Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 228 | My men were View more quotes about mostly">mostly pirates and cutthroats. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 225 | Twice we had been scouted by pirates from Tyros, in their green ships, painted to resemble the sea, but neither of them had chosen to engage us. |
| 10 | 226 | We gathered that, seeing how low we sat in the water, they assumed our cargo to be one of bulk goods and departed, doubtless having higher hopes for gain upon the sea. |
| 10 | 227 | It is scarcely worth the risk of crew and ship, unless desperate, to win a hold filled with lumber or stone. |
| 10 | 228 | My men were mostly pirates and cutthroats. |
| 10 | 229 | Doubtless many of them did not much care to ply an honest trade. |
| 10 | 230 | Better, they would think, to lie in wait on the open sea for the slave galleys of Tyros or the treasure ships of Cos. |
| 10 | 231 | But two who challenged me for the captaincy I slew within a dozen strokes, and the others, thus given pause, chose to confine their disgruntlement, if any, to their cups and conclaves. |
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Twice we had been scouted by pirates from Tyros, in their green ships, painted to resemble the sea, but neither of them had chosen to engage us.
We gathered that, seeing how low we sat in the water, they assumed our cargo to be one of bulk goods and departed, doubtless having higher hopes for gain upon the sea.
It is scarcely worth the risk of crew and ship, unless desperate, to win a hold filled with lumber or stone.
My men were mostly pirates and cutthroats.
Doubtless many of them did not much care to ply an honest trade.
Better, they would think, to lie in wait on the open sea for the slave galleys of Tyros or the treasure ships of Cos.
But two who challenged me for the captaincy I slew within a dozen strokes, and the others, thus given pause, chose to confine their disgruntlement, if any, to their cups and conclaves.
- (Raiders of Gor)