Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 279 | The masts of the View more quotes about common">common Gorean warship are commonly lowered before entering battle. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 276 | Something, of course, might have been seen from the height of the permanent mast of the round ship. |
| 5 | 277 | A lookout is often posted there, with a Builder's glass. |
| 5 | 278 | He stands on a small platform, and is usually roped to the mast, or has his place within a chest-high ring of metal. |
| 5 | 279 | The masts of the common Gorean warship are commonly lowered before entering battle. |
| 5 | 280 | This makes the ship more amenable to her oars and less vulnerable to flaming missiles, which might ignite a sail on its long, sloping yard. |
| 5 | 281 | I wondered that Sullius Maximus had not been conveyed hither in a long ship. |
| 5 | 282 | Surely Tyros has one of the most formidable fleets on Thassa. |
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Something, of course, might have been seen from the height of the permanent mast of the round ship.
A lookout is often posted there, with a Builder's glass.
He stands on a small platform, and is usually roped to the mast, or has his place within a chest-high ring of metal.
The masts of the common Gorean warship are commonly lowered before entering battle.
This makes the ship more amenable to her oars and less vulnerable to flaming missiles, which might ignite a sail on its long, sloping yard.
I wondered that Sullius Maximus had not been conveyed hither in a long ship.
Surely Tyros has one of the most formidable fleets on Thassa.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)