Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 469 | In this View more quotes about fashion">fashion each has his own grip, and if one hand should slip, the other will hold. |
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Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 466 | "I wish you well," said Portus. |
| 19 | 467 | He extended his hand and the two men clasped wrists, each the wrist of the other. |
| 19 | 468 | This is the strongest of grips, for otherwise hands may be pulled apart. |
| 19 | 469 | In this fashion each has his own grip, and if one hand should slip, the other will hold. |
| 19 | 470 | It is a grip common to mariners, it seems, and may have been derived from maritime practice. |
| 19 | 471 | It is useful, it seems, in their dangerous work, where a lost grip might be the prelude to catastrophe, a fall from a yard, a plunge into cold, stormy seas. |
| 19 | 472 | It has its value, too, of course, among tarnsmen, tarnkeepers, tarnsters, and such, who must occasionally move from saddle to saddle, or from basket to basket, and such, while in flight. |
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"I wish you well," said Portus.
He extended his hand and the two men clasped wrists, each the wrist of the other.
This is the strongest of grips, for otherwise hands may be pulled apart.
In this fashion each has his own grip, and if one hand should slip, the other will hold.
It is a grip common to mariners, it seems, and may have been derived from maritime practice.
It is useful, it seems, in their dangerous work, where a lost grip might be the prelude to catastrophe, a fall from a yard, a plunge into cold, stormy seas.
It has its value, too, of course, among tarnsmen, tarnkeepers, tarnsters, and such, who must occasionally move from saddle to saddle, or from basket to basket, and such, while in flight.
- (Prize of Gor)