Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
3
180
In despair, with my left arm I lifted another spear from the spear-rack, to try once more.
3
181
Eventually, perhaps more to my surprise than that of the Older Tarl, my performance became almost creditable.
3
182
I had increased my margin of survival by some obscure percentage.
3
183
My training in the short, stabbing sword of the Goreans was as thorough as they could make it.
3
184
I had belonged to a fencing club at Oxford and had fenced for sport and pleasure at the college in New Hampshire, but this current business was serious.
3
185
Once again, I was supposed to learn to wield the weapon equally well with either hand, but, again, I could never manage to develop the skill to my genuine satisfaction.
3
186
I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse.
In despair, with my left arm I lifted another spear from the spear-rack, to try once more.
Eventually, perhaps more to my surprise than that of the Older Tarl, my performance became almost creditable.
I had increased my margin of survival by some obscure percentage.
My training in the short, stabbing sword of the Goreans was as thorough as they could make it.
I had belonged to a fencing club at Oxford and had fenced for sport and pleasure at the college in New Hampshire, but this current business was serious.
Once again, I was supposed to learn to wield the weapon equally well with either hand, but, again, I could never manage to develop the skill to my genuine satisfaction.
I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )