Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 148 | The lances are View more quotes about black">black, cut from the poles of young tem trees. |
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Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 145 | The lances of the Wagon Peoples are not couched. |
| 2 | 146 | They are carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light, used for thrusting, not the battering-ram effect of the heavy lances of Europe's High Middle Ages. |
| 2 | 147 | Needless to say, they can be almost as swift and delicate in their address as a saber. |
| 2 | 148 | The lances are black, cut from the poles of young tem trees. |
| 2 | 149 | They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break. |
| 2 | 150 | A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps to retain the weapon in hand-to-hand combat. |
| 2 | 151 | It is seldom thrown. |
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The lances of the Wagon Peoples are not couched.
They are carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light, used for thrusting, not the battering-ram effect of the heavy lances of Europe's High Middle Ages.
Needless to say, they can be almost as swift and delicate in their address as a saber.
The lances are black, cut from the poles of young tem trees.
They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break.
A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps to retain the weapon in hand-to-hand combat.
It is seldom thrown.
- (Nomads of Gor)