Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 6 | There was a View more quotes about great">great sound, the hitting of the huge chain by the galley, a sound as of the striking of the chain, and then the grating sound, scraping and heavy, of the chain literally being lifted out of the water. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 3 | I watched, fearfully, almost mesmerized, as the first of the gray galleys, emerging from the fog, moving swiftly, like a living thing, looming now, struck the chain. |
| 1 | 4 | Battle horns sounded about me. |
| 1 | 5 | I heard them echoed in the distance, the sounds first taken up by the Mira and Talender. |
| 1 | 6 | There was a great sound, the hitting of the huge chain by the galley, a sound as of the striking of the chain, and then the grating sound, scraping and heavy, of the chain literally being lifted out of the water. |
| 1 | 7 | I saw it, fascinated, black, dripping water, glistening, slide up the bow, splintering wood and tearing away paint. |
| 1 | 8 | Then the whole galley, by its momentum, stopped by the chain, swung abeam. |
| 1 | 9 | I saw oars snapping. |
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I watched, fearfully, almost mesmerized, as the first of the gray galleys, emerging from the fog, moving swiftly, like a living thing, looming now, struck the chain.
Battle horns sounded about me.
I heard them echoed in the distance, the sounds first taken up by the Mira and Talender.
There was a great sound, the hitting of the huge chain by the galley, a sound as of the striking of the chain, and then the grating sound, scraping and heavy, of the chain literally being lifted out of the water.
I saw it, fascinated, black, dripping water, glistening, slide up the bow, splintering wood and tearing away paint.
Then the whole galley, by its momentum, stopped by the chain, swung abeam.
I saw oars snapping.
- (Guardsman of Gor)