Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 59 | Many could not be View more quotes about entered">entered at the ground level. |
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Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 56 | She did not understand at that time that the considerations which had been involved in the design of the city were not merely aesthetic, and such, but military, as well. |
| 13 | 57 | Most of the towers were, in effect, keeps. |
| 13 | 58 | They were stocked, fortress towers. |
| 13 | 59 | Many could not be entered at the ground level. |
| 13 | 60 | The bridges amongst them were narrow and could be successfully defended by a handful of men against hundreds. |
| 13 | 61 | And the bridges, given their construction, could be easily broken, thus isolating the individual fortresses from other, similar fortresses, which might have fallen to an enemy. |
| 13 | 62 | To reduce such a city, with primitive weaponry, tower by tower, might well require an army, and, conceivably, an investment of years of effort and expense. |
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She did not understand at that time that the considerations which had been involved in the design of the city were not merely aesthetic, and such, but military, as well.
Most of the towers were, in effect, keeps.
They were stocked, fortress towers.
Many could not be entered at the ground level.
The bridges amongst them were narrow and could be successfully defended by a handful of men against hundreds.
And the bridges, given their construction, could be easily broken, thus isolating the individual fortresses from other, similar fortresses, which might have fallen to an enemy.
To reduce such a city, with primitive weaponry, tower by tower, might well require an army, and, conceivably, an investment of years of effort and expense.
- (Prize of Gor)