Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 17 | 284 | The Old One was still alive when I was View more quotes about drawn">drawn away from it, pulled by Hassan and another man to the surface of the raft. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 17 | 281 | But the gill tissue is delicate, like layers of petals, essential for drawing oxygen from the environment. |
| 17 | 282 | Madly did the great marine beast thrash; its jaws distended, trying to disgorge its victim, but it was held by the teeth; it tried to bite through the body in its jaws but the body was wedged well within the jaws and it could exert little leverage. |
| 17 | 283 | Then the thrashing grew weaker. |
| 17 | 284 | The Old One was still alive when I was drawn away from it, pulled by Hassan and another man to the surface of the raft. |
| 17 | 285 | I could not release the dagger. |
| 17 | 286 | Hassan pried it from my fingers with his hands. |
| 17 | 287 | I lay on my back on the beams of the raft. |
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But the gill tissue is delicate, like layers of petals, essential for drawing oxygen from the environment.
Madly did the great marine beast thrash; its jaws distended, trying to disgorge its victim, but it was held by the teeth; it tried to bite through the body in its jaws but the body was wedged well within the jaws and it could exert little leverage.
Then the thrashing grew weaker.
The Old One was still alive when I was drawn away from it, pulled by Hassan and another man to the surface of the raft.
I could not release the dagger.
Hassan pried it from my fingers with his hands.
I lay on my back on the beams of the raft.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)