaps thousands of years ago, perhaps yesterday, perhaps this morning.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )