Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 220 | If the View more quotes about enemy">enemy had any idea of the men on the great ship they would not expect to take the ship by arms. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 217 | Lord Okimoto, on the other hand, was well aware of the sizable complement of fighting men on board, a small army, who would, in any likely contest, as on an open field, far outnumber the enemy Pani in the small boats and on the warning ship, perhaps by as many as four or five to one; and was, accordingly, prepared to expend his men liberally, using his superior numbers to sweep aside opposition. |
| 16 | 218 | I wondered, too, if his apparent hatred for this Lord Yamada, and his indignation, certainly not misplaced, at the misuse of a warning ship, might not have colored, if not obscured, his judgment. |
| 16 | 219 | The greatest danger, of course, was fire. |
| 16 | 220 | If the enemy had any idea of the men on the great ship they would not expect to take the ship by arms. |
| 16 | 221 | On the other hand, and the thought alarmed me, the boarding might well serve to distract from, and delay attention to, what might be the latent but paramount intention of the attack, the destruction of the great ship by fire. |
| 16 | 222 | Is not the name of war deception? The nets had been cast. |
| 16 | 223 | Armsmen swarmed over the side. |
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Lord Okimoto, on the other hand, was well aware of the sizable complement of fighting men on board, a small army, who would, in any likely contest, as on an open field, far outnumber the enemy Pani in the small boats and on the warning ship, perhaps by as many as four or five to one; and was, accordingly, prepared to expend his men liberally, using his superior numbers to sweep aside opposition.
I wondered, too, if his apparent hatred for this Lord Yamada, and his indignation, certainly not misplaced, at the misuse of a warning ship, might not have colored, if not obscured, his judgment.
The greatest danger, of course, was fire.
If the enemy had any idea of the men on the great ship they would not expect to take the ship by arms.
On the other hand, and the thought alarmed me, the boarding might well serve to distract from, and delay attention to, what might be the latent but paramount intention of the attack, the destruction of the great ship by fire.
Is not the name of war deception? The nets had been cast.
Armsmen swarmed over the side.
- (Mariners of Gor)