Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 658 | The crossbow, even the stirrup View more quotes about variety">variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 655 | I was not alone, as neck-roped women, and warriors, singly, and in prides, fled the city. |
| 3 | 656 | There were tarns in the sky and their shadows seemed to race across the grass. |
| 3 | 657 | More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide. |
| 3 | 658 | The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction. |
| 3 | 659 | Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive. |
| 3 | 660 | I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women. |
| 3 | 661 | I realized, again, a difference between ourselves and men. |
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I was not alone, as neck-roped women, and warriors, singly, and in prides, fled the city.
There were tarns in the sky and their shadows seemed to race across the grass.
More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide.
The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction.
Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive.
I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women.
I realized, again, a difference between ourselves and men.
- (Mariners of Gor)