Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 56 | They were protected from the rams and shearing View more quotes about blades">blades of their enemies by the closeness of the quarters. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 53 | I heard, several yards behind me, the rending of strakes, taken by a ram. |
| 7 | 54 | One of the Voskjard's ships, in the press of battle, had struck her fellow. |
| 7 | 55 | The Olivia, the Tais and the Tina were still afloat. |
| 7 | 56 | They were protected from the rams and shearing blades of their enemies by the closeness of the quarters. |
| 7 | 57 | They had managed, almost like a fortress of wood, three ships jammed together, surrounded, under fire, beleaguered, to repel assault after assault, pouring over the rails of enemy vessels. |
| 7 | 58 | The infantrymen of Ar, in their numbers, inordinate for the vessels involved, and their skills in war, uncommon on the river, stiffened the resistance of the remnants of our small fleet. |
| 7 | 59 | Because of the closeness of the quarters, and the ships about, we could not be easily approached, and those who could approach us, actually attempting to board us, must, toe to toe, make the acquaintance of the warriors of Ar. |
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I heard, several yards behind me, the rending of strakes, taken by a ram.
One of the Voskjard's ships, in the press of battle, had struck her fellow.
The Olivia, the Tais and the Tina were still afloat.
They were protected from the rams and shearing blades of their enemies by the closeness of the quarters.
They had managed, almost like a fortress of wood, three ships jammed together, surrounded, under fire, beleaguered, to repel assault after assault, pouring over the rails of enemy vessels.
The infantrymen of Ar, in their numbers, inordinate for the vessels involved, and their skills in war, uncommon on the river, stiffened the resistance of the remnants of our small fleet.
Because of the closeness of the quarters, and the ships about, we could not be easily approached, and those who could approach us, actually attempting to board us, must, toe to toe, make the acquaintance of the warriors of Ar.
- (Guardsman of Gor)