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Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)

The eyes of several of the heads had been replaced with jewels or precious stones, mostly, it seemed, jade. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 58, Sentence #273)
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58 273 The View more quotes about eyes">eyes of several of the heads had been replaced with jewels or precious stones, mostly, it seemed, jade.

Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)

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58 270 The air in the trophy room was oppressive with the perfumes used to preserve, and anoint, the heads.
58 271 The long black hair of each was oiled and combed carefully.
58 272 The teeth of several had been dyed black, which, in the eyes of some, particularly high ladies, I had learned, is accounted a beautification, a fashionable and aristocratic embellishment, an enhancement of charms, rather, I suppose, like the drug-dilated pupils of Renaissance ladies, or, depending on the culture, whitening powders, rouges, lipsticks of motley colors, eye shadows, and other variations of cosmetic ingenuity.
58 273 The eyes of several of the heads had been replaced with jewels or precious stones, mostly, it seemed, jade.
58 274 "The palace is large," I said.
58 275 "Lord Yamada will be in the room of the great dais," said Nodachi, "in the prime audience chamber, where taxes and tributes are presented, where vassal daimyos are received".
58 276 "He is not hiding?" I said.
The air in the trophy room was oppressive with the perfumes used to preserve, and anoint, the heads. The long black hair of each was oiled and combed carefully. The teeth of several had been dyed black, which, in the eyes of some, particularly high ladies, I had learned, is accounted a beautification, a fashionable and aristocratic embellishment, an enhancement of charms, rather, I suppose, like the drug-dilated pupils of Renaissance ladies, or, depending on the culture, whitening powders, rouges, lipsticks of motley colors, eye shadows, and other variations of cosmetic ingenuity. The eyes of several of the heads had been replaced with jewels or precious stones, mostly, it seemed, jade. "The palace is large," I said. "Lord Yamada will be in the room of the great dais," said Nodachi, "in the prime audience chamber, where taxes and tributes are presented, where vassal daimyos are received". "He is not hiding?" I said. - (Rebels of Gor)