Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 9 | 122 | Other men, with View more quotes about spear">spear points, scraped at the sand under the keel. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 9 | 119 | We grunted, and pressed our weight against the hull of the stranded Tuka. |
| 9 | 120 | The great ropes strained. |
| 9 | 121 | Near me I heard the snapping of an oar, it breaking under the force of the four men using it as a lever. |
| 9 | 122 | Other men, with spear points, scraped at the sand under the keel. |
| 9 | 123 | "I fear there is little time," called Callimachus from the rail of the Tina. |
| 9 | 124 | "It is hopeless," said the man near me. |
| 9 | 125 | The great weight of the Tuka, so dark, so heavy, so obdurate, so seemingly resistant and fixed in place, suddenly, unexpectedly, straining, with a heavy, sliding noise, the keel like the runner of a great sled, leaving a line in the sand, thrust by our forces, moved by the water, slipped backward, six inches. |
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We grunted, and pressed our weight against the hull of the stranded Tuka.
The great ropes strained.
Near me I heard the snapping of an oar, it breaking under the force of the four men using it as a lever.
Other men, with spear points, scraped at the sand under the keel.
"I fear there is little time," called Callimachus from the rail of the Tina.
"It is hopeless," said the man near me.
The great weight of the Tuka, so dark, so heavy, so obdurate, so seemingly resistant and fixed in place, suddenly, unexpectedly, straining, with a heavy, sliding noise, the keel like the runner of a great sled, leaving a line in the sand, thrust by our forces, moved by the water, slipped backward, six inches.
- (Guardsman of Gor)