Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 75 | Some hundreds of our men, in View more quotes about lines">lines, were being forced back, away from the high beach, and the defile, toward the water. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 72 | "Stroke!" called Cabot, "stroke!" The fellow who had haplessly wept was now beside me at the oar, steady, and strong. |
| 22 | 73 | As we made our way through the small boats, most moving toward the ship, we began to hear the cries on the beach, the clash of metal. |
| 22 | 74 | It was now clear that quarterless war, red with blood, reigned upon the beach. |
| 22 | 75 | Some hundreds of our men, in lines, were being forced back, away from the high beach, and the defile, toward the water. |
| 22 | 76 | Glaives prodded them and struck at them. |
| 22 | 77 | Swords flashed in the torches. |
| 22 | 78 | Many, we had later learned, had perished in the defile, from concealed arrow fire, but arrows, now, save at short range, a yard or two, given the proximity of the combatants and the confusion, could scarcely find congenial targets. |
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"Stroke!" called Cabot, "stroke!" The fellow who had haplessly wept was now beside me at the oar, steady, and strong.
As we made our way through the small boats, most moving toward the ship, we began to hear the cries on the beach, the clash of metal.
It was now clear that quarterless war, red with blood, reigned upon the beach.
Some hundreds of our men, in lines, were being forced back, away from the high beach, and the defile, toward the water.
Glaives prodded them and struck at them.
Swords flashed in the torches.
Many, we had later learned, had perished in the defile, from concealed arrow fire, but arrows, now, save at short range, a yard or two, given the proximity of the combatants and the confusion, could scarcely find congenial targets.
- (Mariners of Gor)