Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 749 | The View more quotes about round">round ship, larger and heavier, wider of beam, deeper in the water, higher bulwarked, laden with cargo, depends far more than a long ship on its sail. |
| 8 | 750 | "The stranger gains," I said. |
| 8 | 751 | Then two thirds of an Ahn, surely, had passed. |
| 8 | 752 | An officer, departing the side of the captain, who held his position aft, came between the benches, and looked up, to the fellow at the height of the mast, the lookout, he on his wooden platform, standing within the waist-high metal ring, who had first seen the stranger, who had first sounded the alarm. |
| 8 | 753 | The officer then returned to the side of the captain. |
| 8 | 754 | The stranger then was no more than a hundred yards astern, like a snake in the water. |
| 8 | 755 | The captain put aside his Builder's glass and spoke to his officer. |
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The round ship, larger and heavier, wider of beam, deeper in the water, higher bulwarked, laden with cargo, depends far more than a long ship on its sail.
"The stranger gains," I said.
Then two thirds of an Ahn, surely, had passed.
An officer, departing the side of the captain, who held his position aft, came between the benches, and looked up, to the fellow at the height of the mast, the lookout, he on his wooden platform, standing within the waist-high metal ring, who had first seen the stranger, who had first sounded the alarm.
The officer then returned to the side of the captain.
The stranger then was no more than a hundred yards astern, like a snake in the water.
The captain put aside his Builder's glass and spoke to his officer.
- (Quarry of Gor)