Book 6. (1 results) Raiders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 296 | The View more quotes about eyes">eyes of the ship, painted on either side of the bow, would now have turned toward the opening of the harbor of Telnus. |
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Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 293 | The sails would not be dropped from the yards until the ship was clear of the harbor. |
| 13 | 294 | I heard the creak of the great side-rudders and felt the heavy, sweet, living movement of the caulked timbers of the ship. |
| 13 | 295 | We were now free of the land. |
| 13 | 296 | The eyes of the ship, painted on either side of the bow, would now have turned toward the opening of the harbor of Telnus. |
| 13 | 297 | Ships of Gor, of whatever class or type, always have eyes painted on them, either in a head surmounting the prow, as in tarn ships, or, as in the Rena, as in round ships, on either side of the bow. |
| 13 | 298 | It is the last thing that is done for the ship before it is first launched. |
| 13 | 299 | The painting of the eyes reflects the Gorean seaman's belief that the ship is a living thing. |
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The sails would not be dropped from the yards until the ship was clear of the harbor.
I heard the creak of the great side-rudders and felt the heavy, sweet, living movement of the caulked timbers of the ship.
We were now free of the land.
The eyes of the ship, painted on either side of the bow, would now have turned toward the opening of the harbor of Telnus.
Ships of Gor, of whatever class or type, always have eyes painted on them, either in a head surmounting the prow, as in tarn ships, or, as in the Rena, as in round ships, on either side of the bow.
It is the last thing that is done for the ship before it is first launched.
The painting of the eyes reflects the Gorean seaman's belief that the ship is a living thing.
- (Raiders of Gor)