Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 45 | 19 | "And View more quotes about once">once briefly glimpsed, and then concealed," said Tajima, "imagination may be permitted to enlarge its menaces and terrors". |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 45 | 16 | "I am sure of it," I said. |
| 45 | 17 | "As far as I know," said Tajima, "it has not flown since the attack on the holding of Lord Temmu". |
| 45 | 18 | "What is not seen is often more frightening than what is seen," I said. |
| 45 | 19 | "And once briefly glimpsed, and then concealed," said Tajima, "imagination may be permitted to enlarge its menaces and terrors". |
| 45 | 20 | "I think so," I said. |
| 45 | 21 | "If it were frequently seen it would be obvious that, however awesome it is, it is not a living, breathing dragon, no egg-sprung beast of flesh and blood, but a contrivance of sorts, terrible though it may be. |
| 45 | 22 | It would be obvious that it is not the iron dragon of myth and legend, the source of which is lost in history, but a surrogate of that, a counterfeit". |
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"I am sure of it," I said.
"As far as I know," said Tajima, "it has not flown since the attack on the holding of Lord Temmu".
"What is not seen is often more frightening than what is seen," I said.
"And once briefly glimpsed, and then concealed," said Tajima, "imagination may be permitted to enlarge its menaces and terrors".
"I think so," I said.
"If it were frequently seen it would be obvious that, however awesome it is, it is not a living, breathing dragon, no egg-sprung beast of flesh and blood, but a contrivance of sorts, terrible though it may be.
It would be obvious that it is not the iron dragon of myth and legend, the source of which is lost in history, but a surrogate of that, a counterfeit".
- (Rebels of Gor)