Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 1 | 1 | View more quotes about ships">Ships of the Voskjard Most Gorean ships have a concave bow, which descends gracefully into the water. |
| 1 | 2 | Such a construction facilitates the placing of the ram-mount and ram. |
| 1 | 3 | I watched, fearfully, almost mesmerized, as the first of the gray galleys, emerging from the fog, moving swiftly, like a living thing, looming now, struck the chain. |
| 1 | 4 | Battle horns sounded about me. |
| 1 | 5 | I heard them echoed in the distance, the sounds first taken up by the Mira and Talender. |
| 1 | 6 | There was a great sound, the hitting of the huge chain by the galley, a sound as of the striking of the chain, and then the grating sound, scraping and heavy, of the chain literally being lifted out of the water. |
| 1 | 7 | I saw it, fascinated, black, dripping water, glistening, slide up the bow, splintering wood and tearing away paint. |
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Ships of the Voskjard Most Gorean ships have a concave bow, which descends gracefully into the water.
Such a construction facilitates the placing of the ram-mount and ram.
I watched, fearfully, almost mesmerized, as the first of the gray galleys, emerging from the fog, moving swiftly, like a living thing, looming now, struck the chain.
Battle horns sounded about me.
I heard them echoed in the distance, the sounds first taken up by the Mira and Talender.
There was a great sound, the hitting of the huge chain by the galley, a sound as of the striking of the chain, and then the grating sound, scraping and heavy, of the chain literally being lifted out of the water.
I saw it, fascinated, black, dripping water, glistening, slide up the bow, splintering wood and tearing away paint.
- (Guardsman of Gor)