jongs

So this creature had dared to appraise Duare, daughter of a thousand jongs, at fifty-nine dollars!

Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963

"That's what comes of getting mixed up with goddesses and jongs," he added.

Escape on Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1963

"Had she been the woman of your choice," I said, "I should have been even more pleased to have had a part in her rescue than had she been the daughter of a dozen jongs."

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

There was Gamfor, for instance, a huge, hulking fellow who had been a farmer in the old days under the jongs.

Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962

He said that the jongs nephew lived there now and ruled as jong, his uncle being a prisoner of the Zanis at Amlot.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

Zerka, Mantar, and I dined that night in the great banquet hall of the jongs palace with Taman and Jahara and a company of the great nobles of Korva.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

As he whispered in the jongs ear, I saw the latter turn suddenly pale; then he rose and, taking Jahara's hand, led her from the hall.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

They are all my friends, but the laws that govern the jongs of Vepaja are stronger than friendship or their love for me or anything in the world -- except my love for you and yours for me.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

The quarter where I was to make the arrest had formerly been a prosperous one, as, during the regime of the jongs, scholars and scientists were held in high esteem; but now it was run down, and the few people I saw on the streets looked shabby and half starved.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

There were troops and bands and a hundred gorgeously caparisoned gantors bearing not only the nobility of Korva but its royalty as well, for Taman and Jahara and the Princess Nna rode with me in the howdah of the jongs own gantor.

Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939