Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 21 | 188 | Its flesh View more quotes about seemed">seemed to hang upon its huge frame, a shrunken reminiscence of the former mightiness of the beast. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 21 | 185 | It had been an admirable, mighty beast. |
| 21 | 186 | But now the desert, and its wounds, were killing it. |
| 21 | 187 | It was now weak, and drawn. |
| 21 | 188 | Its flesh seemed to hang upon its huge frame, a shrunken reminiscence of the former mightiness of the beast. |
| 21 | 189 | I regretted, strangely, seeing its decline. |
| 21 | 190 | I wondered at what drove it, why it strove so relentlessly in its mission, whatever that might be. |
| 21 | 191 | It dared to pit itself against the desert. |
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It had been an admirable, mighty beast.
But now the desert, and its wounds, were killing it.
It was now weak, and drawn.
Its flesh seemed to hang upon its huge frame, a shrunken reminiscence of the former mightiness of the beast.
I regretted, strangely, seeing its decline.
I wondered at what drove it, why it strove so relentlessly in its mission, whatever that might be.
It dared to pit itself against the desert.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)