Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 36 | 39 | One is View more quotes about trained">trained to take the cast spear obliquely on the shield, that it may carom away. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 36 | 36 | Sometimes the spear, thrust or cast, is used to penetrate a shield, rendering it unwieldy, and a handicap to its bearer. |
| 36 | 37 | This is particularly to one's advantage if one is faced with a given foe, as in single combat. |
| 36 | 38 | The attack is then most often pressed with the blade, most commonly amongst Gorean warriors, a short sword, typically the gladius. |
| 36 | 39 | One is trained to take the cast spear obliquely on the shield, that it may carom away. |
| 36 | 40 | In such a case he who throws the spear has lost his weapon and the intended target remains unencumbered. |
| 36 | 41 | "The arrow is swifter," said Cabot. |
| 36 | 42 | "It is not for nothing the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the bird of death. |
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Sometimes the spear, thrust or cast, is used to penetrate a shield, rendering it unwieldy, and a handicap to its bearer.
This is particularly to one's advantage if one is faced with a given foe, as in single combat.
The attack is then most often pressed with the blade, most commonly amongst Gorean warriors, a short sword, typically the gladius.
One is trained to take the cast spear obliquely on the shield, that it may carom away.
In such a case he who throws the spear has lost his weapon and the intended target remains unencumbered.
"The arrow is swifter," said Cabot.
"It is not for nothing the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the bird of death.
- (Kur of Gor)