Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 23 | 127 | View more quotes about similarly">Similarly, as may be understood in terms of a simple simile, if one is holding an implement and it is struck with greater force it will be more difficult and tiring to return it to its original position than if it has not been struck heavily and has not been moved significantly. |
| 23 | 128 | Sometimes, though I had tried not to make this obvious, I had, in effect, beaten his blade to the side, rather than merely turned it away. |
| 23 | 129 | "Obviously this man cannot be Jason of Victoria," smiled Policrates. |
| 23 | 130 | Kliomenes angrily thrust his steel into its sheath. |
| 23 | 131 | I dropped my blade, too, into my sheath. |
| 23 | 132 | I had not attempted to respond to him, truly, but had only defended myself. |
| 23 | 133 | Since I had limited myself only to defense, and had not risked the exposures of attack, I had been in little danger, at least for a time. |
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Similarly, as may be understood in terms of a simple simile, if one is holding an implement and it is struck with greater force it will be more difficult and tiring to return it to its original position than if it has not been struck heavily and has not been moved significantly.
Sometimes, though I had tried not to make this obvious, I had, in effect, beaten his blade to the side, rather than merely turned it away.
"Obviously this man cannot be Jason of Victoria," smiled Policrates.
Kliomenes angrily thrust his steel into its sheath.
I dropped my blade, too, into my sheath.
I had not attempted to respond to him, truly, but had only defended myself.
Since I had limited myself only to defense, and had not risked the exposures of attack, I had been in little danger, at least for a time.
- (Rogue of Gor)