Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 145 | "And I have View more quotes about heard">heard rumors," said Archelaos, unpleasantly, "that even the First Captain of Sybaris, Nicomachos, High Officer of Cos, Admiral of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, has profited from such clandestine emoluments". |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 142 | "The Farther Islands would be much deprived if all mercantile traffic must first be routed through the corrupt, grasping bureaucracy of Telnus". |
| 7 | 143 | "Rumors have it," said Nicomachos, "that some in Sybaris profit from spurious arrangements of local licensing, even issuing documentation purportedly of Telnus". |
| 7 | 144 | "At discounted prices, I have heard," I added. |
| 7 | 145 | "And I have heard rumors," said Archelaos, unpleasantly, "that even the First Captain of Sybaris, Nicomachos, High Officer of Cos, Admiral of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, has profited from such clandestine emoluments". |
| 7 | 146 | "I have paid mooring fees, four times," I said. |
| 7 | 147 | "But," said Archelaos, "let us dismiss false rumors as the wretched canards they are, while, in all justice, acknowledging that it is not inappropriate for worthy folk posted far from civilization to seek to compensate in some manner, however minimal, for their isolation and remoteness. |
| 7 | 148 | How is one to occupy one's time? Has not many an administrator, a general, and even an occasional Admiral, returned wealthy from the wilderness?" "There is the matter of The Living Island, of piracy, and the safety of the seas, to be dealt with," I said. |
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"The Farther Islands would be much deprived if all mercantile traffic must first be routed through the corrupt, grasping bureaucracy of Telnus".
"Rumors have it," said Nicomachos, "that some in Sybaris profit from spurious arrangements of local licensing, even issuing documentation purportedly of Telnus".
"At discounted prices, I have heard," I added.
"And I have heard rumors," said Archelaos, unpleasantly, "that even the First Captain of Sybaris, Nicomachos, High Officer of Cos, Admiral of the Fleet of the Farther Islands, has profited from such clandestine emoluments".
"I have paid mooring fees, four times," I said.
"But," said Archelaos, "let us dismiss false rumors as the wretched canards they are, while, in all justice, acknowledging that it is not inappropriate for worthy folk posted far from civilization to seek to compensate in some manner, however minimal, for their isolation and remoteness.
How is one to occupy one's time? Has not many an administrator, a general, and even an occasional Admiral, returned wealthy from the wilderness?" "There is the matter of The Living Island, of piracy, and the safety of the seas, to be dealt with," I said.
- (Avengers of Gor)