Book 24. (1 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 26 | Yet it is from the nearness of the View more quotes about village">village that the battle took its name. |
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Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 23 | It was said that once, long ago, there had been a battle there, more than two hundred years ago, the battle of Teslit, fought between the forces of Ven and Harfax. |
| 3 | 24 | Many do not even know there is a village there. |
| 3 | 25 | They have heard only of the battle. |
| 3 | 26 | Yet it is from the nearness of the village that the battle took its name. |
| 3 | 27 | Such historical details seem curious. |
| 3 | 28 | I listened for a moment, and it seemed to me then, as though from below, and yet from far away, as from another time, faintly, I heard the blare of trumpets, the rolling of the drums, the crying of men, the clash of metals. |
| 3 | 29 | Once I supposed that that placid road below, that ribbon of dust between the brown shores of grass, had run with blood. |
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It was said that once, long ago, there had been a battle there, more than two hundred years ago, the battle of Teslit, fought between the forces of Ven and Harfax.
Many do not even know there is a village there.
They have heard only of the battle.
Yet it is from the nearness of the village that the battle took its name.
Such historical details seem curious.
I listened for a moment, and it seemed to me then, as though from below, and yet from far away, as from another time, faintly, I heard the blare of trumpets, the rolling of the drums, the crying of men, the clash of metals.
Once I supposed that that placid road below, that ribbon of dust between the brown shores of grass, had run with blood.
- (Vagabonds of Gor)