Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 183 | My training in the short, stabbing sword of the Goreans was as thorough as they could make it. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 180 | In despair, with my left arm I lifted another spear from the spear-rack, to try once more. |
| 3 | 181 | Eventually, perhaps more to my surprise than that of the Older Tarl, my performance became almost creditable. |
| 3 | 182 | I had increased my margin of survival by some obscure percentage. |
| 3 | 183 | My training in the short, stabbing sword of the Goreans was as thorough as they could make it. |
| 3 | 184 | I had belonged to a fencing club at Oxford and had fenced for sport and pleasure at the college in New Hampshire, but this current business was serious. |
| 3 | 185 | Once again, I was supposed to learn to wield the weapon equally well with either hand, but, again, I could never manage to develop the skill to my genuine satisfaction. |
| 3 | 186 | I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse. |
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In despair, with my left arm I lifted another spear from the spear-rack, to try once more.
Eventually, perhaps more to my surprise than that of the Older Tarl, my performance became almost creditable.
I had increased my margin of survival by some obscure percentage.
My training in the short, stabbing sword of the Goreans was as thorough as they could make it.
I had belonged to a fencing club at Oxford and had fenced for sport and pleasure at the college in New Hampshire, but this current business was serious.
Once again, I was supposed to learn to wield the weapon equally well with either hand, but, again, I could never manage to develop the skill to my genuine satisfaction.
I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 3)