Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 93 | Then, in View more quotes about battle">battle, I had released them with riders, primarily to cast vessels of fire upon the ships of Cos and Tyros. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 90 | "As it turned out," I said. |
| 30 | 91 | The tarn is a land bird and will not fly beyond the sight of land. |
| 30 | 92 | What I had done was to house tarns below decks until we were far from land. |
| 30 | 93 | Then, in battle, I had released them with riders, primarily to cast vessels of fire upon the ships of Cos and Tyros. |
| 30 | 94 | Fortunately for us the tarns responded to their straps as though over land. |
| 30 | 95 | They may have taken the ships below as land, as islands, so to speak, or, perhaps, it was a mere matter that we had not triggered or engaged the bird's reluctance to forsake the sight of land. |
| 30 | 96 | I supposed this disposition had been selected for in the course of the beast's evolution. |
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"As it turned out," I said.
The tarn is a land bird and will not fly beyond the sight of land.
What I had done was to house tarns below decks until we were far from land.
Then, in battle, I had released them with riders, primarily to cast vessels of fire upon the ships of Cos and Tyros.
Fortunately for us the tarns responded to their straps as though over land.
They may have taken the ships below as land, as islands, so to speak, or, perhaps, it was a mere matter that we had not triggered or engaged the bird's reluctance to forsake the sight of land.
I supposed this disposition had been selected for in the course of the beast's evolution.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)