Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 217 | The latter had trained his crossbow on my breast. |
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Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 214 | "You are View more quotes about covered">covered with a crossbow". |
| 7 | 215 | "Well done, Men of Ar," exclaimed the daughter of the Ubar. |
| 7 | 216 | I turned slowly, my hands away from my body, and found myself facing two of the foot soldiers of Ar, one of them an officer, the other of common rank. |
| 7 | 217 | The latter had trained his crossbow on my breast. |
| 7 | 218 | At that distance he could not have missed, and if he had fired at that range, most probably the quarrel would have passed through my body and disappeared in the woods behind. |
| 7 | 219 | The initial velocity of a quarrel is the better part of a pasang per second. |
| 7 | 220 | The officer, a swaggering fellow whose helmet, though polished, bore the marks of combat, approached me, holding his sword to me, and seized my weapon from its scabbard and the girl's dagger from my belt. |
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"You are covered with a crossbow".
"Well done, Men of Ar," exclaimed the daughter of the Ubar.
I turned slowly, my hands away from my body, and found myself facing two of the foot soldiers of Ar, one of them an officer, the other of common rank.
The latter had trained his crossbow on my breast.
At that distance he could not have missed, and if he had fired at that range, most probably the quarrel would have passed through my body and disappeared in the woods behind.
The initial velocity of a quarrel is the better part of a pasang per second.
The officer, a swaggering fellow whose helmet, though polished, bore the marks of combat, approached me, holding his sword to me, and seized my weapon from its scabbard and the girl's dagger from my belt.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)