Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 312 | In View more quotes about torvaldsland">Torvaldsland, fine timber is at a premium. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 309 | Indeed, the true hall, lofty, high-beamed, built of logs and boards, with its benches and high-seat pillars, its carvings and hangings, its long fires, its suspended kettles, was actually quite rare, and, generally, only the richest of the Jarls possessed such. |
| 6 | 310 | The hall of Ivar Forkbeard, I learned, to my surprise, was of a type much more common. |
| 6 | 311 | Upon reflection, however, it seemed to me not so strange that this should be so, in a bleak country, one in which many of the trees, too, would be stunted and wind-twisted. |
| 6 | 312 | In Torvaldsland, fine timber is at a premium. |
| 6 | 313 | Too, what fine lumber there is, is often marked and hoarded for the use of shipwrights. |
| 6 | 314 | If a man of Torvaldsland must choose between his hall and his ship, it is the ship which, invariably, wins his choice. |
| 6 | 315 | Furthermore, of course, were it not for goods won by his ship or ships, it would be unlikely that he would have the means to build a hall and house within it his men. |
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Indeed, the true hall, lofty, high-beamed, built of logs and boards, with its benches and high-seat pillars, its carvings and hangings, its long fires, its suspended kettles, was actually quite rare, and, generally, only the richest of the Jarls possessed such.
The hall of Ivar Forkbeard, I learned, to my surprise, was of a type much more common.
Upon reflection, however, it seemed to me not so strange that this should be so, in a bleak country, one in which many of the trees, too, would be stunted and wind-twisted.
In Torvaldsland, fine timber is at a premium.
Too, what fine lumber there is, is often marked and hoarded for the use of shipwrights.
If a man of Torvaldsland must choose between his hall and his ship, it is the ship which, invariably, wins his choice.
Furthermore, of course, were it not for goods won by his ship or ships, it would be unlikely that he would have the means to build a hall and house within it his men.
- (Marauders of Gor)