Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 57 | 182 | They did not realize the View more quotes about nature">nature of the fire, its extent or violence. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 57 | 179 | I did not object to this. |
| 57 | 180 | It allayed fear in some of my men and the sight of them being presumably so protected against fire would most likely further alarm mercenaries, realizing they lacked such putative protection. |
| 57 | 181 | What I had not anticipated was the alarm amongst the officers and seamen of the corsair ship. |
| 57 | 182 | They did not realize the nature of the fire, its extent or violence. |
| 57 | 183 | Some thought that our ship was genuinely afire, either by accident or that we had deliberately fired the ship, certain that all was lost, to immolate our vessel and the corsair ship in a common conflagration. |
| 57 | 184 | Few unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea. |
| 57 | 185 | One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village. |
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I did not object to this.
It allayed fear in some of my men and the sight of them being presumably so protected against fire would most likely further alarm mercenaries, realizing they lacked such putative protection.
What I had not anticipated was the alarm amongst the officers and seamen of the corsair ship.
They did not realize the nature of the fire, its extent or violence.
Some thought that our ship was genuinely afire, either by accident or that we had deliberately fired the ship, certain that all was lost, to immolate our vessel and the corsair ship in a common conflagration.
Few unfamiliar with maritime matters realize the seaman's terror of fire at sea.
One of a mariner's worst nightmares is to awaken at night to the cry of "Fire!" Fire at sea is quite different from fire on land, say, in a house or village.
- (Avengers of Gor)