Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 144 | At his feet lay a helmet, shield, spear, and sword. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 141 | On the other hand, I objected to the Initiates being in the place of honor, as it seemed to me that they, even more than the Warriors, were nonproductive members of society. |
| 4 | 142 | For the Warriors, at least, one could say that they afforded protection to the city, but for the Initiates one could say very little, perhaps only that they provided some comfort for ills and plagues largely of their own manufacture. |
| 4 | 143 | In the center of the amphitheater was a throne of office, and on this throne, in his robe of state—a plain brown garment, the humblest cloth in the hall—sat my father, Administrator of Ko-ro-ba, once Ubar, War Chieftain of the city. |
| 4 | 144 | At his feet lay a helmet, shield, spear, and sword. |
| 4 | 145 | "Come forward, Tarl Cabot," said my father, and I stood before his throne of office, feeling the eyes of everyone in the chamber on me. |
| 4 | 146 | Behind me stood the Older Tarl. |
| 4 | 147 | I had noted that those blue Viking eyes showed almost no evidence of the previous night. |
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On the other hand, I objected to the Initiates being in the place of honor, as it seemed to me that they, even more than the Warriors, were nonproductive members of society.
For the Warriors, at least, one could say that they afforded protection to the city, but for the Initiates one could say very little, perhaps only that they provided some comfort for ills and plagues largely of their own manufacture.
In the center of the amphitheater was a throne of office, and on this throne, in his robe of state—a plain brown garment, the humblest cloth in the hall—sat my father, Administrator of Ko-ro-ba, once Ubar, War Chieftain of the city.
At his feet lay a helmet, shield, spear, and sword.
"Come forward, Tarl Cabot," said my father, and I stood before his throne of office, feeling the eyes of everyone in the chamber on me.
Behind me stood the Older Tarl.
I had noted that those blue Viking eyes showed almost no evidence of the previous night.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter 4)