Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 28 | I View more quotes about might">might also mention that certain measures, of, say, length and weight, and such, will be approximated in English, in terms of pounds, yards, inches, and such, rather than in terms of stones, paces, horts, and such. |
| 1 | 29 | The Gorean pace is very close to the English yard, but the stone is well over a pound and the hort is somewhat longer than an inch. |
| 1 | 30 | I think this way of doing things will be helpful to an English reader. |
| 1 | 31 | An exception, though perhaps not the only one, is the "pasang," a convenient, often-encountered linear measure, easily graspable, I think. |
| 1 | 32 | It is, as nearly as I can determine, having paced it out long ago, between pasang stones in the vicinity of Ko-ro-ba, some seven tenths of an English mile. |
| 1 | 33 | "The air," she said, "exhilarates me!" "The air has not been fouled," I said. |
| 1 | 34 | "Goreans love their world". |
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I might also mention that certain measures, of, say, length and weight, and such, will be approximated in English, in terms of pounds, yards, inches, and such, rather than in terms of stones, paces, horts, and such.
The Gorean pace is very close to the English yard, but the stone is well over a pound and the hort is somewhat longer than an inch.
I think this way of doing things will be helpful to an English reader.
An exception, though perhaps not the only one, is the "pasang," a convenient, often-encountered linear measure, easily graspable, I think.
It is, as nearly as I can determine, having paced it out long ago, between pasang stones in the vicinity of Ko-ro-ba, some seven tenths of an English mile.
"The air," she said, "exhilarates me!" "The air has not been fouled," I said.
"Goreans love their world".
- (Swordsmen of Gor)