Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Sentence #
Quote
7
61
Yet I knew that in the end even the mighty larl, if chained, must eventually succumb to the attack of endless streams of hissing urts.
Yet I knew that in the end even the mighty larl, if chained, must eventually succumb to the attack of endless streams of hissing urts.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter 7, Sentence #61)
Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
7
58
The infantrymen of Ar, in their numbers, inordinate for the vessels involved, and their skills in war, uncommon on the river, stiffened the resistance of the remnants of our small fleet.
7
59
Because of the closeness of the quarters, and the ships about, we could not be easily approached, and those who could approach us, actually attempting to board us, must, toe to toe, make the acquaintance of the warriors of Ar.
7
60
By the buffeting of those mighty shields, by the thrusting of great spears, by the swift, ringing flash of well-tempered steel, wave after wave of boarders was repelled, cut to pieces, swept back like rabble.
7
61
Yet I knew that in the end even the mighty larl, if chained, must eventually succumb to the attack of endless streams of hissing urts.
7
62
The tiny gnawings, the minuscule lacerations, the drops of blood extracted, must in their cumulative effect take their inevitable toll.
7
63
I looked at the sun.
7
64
There was blood in the water about me.
The infantrymen of Ar, in their numbers, inordinate for the vessels involved, and their skills in war, uncommon on the river, stiffened the resistance of the remnants of our small fleet.
Because of the closeness of the quarters, and the ships about, we could not be easily approached, and those who could approach us, actually attempting to board us, must, toe to toe, make the acquaintance of the warriors of Ar.
By the buffeting of those mighty shields, by the thrusting of great spears, by the swift, ringing flash of well-tempered steel, wave after wave of boarders was repelled, cut to pieces, swept back like rabble.
Yet I knew that in the end even the mighty larl, if chained, must eventually succumb to the attack of endless streams of hissing urts.
The tiny gnawings, the minuscule lacerations, the drops of blood extracted, must in their cumulative effect take their inevitable toll.
I looked at the sun.
There was blood in the water about me.
- (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter 7)