Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 2 | Both of us cast our spears at the same instant and the two weapons passed one another like tawny blurs of lightning. |
| 25 | 3 | Both of us had in casting our weapon inclined our shields in such a way as to lessen the impact of a direct hit. |
| 25 | 4 | Both of us cast well and the jolt of the massive missile thundering on my shield spun me half about. |
| 25 | 5 | The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it. |
| 25 | 6 | The shield, so encumbered, was useless. |
| 25 | 7 | Hardly had my shield been penetrated when my sword had leaped from its sheath and slashed through the shoulder straps of the shield, cutting it from my arm. |
| 25 | 8 | Only an instant after myself Thorn's shield too was flung to the stones of the chamber floor. |
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Both of us cast our spears at the same instant and the two weapons passed one another like tawny blurs of lightning.
Both of us had in casting our weapon inclined our shields in such a way as to lessen the impact of a direct hit.
Both of us cast well and the jolt of the massive missile thundering on my shield spun me half about.
The bronze head of the spear had cut through the brass loops on the shield and pierced the seven hardened concentric layers of bosk hide which formed it.
The shield, so encumbered, was useless.
Hardly had my shield been penetrated when my sword had leaped from its sheath and slashed through the shoulder straps of the shield, cutting it from my arm.
Only an instant after myself Thorn's shield too was flung to the stones of the chamber floor.
- (Outlaw of Gor, Chapter )