Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 212 | How eager we were to see View more quotes about tiny">tiny irregularities in the distance, initially almost undiscernible, perhaps tiny, beckoning flecks of green or brown. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 209 | Alcinoë, I supposed, who would have incurred the displeasure of her keepers, would remain below, on her chain. |
| 19 | 210 | I scanned the horizon, that line below the sky, with the glass. |
| 19 | 211 | Thousands of times I, and others, had done so. |
| 19 | 212 | How eager we were to see tiny irregularities in the distance, initially almost undiscernible, perhaps tiny, beckoning flecks of green or brown. |
| 19 | 213 | Sometimes, interestingly, particularly after long at sea, one sees such things when they are not there. |
| 19 | 214 | It is well then to hold back, until one is sure, until matters are clear, at least to the glass. |
| 19 | 215 | More than one watch had been flogged for crying out the sight of land, stirring crews, rousing jubilation, where there was no land. |
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Alcinoë, I supposed, who would have incurred the displeasure of her keepers, would remain below, on her chain.
I scanned the horizon, that line below the sky, with the glass.
Thousands of times I, and others, had done so.
How eager we were to see tiny irregularities in the distance, initially almost undiscernible, perhaps tiny, beckoning flecks of green or brown.
Sometimes, interestingly, particularly after long at sea, one sees such things when they are not there.
It is well then to hold back, until one is sure, until matters are clear, at least to the glass.
More than one watch had been flogged for crying out the sight of land, stirring crews, rousing jubilation, where there was no land.
- (Mariners of Gor)