Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 624 | The very word for "Knight" in German is "Ritter," which, literally, View more quotes about means">means "Rider". |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 621 | The mystique of the rider lingered unquestioned for centuries. |
| 8 | 622 | Alexander would turn cavalry into a decisive arm. |
| 8 | 623 | Centuries later the stirrup and barbarian lancers would crush the world's most successful civilization. |
| 8 | 624 | The very word for "Knight" in German is "Ritter," which, literally, means "Rider". |
| 8 | 625 | The ascendancy of the cavalry would remain unchallenged until the achievement of revolutions in infantry tactics and missile power, such things as the coming of the massed pikes, and the flighted clothyard shafts of a dozen fields. |
| 8 | 626 | Something of the same joy of the rider, and mystique of the rider, exists on Gor in connection with the tarn as existed on Earth in connection with the horse. |
| 8 | 627 | For example, if you have thrilled to the movements and power of a fine steed, you have some conception of what it is to be aflight on tarnback. |
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The mystique of the rider lingered unquestioned for centuries.
Alexander would turn cavalry into a decisive arm.
Centuries later the stirrup and barbarian lancers would crush the world's most successful civilization.
The very word for "Knight" in German is "Ritter," which, literally, means "Rider".
The ascendancy of the cavalry would remain unchallenged until the achievement of revolutions in infantry tactics and missile power, such things as the coming of the massed pikes, and the flighted clothyard shafts of a dozen fields.
Something of the same joy of the rider, and mystique of the rider, exists on Gor in connection with the tarn as existed on Earth in connection with the horse.
For example, if you have thrilled to the movements and power of a fine steed, you have some conception of what it is to be aflight on tarnback.
- (Renegades of Gor)