Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 57 | 184 | Few View more quotes about unfamiliar">unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 57 | 181 | What I had not anticipated was the alarm amongst the officers and seamen of the corsair ship. |
| 57 | 182 | They did not realize the nature of the fire, its extent or violence. |
| 57 | 183 | Some thought that our ship was genuinely afire, either by accident or that we had deliberately fired the ship, certain that all was lost, to immolate our vessel and the corsair ship in a common conflagration. |
| 57 | 184 | Few unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea. |
| 57 | 185 | One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village. |
| 57 | 186 | There is nowhere to run. |
| 57 | 187 | Flames burn and water drowns. |
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What I had not anticipated was the alarm amongst the officers and seamen of the corsair ship.
They did not realize the nature of the fire, its extent or violence.
Some thought that our ship was genuinely afire, either by accident or that we had deliberately fired the ship, certain that all was lost, to immolate our vessel and the corsair ship in a common conflagration.
Few unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea.
One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village.
There is nowhere to run.
Flames burn and water drowns.
- (Avengers of Gor)