Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 19 | 178 | The horde, View more quotes about taken">taken by surprise, was disorganized, unformed for battle. |
| 19 | 179 | It was milling about in confusion, panic-stricken. |
| 19 | 180 | Many of Pa-Kur's tarnsmen were already streaking from the city, seeking their own safety. |
| 19 | 181 | Undoubtedly, the horde of Pa-Kur greatly outnumbered the attackers, but it did not understand this. |
| 19 | 182 | It knew only that it had been taken by surprise, at a disadvantage by undetermined numbers of disciplined troops that were pouring down on them, while from above, enemy tarnsmen, unchallenged, emptied their quivers into their ranks. |
| 19 | 183 | Moreover, with the closing of the great gate, there was no refuge in the city; they were trapped against the walls, packed like cattle for the slaughter, trampling one another, unable to use their weapons. |
| 19 | 184 | Kazrak's tarn had alighted on the roof of the cylinder, and a moment afterward my father's and perhaps fifty others. |
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The horde, taken by surprise, was disorganized, unformed for battle.
It was milling about in confusion, panic-stricken.
Many of Pa-Kur's tarnsmen were already streaking from the city, seeking their own safety.
Undoubtedly, the horde of Pa-Kur greatly outnumbered the attackers, but it did not understand this.
It knew only that it had been taken by surprise, at a disadvantage by undetermined numbers of disciplined troops that were pouring down on them, while from above, enemy tarnsmen, unchallenged, emptied their quivers into their ranks.
Moreover, with the closing of the great gate, there was no refuge in the city; they were trapped against the walls, packed like cattle for the slaughter, trampling one another, unable to use their weapons.
Kazrak's tarn had alighted on the roof of the cylinder, and a moment afterward my father's and perhaps fifty others.
- (Tarnsman of Gor)