Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 6 | The shield, so encumbered, was useless. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 3 | View more quotes about both">Both of us had in casting our weapon inclined our shields in such a way as to lessen the impact of a direct hit. |
| 25 | 4 | Both of us cast well and the jolt of the massive missile thundering on my shield spun me half about. |
| 25 | 5 | The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it. |
| 25 | 6 | The shield, so encumbered, was useless. |
| 25 | 7 | Hardly had my shield been penetrated when my sword had leaped from its sheath and slashed through the shoulder straps of the shield, cutting it from my arm. |
| 25 | 8 | Only an instant after myself Thorn's shield too was flung to the stones of the chamber floor. |
| 25 | 9 | My spear had been driven a yard through it and the head had passed over his left shoulder as he crouched behind it. |
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Both of us had in casting our weapon inclined our shields in such a way as to lessen the impact of a direct hit.
Both of us cast well and the jolt of the massive missile thundering on my shield spun me half about.
The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it.
The shield, so encumbered, was useless.
Hardly had my shield been penetrated when my sword had leaped from its sheath and slashed through the shoulder straps of the shield, cutting it from my arm.
Only an instant after myself Thorn's shield too was flung to the stones of the chamber floor.
My spear had been driven a yard through it and the head had passed over his left shoulder as he crouched behind it.
- (Outlaw of Gor)