Book 6. (7 results) Raiders of Gor (Context Quote)
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Well used, the long bow is a far more devastating weapon than its rival, the crossbow; but few men had the strength and eye to use it well; I prided myself on my skill with the weapon.
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24
I paddled along, gently, kneeling on the rushes of my small, narrow craft.
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25
It is the weapon of a peasant, I heard echoing in my mind, and again smiled.
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26
The Older Tarl, my former master-at-arms, had so spoken to me years before in Ko-ro-ba, my city, the Towers of the Morning.
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27
I looked down at the long, heavy, leather-wrapped bow of supple Ka-la-na wood in the bottom of the rush craft.
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28
I laughed.
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It was true that the long bow is a weapon of peasants, who make and use them, sometimes with great efficiency.
Well used, the long bow is a far more devastating weapon than its rival, the crossbow; but few men had the strength and eye to use it well; I prided myself on my skill with the weapon.
I paddled along, gently, kneeling on the rushes of my small, narrow craft.
It is the weapon of a peasant, I heard echoing in my mind, and again smiled.
The Older Tarl, my former master-at-arms, had so spoken to me years before in Ko-ro-ba, my city, the Towers of the Morning.
I looked down at the long, heavy, leather-wrapped bow of supple Ka-la-na wood in the bottom of the rush craft.
I laughed.
It was true that the long bow is a weapon of peasants, who make and use them, sometimes with great efficiency.
- (Raiders of Gor, Chapter )