Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 26 | View more quotes about consider">Consider the difficulties of trying to communicate with, or control, a boulder tumbling down a mountainside. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 23 | The inertia of a tharlarion is formidable. |
| 19 | 24 | It cannot be turned and halted with the same ease as might, say, a kaiila, or horse, which may be instantly turned or halted, pulled up short, and so on. |
| 19 | 25 | When the tharlarion has its own head it is difficult to control. |
| 19 | 26 | Consider the difficulties of trying to communicate with, or control, a boulder tumbling down a mountainside. |
| 19 | 27 | Draft tharlarion, of which variety these were, are normally driven slowly, and with care. |
| 19 | 28 | War tharlarion, often larger than draft tharlarion, can be, and are, used in charges. |
| 19 | 29 | There is little defense against them if encountered on unprepared, level ground. |
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The inertia of a tharlarion is formidable.
It cannot be turned and halted with the same ease as might, say, a kaiila, or horse, which may be instantly turned or halted, pulled up short, and so on.
When the tharlarion has its own head it is difficult to control.
Consider the difficulties of trying to communicate with, or control, a boulder tumbling down a mountainside.
Draft tharlarion, of which variety these were, are normally driven slowly, and with care.
War tharlarion, often larger than draft tharlarion, can be, and are, used in charges.
There is little defense against them if encountered on unprepared, level ground.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)