Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 9 | I saw View more quotes about oars">oars snapping. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 10 | "The chain holds!" cried Callimachus, elatedly. |
| 1 | 11 | Another galley then struck the chain, off the port bow. |
| 1 | 12 | "It holds!" cried Callimachus. |
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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.
"The chain holds!" cried Callimachus, elatedly.
Another galley then struck the chain, off the port bow.
"It holds!" cried Callimachus.
- (Guardsman of Gor)