Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 195 | I saw the rollers then locked in View more quotes about position">position. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 5 | 196 | Pirates crowded to the rails of their ships. |
| 5 | 197 | I saw grappling irons, on their lines, hurled over the bulwarks of the Portia. |
| 5 | 198 | But almost at the same time the planked constructions, on their platforms, were pulled downward by ropes. |
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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.
Pirates crowded to the rails of their ships.
I saw grappling irons, on their lines, hurled over the bulwarks of the Portia.
But almost at the same time the planked constructions, on their platforms, were pulled downward by ropes.
- (Guardsman of Gor)