Book 25. (1 results) Magicians of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 38 | My friend View more quotes about thurnock">Thurnock, in Port Kar, was one. |
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 35 | With respect to the staff, it serves of course not only as a weapon but, more usually, and more civilly, as an aid in traversing terrain of uncertain footing. |
| 16 | 36 | Too, it is often used, yokelike, fore and aft of its bearer, to carry suspended, balanced baskets. |
| 16 | 37 | Weaponwise, incidentally, there are men who can handle it so well that they are a match for many swordsmen. |
| 16 | 38 | My friend Thurnock, in Port Kar, was one. |
| 16 | 39 | Indeed, many sudden and unexpected blows had I received in lusty sport from that device in his hands. |
| 16 | 40 | Eventually, under his tutelage, I had become proficient with the weapon, enabled at any rate to defend myself with some efficiency. |
| 16 | 41 | But still I would not have cared to meet him, or such a fellow, in earnest, each of us armed only in such terms. |
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With respect to the staff, it serves of course not only as a weapon but, more usually, and more civilly, as an aid in traversing terrain of uncertain footing.
Too, it is often used, yokelike, fore and aft of its bearer, to carry suspended, balanced baskets.
Weaponwise, incidentally, there are men who can handle it so well that they are a match for many swordsmen.
My friend Thurnock, in Port Kar, was one.
Indeed, many sudden and unexpected blows had I received in lusty sport from that device in his hands.
Eventually, under his tutelage, I had become proficient with the weapon, enabled at any rate to defend myself with some efficiency.
But still I would not have cared to meet him, or such a fellow, in earnest, each of us armed only in such terms.
- (Magicians of Gor)