Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 74 | View more quotes about consider">Consider the difficulty of scaling the walls of a city, particularly if the city were at sea. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 71 | "To begin with, it is difficult to attack, given its size. |
| 30 | 72 | The height of the bulwarks, as in round ships, discourages boarding. |
| 30 | 73 | Here we have an extreme instance of that. |
| 30 | 74 | Consider the difficulty of scaling the walls of a city, particularly if the city were at sea. |
| 30 | 75 | And the timbers, particularly at the bow, and in the vicinity of the waterline, are layered horizontally, and interlaid with sheets of metal, to a depth of five feet. |
| 30 | 76 | Similarly the ship, when fitted, will be equipped with the usual implements of offense, catapults and such. |
| 30 | 77 | Too, it will have a crew of a thousand or more". |
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"To begin with, it is difficult to attack, given its size.
The height of the bulwarks, as in round ships, discourages boarding.
Here we have an extreme instance of that.
Consider the difficulty of scaling the walls of a city, particularly if the city were at sea.
And the timbers, particularly at the bow, and in the vicinity of the waterline, are layered horizontally, and interlaid with sheets of metal, to a depth of five feet.
Similarly the ship, when fitted, will be equipped with the usual implements of offense, catapults and such.
Too, it will have a crew of a thousand or more".
- (Swordsmen of Gor)