Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 1827 | But she is, too, a View more quotes about city">city in which poverty and wealth, surfeit and want, cleanliness and dirt, may be juxtaposed. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 1824 | Much depends, of course, on the district. |
| 8 | 1825 | In many respects Ar is a city of wonder, of beauty and grace, of soaring towers, large parks and gardens, and broad boulevards. |
| 8 | 1826 | It is in terms of those that one numbers her amongst the "high cities". |
| 8 | 1827 | But she is, too, a city in which poverty and wealth, surfeit and want, cleanliness and dirt, may be juxtaposed. |
| 8 | 1828 | A silken palanquin, with closed curtains, may be borne through slime. |
| 8 | 1829 | Here and there women, unattended, grace the bridges in their promenades, while below a troop of guardsmen may tread with care. |
| 8 | 1830 | Praetors preside in the markets, dispensing justice, while here and there, beneath their feet, in sewers, like urts, others wait for darkness. |
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Much depends, of course, on the district.
In many respects Ar is a city of wonder, of beauty and grace, of soaring towers, large parks and gardens, and broad boulevards.
It is in terms of those that one numbers her amongst the "high cities".
But she is, too, a city in which poverty and wealth, surfeit and want, cleanliness and dirt, may be juxtaposed.
A silken palanquin, with closed curtains, may be borne through slime.
Here and there women, unattended, grace the bridges in their promenades, while below a troop of guardsmen may tread with care.
Praetors preside in the markets, dispensing justice, while here and there, beneath their feet, in sewers, like urts, others wait for darkness.
- (Conspirators of Gor)