Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 203 | The View more quotes about older">Older Tarl, my redoubtable instructor in arms, did not care for them, regarding them as secondary weapons almost unworthy for the hand of a warrior. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 200 | It may be, of course, that the Priest-Kings controlled weapons as they did simply because they feared for their own safety. |
| 3 | 201 | I doubted that they stood against one another, man to man, sword to sword, in their holy mountains, putting their principles of selection to the test in their own cases. |
| 3 | 202 | Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, I did receive some instruction in them, but not much. |
| 3 | 203 | The Older Tarl, my redoubtable instructor in arms, did not care for them, regarding them as secondary weapons almost unworthy for the hand of a warrior. |
| 3 | 204 | I did not share his contempt, and occasionally during my rest periods had sought to improve my proficiency with them. |
| 3 | 205 | * * * * I gathered that my education was coming to an end. |
| 3 | 206 | Perhaps it was in the lengthening of the rest periods; perhaps it was in the repetition of materials I had already encountered; perhaps it was something in the attitude of my instructors. |
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It may be, of course, that the Priest-Kings controlled weapons as they did simply because they feared for their own safety.
I doubted that they stood against one another, man to man, sword to sword, in their holy mountains, putting their principles of selection to the test in their own cases.
Incidentally, speaking of the crossbow and longbow, I did receive some instruction in them, but not much.
The Older Tarl, my redoubtable instructor in arms, did not care for them, regarding them as secondary weapons almost unworthy for the hand of a warrior.
I did not share his contempt, and occasionally during my rest periods had sought to improve my proficiency with them.
* * * * I gathered that my education was coming to an end.
Perhaps it was in the lengthening of the rest periods; perhaps it was in the repetition of materials I had already encountered; perhaps it was something in the attitude of my instructors.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)