Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 9 | 138 | The View more quotes about ropes">ropes strained again and the Tuka slipped back another yard. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 9 | 135 | Yet, in the rolling and wash of battle, it had sufficed, at the time, to produce a shippage of water sufficient to produce listing. |
| 9 | 136 | Rendered unfit for combat her captain and crew had abandoned her, doubtless with the intention later, at their leisure, to repair and reclaim her. |
| 9 | 137 | I peered into the rupture in the strakes. |
| 9 | 138 | The ropes strained again and the Tuka slipped back another yard. |
| 9 | 139 | She would soon be free of the bar. |
| 9 | 140 | I considered, as well as I could, from my position outside the hull, what time and materials might be requisite to restore the Tuka to seaworthiness. |
| 9 | 141 | Such repairs, of course, must be made upon the river, and in flight. |
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Yet, in the rolling and wash of battle, it had sufficed, at the time, to produce a shippage of water sufficient to produce listing.
Rendered unfit for combat her captain and crew had abandoned her, doubtless with the intention later, at their leisure, to repair and reclaim her.
I peered into the rupture in the strakes.
The ropes strained again and the Tuka slipped back another yard.
She would soon be free of the bar.
I considered, as well as I could, from my position outside the hull, what time and materials might be requisite to restore the Tuka to seaworthiness.
Such repairs, of course, must be made upon the river, and in flight.
- (Guardsman of Gor)