Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 192 | When they had done this other men, with View more quotes about shoulders">shoulders and levers, and hauling on ropes, moved the platforms, which were on long, solid rollers, with their planked constructions, away from the masts, one to port, the other to starboard. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 189 | These constructions were mounted on platforms. |
| 5 | 190 | When freed of the masts they leaned back against the platforms. |
| 5 | 191 | Other men were busying themselves at the foot of the masts, where they were lengthening and playing out the chains that attached the platforms to the masts. |
| 5 | 192 | When they had done this other men, with shoulders and levers, and hauling on ropes, moved the platforms, which were on long, solid rollers, with their planked constructions, away from the masts, one to port, the other to starboard. |
| 5 | 193 | At this point the fellows who had been handling the chains adjusted them to the appropriate lengths. |
| 5 | 194 | Still by these chains, of course, the platforms with their planked constructions, were held to the ship's masts. |
| 5 | 195 | I saw the rollers then locked in position. |
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These constructions were mounted on platforms.
When freed of the masts they leaned back against the platforms.
Other men were busying themselves at the foot of the masts, where they were lengthening and playing out the chains that attached the platforms to the masts.
When they had done this other men, with shoulders and levers, and hauling on ropes, moved the platforms, which were on long, solid rollers, with their planked constructions, away from the masts, one to port, the other to starboard.
At this point the fellows who had been handling the chains adjusted them to the appropriate lengths.
Still by these chains, of course, the platforms with their planked constructions, were held to the ship's masts.
I saw the rollers then locked in position.
- (Guardsman of Gor)