Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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307
There must have been forty or fifty men now filing through the gate, many, as several of those with Lord Akio, still in the livery of Yamada.
60
308
Ela, I thought to myself.
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309
The matter is done! We had held the bridge well, our narrow, wooden field of battle giving our smaller number the equalizing advantages of height and narrowness of access.
60
310
Indeed, on some of the narrow, graceful, soaring bridges of the high cities of the continent, arching amongst lofty keeplike cylinders, there were many accounts of such high and dangerous passages being defended by one or two men against dozens.
60
311
Odds of ten to one are considerably qualified when nine of the ten must remain inactive, when the ten must meet the one singly, one at a time, only one at a time.
60
312
My despair was occasioned by noting that several of the newcomers carried bows, and full quivers of the long Pani arrows.
60
313
Lord Akio's men had moved back, to allow the approach of the newcomers.
There must have been forty or fifty men now filing through the gate, many, as several of those with Lord Akio, still in the livery of Yamada.
Ela, I thought to myself.
The matter is done! We had held the bridge well, our narrow, wooden field of battle giving our smaller number the equalizing advantages of height and narrowness of access.
Indeed, on some of the narrow, graceful, soaring bridges of the high cities of the continent, arching amongst lofty keeplike cylinders, there were many accounts of such high and dangerous passages being defended by one or two men against dozens.
Odds of ten to one are considerably qualified when nine of the ten must remain inactive, when the ten must meet the one singly, one at a time, only one at a time.
My despair was occasioned by noting that several of the newcomers carried bows, and full quivers of the long Pani arrows.
Lord Akio's men had moved back, to allow the approach of the newcomers.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter )