Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 186 | I acknowledged to View more quotes about myself">myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse. |
| 3 | 187 | During my training with the sword, the Older Tarl cut me unpleasantly a number of times, shouting out, annoyingly enough, I thought, "You are dead!" At last, near the end of my training, I managed to break through his guard and, pulling my stroke, to drive my blade against his chest. |
| 3 | 188 | I withdrew it bright with his blood. |
| 3 | 189 | He flung down his sword with a crash on the stone tiles and clasped me to his bleeding chest, laughing. |
| 3 | 190 | "I am dead!" he shouted in triumph. |
| 3 | 191 | He slapped me on the shoulders, proud as a father who has taught his son chess and has been defeated for the first time. |
| 3 | 192 | I also learned the use of the shield, primarily to meet the cast spear obliquely so that it would deflect harmlessly. |
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I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse.
During my training with the sword, the Older Tarl cut me unpleasantly a number of times, shouting out, annoyingly enough, I thought, "You are dead!" At last, near the end of my training, I managed to break through his guard and, pulling my stroke, to drive my blade against his chest.
I withdrew it bright with his blood.
He flung down his sword with a crash on the stone tiles and clasped me to his bleeding chest, laughing.
"I am dead!" he shouted in triumph.
He slapped me on the shoulders, proud as a father who has taught his son chess and has been defeated for the first time.
I also learned the use of the shield, primarily to meet the cast spear obliquely so that it would deflect harmlessly.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)