Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 33 | 657 | By its View more quotes about means">means I obtained purchase, something anchored in terms of which I could press down and lift myself, inch by inch, upward, free of the grip of the sand. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 33 | 654 | It was some three by four feet, and curved, consisting of narrow planks fastened to a curved rib. |
| 33 | 655 | I pressed it down, fiercely, against the sand about my waist. |
| 33 | 656 | Given its breadth it moved only an inch or so into the sand. |
| 33 | 657 | By its means I obtained purchase, something anchored in terms of which I could press down and lift myself, inch by inch, upward, free of the grip of the sand. |
| 33 | 658 | In a few Ehn my body was much across the object, and then the object was caught in the incoming tide, and it floated, supporting me. |
| 33 | 659 | I wept with gladness, freed, thrashing to the side now, back amongst the rence. |
| 33 | 660 | I do not know then if I fainted, or, overcome by my ordeal, exhausted, fell asleep. |
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It was some three by four feet, and curved, consisting of narrow planks fastened to a curved rib.
I pressed it down, fiercely, against the sand about my waist.
Given its breadth it moved only an inch or so into the sand.
By its means I obtained purchase, something anchored in terms of which I could press down and lift myself, inch by inch, upward, free of the grip of the sand.
In a few Ehn my body was much across the object, and then the object was caught in the incoming tide, and it floated, supporting me.
I wept with gladness, freed, thrashing to the side now, back amongst the rence.
I do not know then if I fainted, or, overcome by my ordeal, exhausted, fell asleep.
- (Quarry of Gor)