Book 14. (1 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 10 | This View more quotes about tends">tends to prevent excessive splintering of the beam. |
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 7 | Too, it is similar to the loosened arrow, which has its greatest swiftness, and maximum striking power, immediately after being sprung from the string, immediately after leaving the bow. |
| 19 | 8 | The concave surfaces of the gunni face the user of the devices, and the handles are recessed within these surfaces. |
| 19 | 9 | The outer surfaces, or striking surfaces of the gunni are usually shallowly rounded, being slightly convex. |
| 19 | 10 | This tends to prevent excessive splintering of the beam. |
| 19 | 11 | The blows thus, in a sense, compress and pack the beam, causing it to last longer, until it finally, after a few finishing blows, shatters. |
| 19 | 12 | These beams are frequently replaced. |
| 19 | 13 | It may seem surprising but a strong man, determined, and working against time, can break through a training beam in a matter of only a few Ehn. |
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Too, it is similar to the loosened arrow, which has its greatest swiftness, and maximum striking power, immediately after being sprung from the string, immediately after leaving the bow.
The concave surfaces of the gunni face the user of the devices, and the handles are recessed within these surfaces.
The outer surfaces, or striking surfaces of the gunni are usually shallowly rounded, being slightly convex.
This tends to prevent excessive splintering of the beam.
The blows thus, in a sense, compress and pack the beam, causing it to last longer, until it finally, after a few finishing blows, shatters.
These beams are frequently replaced.
It may seem surprising but a strong man, determined, and working against time, can break through a training beam in a matter of only a few Ehn.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor)