Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 282 | Madly did the View more quotes about great">great marine beast thrash; its jaws distended, trying to disgorge its victim, but it was held by the teeth; it tried to bite through the body in its jaws but the body was wedged well within the jaws and it could exert little leverage. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 279 | Too, the heart is deep within the body. |
| 17 | 280 | I did not think I could reach it with the blade at my disposal. |
| 17 | 281 | But the gill tissue is delicate, like layers of petals, essential for drawing oxygen from the environment. |
| 17 | 282 | Madly did the great marine beast thrash; its jaws distended, trying to disgorge its victim, but it was held by the teeth; it tried to bite through the body in its jaws but the body was wedged well within the jaws and it could exert little leverage. |
| 17 | 283 | Then the thrashing grew weaker. |
| 17 | 284 | The Old One was still alive when I was drawn away from it, pulled by Hassan and another man to the surface of the raft. |
| 17 | 285 | I could not release the dagger. |
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Too, the heart is deep within the body.
I did not think I could reach it with the blade at my disposal.
But the gill tissue is delicate, like layers of petals, essential for drawing oxygen from the environment.
Madly did the great marine beast thrash; its jaws distended, trying to disgorge its victim, but it was held by the teeth; it tried to bite through the body in its jaws but the body was wedged well within the jaws and it could exert little leverage.
Then the thrashing grew weaker.
The Old One was still alive when I was drawn away from it, pulled by Hassan and another man to the surface of the raft.
I could not release the dagger.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)