Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 181 | The View more quotes about common">common tarsk, on the other hand, is much smaller. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 178 | The greater forest tarsk, unlike the common tarsk, can be quite large. |
| 12 | 179 | When I first came to Gor I saw a tapestry depicting the tarn hunting of such beasts, and, from the sizes involved, I had thought the tapestry to be based on some fantasy or myth. |
| 12 | 180 | Only later did I discover that there were beasts of such a size. |
| 12 | 181 | The common tarsk, on the other hand, is much smaller. |
| 12 | 182 | When a slave, or even a free woman, is disparaged as a "she-tarsk," the smaller animal, the common tarsk, is invariably in mind. |
| 12 | 183 | Otherwise the metaphor would be unintelligible. |
| 12 | 184 | Indeed, many Goreans have never seen the forest tarsk, and many do not know of its existence. |
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The greater forest tarsk, unlike the common tarsk, can be quite large.
When I first came to Gor I saw a tapestry depicting the tarn hunting of such beasts, and, from the sizes involved, I had thought the tapestry to be based on some fantasy or myth.
Only later did I discover that there were beasts of such a size.
The common tarsk, on the other hand, is much smaller.
When a slave, or even a free woman, is disparaged as a "she-tarsk," the smaller animal, the common tarsk, is invariably in mind.
Otherwise the metaphor would be unintelligible.
Indeed, many Goreans have never seen the forest tarsk, and many do not know of its existence.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)