Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 302 | Few View more quotes about captains">captains are so skillful as to manage a clean, parallel shearing. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 299 | The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it. |
| 16 | 300 | Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes. |
| 16 | 301 | The greatest danger to a swimmer, usually, is the grating together of hulls, behind the blades. |
| 16 | 302 | Few captains are so skillful as to manage a clean, parallel shearing. |
| 16 | 303 | Both ships are moving, and the angles vary instant by instant. |
| 16 | 304 | Looking above me, up through the water, I saw the long, lean hull of the attacking vessel pass overhead. |
| 16 | 305 | Then there was a rending noise as it gouged the starboard strakes of Spined Tharlarion. |
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The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it.
Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes.
The greatest danger to a swimmer, usually, is the grating together of hulls, behind the blades.
Few captains are so skillful as to manage a clean, parallel shearing.
Both ships are moving, and the angles vary instant by instant.
Looking above me, up through the water, I saw the long, lean hull of the attacking vessel pass overhead.
Then there was a rending noise as it gouged the starboard strakes of Spined Tharlarion.
- (Guardsman of Gor)