Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 300 | View more quotes about indeed">Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes. |
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 297 | Scarring and ripping timber, snapping oars, it scraped and scored its way toward me. |
| 16 | 298 | I dove under the ship. |
| 16 | 299 | The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it. |
| 16 | 300 | Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes. |
| 16 | 301 | The greatest danger to a swimmer, usually, is the grating together of hulls, behind the blades. |
| 16 | 302 | Few captains are so skillful as to manage a clean, parallel shearing. |
| 16 | 303 | Both ships are moving, and the angles vary instant by instant. |
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Scarring and ripping timber, snapping oars, it scraped and scored its way toward me.
I dove under the ship.
The greatest danger to a swimmer, incidentally, is not the blade itself, for its lower curve is usually at least a foot out of the water, and it is not difficult to avoid it.
Indeed, one may even go between the blade and the ship on which it is mounted, if one wishes.
The greatest danger to a swimmer, usually, is the grating together of hulls, behind the blades.
Few captains are so skillful as to manage a clean, parallel shearing.
Both ships are moving, and the angles vary instant by instant.
- (Guardsman of Gor)