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Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)

"Raise the yard, free the sail!" called the captain. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 8, Sentence #955)
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8 955 "Raise the yard, View more quotes about free">free the sail!" called the captain.

Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)

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8 952 Shortly thereafter the drum of the hortator sounded.
8 953 We felt the ship slowly come about.
8 954 The thunder of the hortator's drum again sounded.
8 955 "Raise the yard, free the sail!" called the captain.
8 956 The long, slanting yard turned on the mast, and the open, dropped sail, with a snapping of canvas, responded, swelling and tautening, curving, and was filled to the "brim," as the mariners sometimes put it, with the "wine of the wind".
8 957 The cries of drowning and dying men behind us became more faint.
8 958 The prow, with its painted eyes on either side, was pointed northeast.
Shortly thereafter the drum of the hortator sounded. We felt the ship slowly come about. The thunder of the hortator's drum again sounded. "Raise the yard, free the sail!" called the captain. The long, slanting yard turned on the mast, and the open, dropped sail, with a snapping of canvas, responded, swelling and tautening, curving, and was filled to the "brim," as the mariners sometimes put it, with the "wine of the wind". The cries of drowning and dying men behind us became more faint. The prow, with its painted eyes on either side, was pointed northeast. - (Quarry of Gor)