Book 3. (1 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 20 | I seized the Mul-Torch from between the stones where I had placed it and, with a great shout, thrust it towards the creature's face. |
| 24 | 21 | I would have expected it to retreat with rapidity, but it made no move whatsoever other than to lift its tubular, pincerlike jaws to me. |
| 24 | 22 | It seemed to me most unnatural, as though the creature might have been a living rock, or a blind, carnivorous growth. |
| 24 | 23 | One thing was clear. |
| 24 | 24 | The creature did not fear me nor the flame. |
| 24 | 25 | I withdrew a step and it, on its six short legs, moved forward a step. |
| 24 | 26 | It seemed to me that it would be very difficult to injure the Golden Beetle, particularly when its head was withdrawn beneath the shell of its enclosing wings. |
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I seized the Mul-Torch from between the stones where I had placed it and, with a great shout, thrust it towards the creature's face.
I would have expected it to retreat with rapidity, but it made no move whatsoever other than to lift its tubular, pincerlike jaws to me.
It seemed to me most unnatural, as though the creature might have been a living rock, or a blind, carnivorous growth.
One thing was clear.
The creature did not fear me nor the flame.
I withdrew a step and it, on its six short legs, moved forward a step.
It seemed to me that it would be very difficult to injure the Golden Beetle, particularly when its head was withdrawn beneath the shell of its enclosing wings.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor)