Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 280 | This View more quotes about makes">makes the ship more amenable to her oars and less vulnerable to flaming missiles, which might ignite a sail on its long, sloping yard. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 5 | 283 | Perhaps this had little to do with Tyros? Perhaps a round ship would raise less suspicion? Perhaps this was the very ship on which the agent of Priest-Kings might have had his passage? "I speak in the name of Priest-Kings," said Sullius Maximus, swiftly, as though by rote. |
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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.
Perhaps this had little to do with Tyros? Perhaps a round ship would raise less suspicion? Perhaps this was the very ship on which the agent of Priest-Kings might have had his passage? "I speak in the name of Priest-Kings," said Sullius Maximus, swiftly, as though by rote.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)