• Home
  • Contact

Results Details

"stroke "

Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)

He would mark the rowing stroke with blows of wooden, leather-cushioned mallets on the head of a huge copper-covered drum. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 13, Sentence #289)
Chapter # Sentence # Quote
13 289 He would View more quotes about mark">mark the rowing stroke with blows of wooden, leather-cushioned mallets on the head of a huge copper-covered drum.

Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
13 286 "The lot of a slave is indeed miserable," I lamented.
13 287 He turned the key in the locks and, laughing, turned about and went to his seat, facing us, in the stern of the rowing hold.
13 288 Before him, since this was a large ship, there sat a keleustes, a strong man, a time-beater, with leather-wrapped wrists.
13 289 He would mark the rowing stroke with blows of wooden, leather-cushioned mallets on the head of a huge copper-covered drum.
13 290 "Out oars!" called the oar-master.
13 291 I, with the others, slid my oar outboard.
13 292 Above us, on the upper deck, I could hear the cries of the seamen, casting off mooring lines, shoving away from the dock with the traditional three long poles.
"The lot of a slave is indeed miserable," I lamented. He turned the key in the locks and, laughing, turned about and went to his seat, facing us, in the stern of the rowing hold. Before him, since this was a large ship, there sat a keleustes, a strong man, a time-beater, with leather-wrapped wrists. He would mark the rowing stroke with blows of wooden, leather-cushioned mallets on the head of a huge copper-covered drum. "Out oars!" called the oar-master. I, with the others, slid my oar outboard. Above us, on the upper deck, I could hear the cries of the seamen, casting off mooring lines, shoving away from the dock with the traditional three long poles. - (Raiders of Gor)