Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 42 | They are not sea View more quotes about birds">birds which can rest on the wind, aloft for Ahn, wings spread, not moving, and, if they wished, descend, and rest on the sea itself. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 39 | Similarly it seemed that formidable island ubarates such as Tyros and Cos would have little to fear from, say, a squadron of bandit tarnsmen. |
| 12 | 40 | And would one not require the means to reach those sovereignties, which lay hundreds of pasangs to the west? The tarn is a land bird, and will not fly beyond the sight of land. |
| 12 | 41 | And even if the tarn could do that, no tarn could make that flight, but would fall exhausted into the sea. |
| 12 | 42 | They are not sea birds which can rest on the wind, aloft for Ahn, wings spread, not moving, and, if they wished, descend, and rest on the sea itself. |
| 12 | 43 | "Where?" I asked. |
| 12 | 44 | "Elsewhere," said Tajima, politely. |
| 12 | 45 | "Your forces," I said to Tajima, "seem to have means. |
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Similarly it seemed that formidable island ubarates such as Tyros and Cos would have little to fear from, say, a squadron of bandit tarnsmen.
And would one not require the means to reach those sovereignties, which lay hundreds of pasangs to the west? The tarn is a land bird, and will not fly beyond the sight of land.
And even if the tarn could do that, no tarn could make that flight, but would fall exhausted into the sea.
They are not sea birds which can rest on the wind, aloft for Ahn, wings spread, not moving, and, if they wished, descend, and rest on the sea itself.
"Where?" I asked.
"Elsewhere," said Tajima, politely.
"Your forces," I said to Tajima, "seem to have means.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)