Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 13 | 858 | My captor then wheeled away, the other, his View more quotes about blade">blade now drawn, trying to press close. |
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Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 13 | 855 | Again the spear struck, but this time my captor took the point in the shield. |
| 13 | 856 | I, bound, saw, suddenly, the bronze point, a foot of it, inches from my face, explode through the hide. |
| 13 | 857 | I screamed. |
| 13 | 858 | My captor then wheeled away, the other, his blade now drawn, trying to press close. |
| 13 | 859 | My captor had wished to rid his enemy of the spear, because of its reach, but, to do so, his own defense was impaired. |
| 13 | 860 | With incredible strength, his sword dangling from its wrist strap, commonly used by tarnsmen in flight, I saw him withdraw the spear from the shield, but at the same time the other's tarn struck ours, and his blade, flashing downwards, struck the heavy shaft of the spear, splintering it, half severing it. |
| 13 | 861 | He struck again and the spear shaft, with a scattering of wood, split apart. |
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Again the spear struck, but this time my captor took the point in the shield.
I, bound, saw, suddenly, the bronze point, a foot of it, inches from my face, explode through the hide.
I screamed.
My captor then wheeled away, the other, his blade now drawn, trying to press close.
My captor had wished to rid his enemy of the spear, because of its reach, but, to do so, his own defense was impaired.
With incredible strength, his sword dangling from its wrist strap, commonly used by tarnsmen in flight, I saw him withdraw the spear from the shield, but at the same time the other's tarn struck ours, and his blade, flashing downwards, struck the heavy shaft of the spear, splintering it, half severing it.
He struck again and the spear shaft, with a scattering of wood, split apart.
- (Captive of Gor)