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Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)

She found the vessel precious and beautiful, but here, of course, such things were thought little of; they were familiar, cheap and common. - (Prize of Gor, Chapter 22, Sentence #283)
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22 283 She View more quotes about found">found the vessel precious and beautiful, but here, of course, such things were thought little of; they were familiar, cheap and common.

Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)

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22 280 It would not do, not to return.
22 281 She looked at the red-figured vessel she carried, the red image on it bright, fresh and exciting against the smooth, glazed, curved, black background.
22 282 It reminded her of similar vessels she had seen long ago in museums, from ancient Greece, and she did not doubt but what the techniques and style of that and similar vessels might own to antecedents of her former world, that they might, in substance, nature and style, be traced back to the work of ancient terrestrial craftsmen.
22 283 She found the vessel precious and beautiful, but here, of course, such things were thought little of; they were familiar, cheap and common.
22 284 They were used for the serving of common ka-la-na; they might be handled even by slaves.
22 285 The figures on the vessel, two on one side, two on the other, were similar, rather as in a repeated design.
22 286 On each side the same scene was depicted, that of a nude female, presumably a slave, kneeling before a man, presumably her master, in whose hand there was a whip.
It would not do, not to return. She looked at the red-figured vessel she carried, the red image on it bright, fresh and exciting against the smooth, glazed, curved, black background. It reminded her of similar vessels she had seen long ago in museums, from ancient Greece, and she did not doubt but what the techniques and style of that and similar vessels might own to antecedents of her former world, that they might, in substance, nature and style, be traced back to the work of ancient terrestrial craftsmen. She found the vessel precious and beautiful, but here, of course, such things were thought little of; they were familiar, cheap and common. They were used for the serving of common ka-la-na; they might be handled even by slaves. The figures on the vessel, two on one side, two on the other, were similar, rather as in a repeated design. On each side the same scene was depicted, that of a nude female, presumably a slave, kneeling before a man, presumably her master, in whose hand there was a whip. - (Prize of Gor)