| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 7 | 50 |
Lara's lips had been rich and fine, sensitive and curious, tender, eager, hungry; the lips of Vika were maddening; I recalled those lips, full and red, pouting, defiant, scornful, scarlet with a slave girl's challenge to my blood; I wondered if Vika might be a bred slave, a Passion Slave, one of tho... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 10 | 297 |
The selection of the girls, incidentally, is determined by judges in their city, or of their own people, in Turia by members of the Caste of Physicians who have served in the great slave houses of Ar; among the wagons by the masters of the public slave wagons, who buy, sell and rent girls, providing... |
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| 20 | 7 |
The keep, in the private houses of Goreans, is most often a round, stone tower, built for defense, containing water and food. |
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| 14 | 136 |
Several minor houses had shut down; there were others, but small houses, scrabbling for the thirty percent of the trade still left them. |
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| 2 | 208 |
"Yes," said Portus, "and the rich Merchants, and the great houses, those on the Street of Coins, and on the Street of Brands, hire their own men". |
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| 2 | 245 |
Kuurus had heard of the House of Portus, one of the largest of the slave houses in the Street of Brands. |
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| 2 | 275 |
"Already six houses on the Street of Brands have been purchased or closed". |
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| 2 | 278 |
"Does it not offend you? Are you not outraged? Even in terms of merchandise and prices cannot you see what it would mean? Even now the lesser houses find it difficult to acquire premium slaves, and when we obtain them, we are undersold. |
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| 2 | 279 |
Few go to the lesser houses to buy slaves this year in Ar". |
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| 2 | 286 |
"I thought for a time," he said, "that they intended to sell at a radical loss until the other slave houses were forced to close, and then to recoup their losses with profit by setting their own prices—but then when I considered again the gold which sponsored the games and races honoring the ... |
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| 4 | 18 |
It reminded me, in its way, of a room in a prison and such, in its way, it was, for it was a room in the House of Cernus, greatest of the slave houses of Ar. |
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| 4 | 102 |
"This house itself," said Cernus, "is allied with the faction of the Greens, as certain other houses, and various of the establishments of the city, are associated with other factions". |
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| 5 | 452 |
"It is one of the great slave houses," I said, "generations old". |
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| 9 | 3 |
It was, of course, the largest and most opulent of the slave houses in Ar. |
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| 9 | 6 |
The breeding lines of the House of Cernus were recognized, with those of the House of Portus, and certain other of the large slave houses, throughout known Gor. |
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| 9 | 7 |
To a slaver, certain girls can be recognized at a glance, as being of certain varieties developed by certain houses. |
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| 9 | 19 |
The only difference between these facilities in the House of Cernus and such facilities in other houses would probably have been in size, numbers of staff and lavishment of appointment. |
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| 9 | 24 |
Although there are some private show and sales rooms in the House of Cernus, and private auctions and exhibitions, intended to interest prospective clients, are held, most slaves, of the House of Cernus and others, are sold in one of the five public auction houses, licensed and taxed by the Administ... |
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| 9 | 29 |
At the minor blocks in the small houses, or even the minor blocks in the Curulean, sales are conducted with a swiftness and dispatch that gives the girl little time to interest and impress buyers, with the result that even a very fine girl, to her indignation and shame, may be sold for only an avera... |
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| 9 | 80 |
"It is common in slave houses, where one may wish to observe without being observed". |
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| 12 | 157 |
The girls were neither of the House of Cernus nor of Portus, but of one of the several lesser houses on the Street of Brands. |
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| 15 | 362 |
Many houses would doubtless have put them up for sale in En'Kara, but Cernus, as I had heard, was saving them for the Love Feast, which occupies the five days of the fifth passage hand, falling late in the summer. |
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| 15 | 410 |
It seemed incredible to me that Portus had come to the House of Cernus, for much bad blood had existed between the houses. |
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| 16 | 4 |
I would have expected the price of slaves to rise in Ar, but Cernus did not permit it, but continued, when necessary, to undersell the minor houses to keep the general prices in the range he wished. |
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| 16 | 21 |
It is thought that the pitch and the branches of the Brak Bush discourage the entry of bad luck into the houses of the citizens. |
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| 16 | 22 |
During the days of the Waiting Hand the streets are almost deserted, and in the Houses there is much fasting, and little conversation, and no song. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 140 |
To get a better figure, particularly since the above figures are themselves approximations, let us say that Port Kar houses in the neighborhood of five thousand ships. |
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| 10 | 158 |
The men of Port Kar may permit slaves to build their houses and their walls, but they do not permit them to build their ships. |
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| 18 | 514 |
At my side I now wore the sword that I had brought originally to Port Kar, that which I had carried so many years before, even at the siege of Ar, and in Tharna, and in the Nest of Priest-Kings and on the plains of the Wagon Peoples, and in the streets of great Ar itself, when I had seemed to serve ... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 21 |
Beyond this, Targo had speculated that since no city had recently fallen, and the house of Cernus had been destroyed in Ar, one of the great slave houses, that the market would be high this spring. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 97 |
In such houses, too, sometimes among the other merchandise, there are pleasure slaves, trained girls, imported perhaps from Ar. |
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| 3 | 109 |
Those of Lydius pretend to much civilization, and are fond of decorating their houses, commonly of wood, with high, pointed roofs, in manners they think typical of Ar, of Ko-ro-ba, of Tharna and Turia, but to settle points of honor they commonly repair to a skerry in Thassa, little more than forty f... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 76 |
I supposed there were few merchants in known Gor whose houses were as rich, as powerful, as mine. |
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| 13 | 162 |
The palisade enclosed some two acres; within it were many shops and storage houses, even an ice house; in the center, of course, reared the great hall itself, that rude, high-roofed palace of the north, the house of Svein Blue Tooth. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 210 |
Free women, in the Tahari, incidentally, usually, when out of their houses, also measure their stride. |
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| 7 | 369 |
It is useful to our purposes, in infiltrating houses, in obtaining secrets, in seducing officers and important men, and, of course, to reward our followers and, naturally, as a simple item for exchange, a form of currency; the slave girl is usually in demand, particularly if beautiful and trained; a... |
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| 13 | 418 |
In the slave houses they are sometimes brought before the curule chair of the house master in their strange, unfamiliar garments. |
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| 17 | 6 |
Even in the shadow of Klima's Keep itself, the squarish, stout, fortresslike building which houses the weaponry, domicile and office of the Salt Master himself, did we recruit our crew. |
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| 26 | 25 |
Arrangements must be made for auction houses. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 243 |
In many houses we would be kept with the kettles, as scullery and kitchen girls. |
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| 9 | 894 |
Girls more beautiful than I often slaved in the kitchens of great houses or, in state tunics and chains, scrubbed the floors of public buildings at night. |
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| 13 | 43 |
It is a minor auction house, usually handling lesser, cheaper slaves, usually females, in greater volumes; it lacks the prestige of such houses as that of Claudius and the Curulean; nonetheless, it is not unfrequented and it has a reputation as a place in which, not unoften, bargains may be obtained... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 9 | 8 |
On our side of the wall was the compound, with the hall of the commander, the long houses of the guards and hunters, and the roofed, wooden pens of the laborers. |
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| 21 | 9 |
The huts, and even the houses of ice sometimes built by the hunters in their journeys and hunts, can be quite comfortable, even when the weather outside may be dozens of degrees below zero. |
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| 21 | 12 |
When the houses are cold, of course, the hunters are generally sleeping in their furs, together with their women. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 557 |
Many merchant houses, from distant cities, have outlets or agents in Schendi. |
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| 12 | 65 |
"It is not uncommon for burglars to enter houses through these grilles," said Shaba. |
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| 32 | 1088 |
Blue and yellow are often used for the tenting of slave pavilions, and in the decor of auction houses. |
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| 33 | 146 |
Two such houses in Ar are those of Kelsius and Aurelius. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 554 |
It was true that often, in slave pens, and in the houses of slavers, women were kept nude, save for their collars. |
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| 13 | 418 |
It is for such reasons that slave girls are sometimes sent from their houses locked in the iron belt. |
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| 16 | 101 |
They are, at any rate, supposedly unique to given houses. |
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| 16 | 141 |
Similarly most cities will have their "Street of Brands," on which street, or in which area, one would expect to find the houses of its slavers. |
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| 16 | 142 |
It is to one of these houses, or one of the markets in the area, that one would go if one wished to buy a woman. |
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| 17 | 129 |
"I could sell ten houses," she smiled, "and not recoup my fortunes. |
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| 34 | 57 |
It is better conducted in slavers' houses, on colorful, smooth-tiled floors, in spacious rooms, often encircled with mirrors, so that the girls may gather some sense of how lovely they are, and how beautiful and desirable they are becoming, in their training, and, indeed, must become. |
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| 34 | 172 |
Not surprisingly then, slaves are a frequent and familiar sight on Gor, in the streets and markets, in the taverns and shops, in the fields and on the roads, and so on, almost everywhere, and certainly one expects to find them in private houses, engaged in domestic labors and deferentially serving. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 493 |
Whereas there are bred slaves on Gor, and houses that specialize in such, almost all female slaves have begun their lives as free women. |
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| 32 | 307 |
In a few moments, walking along the parapets, we had come to the edge of the west gate tower, that which houses, in its lowest level, the chamber of the windlass. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 154 |
Children of many houses might be startled if they could see the transformation which takes place in their pretty Didi or Lale, whom they know as their nurse, governess and playmate, when she is, in their absence or after their bedtime, ordered to the chamber of one of the young masters, there to dan... |
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| 15 | 42 |
"The people cower in their houses". |
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| 17 | 5 |
And woe to the girl who does not return with a jangling coin box on her neck chain! Some girls, once designated, and locked in their accouterments, kneeling, weeping, scratch even at the insides of the stout gates of their masters' houses, hoping to be sent into the streets early, that their chances... |
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| 17 | 24 |
By putting out my hands I could almost touch the walls of the facing houses. |
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| 19 | 119 |
The houses are, accordingly, experienced quite differently. |
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| 21 | 197 |
My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice chest. |
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| 21 | 201 |
Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. |
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| 21 | 202 |
One may go to the ice houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1321 |
Many slave houses, of course, maintain both male and female trainers. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 231 |
As suggested earlier, however, in most houses, little time is lost in teaching a girl to kiss, lick, and writhe. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 31 |
"This is one of the better, and more respectable of the slave houses in Corcyrus," he said. |
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| 8 | 290 |
The other girls, too, or many of them, I supposed, and countless others like them, passing through just such houses as this, would be sold. |
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| 30 | 420 |
In more sumptuous houses such dining may take place on porticoes or verandahs. |
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| 31 | 148 |
Slave houses and businesses keep such records on their properties. |
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| 33 | 346 |
"In the search for the Tatrix," said Miles, "the records of hundreds of slave houses were checked, to see if a woman of her description might have been processed. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 |
During this time most Goreans remain within their houses. |
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| 1 | 76 |
These precautions, and others like them, are intended to discourage the entry of ill luck into the houses. |
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| 1 | 77 |
In the houses there is little conversation and no song. |
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| 1 | 84 |
The people then, rejoicing, issue forth from their houses. |
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| 1 | 1162 |
In two days, however, it would be lit with lanterns, thrust out on jutting poles from the bordering, clifflike houses, and strung with garlands and flags. |
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| 2 | 856 |
Such booths are usually set up in the courtyards of slavers' houses and at special times, generally in the neighborhood of holidays and festivals. |
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| 2 | 857 |
At other times, of course, such girls may be examined and tested in private chambers in the slavers' houses. |
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| 2 | 859 |
They were, in effect, good-will and promotional devices, donated to the festivities, for the pleasures of free men, by the houses of various slavers. |
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| 3 | 88 |
Most female slavers, accordingly, are established in cities, where they own or manage houses. |
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| 7 | 96 |
At other times they normally work in slavers' houses. |
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| 7 | 156 |
Different houses have their own conventions. |
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| 12 | 762 |
Many other slaves, particularly in their masters' houses, are kept naked. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 343 |
Slave training is offered in the houses of many slavers, and, of course, they often train their own girls to one extent or another before putting them up for sale. |
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| 2 | 207 |
In the houses of administrators, in the domiciles of high merchants, in the palaces of Ubars, for example, slaves, and usually extremely beautiful ones, for they can afford them, are often abundant. |
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| 4 | 183 |
"Such women may be bought in the cities," I said, "in slave markets, from the houses of slavers, from private dealers. |
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| 13 | 270 |
"Eventually all the houses will be searched. |
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| 20 | 84 |
Yet I knew that somewhere within it, perhaps within its crowded quarters, from which mobs might erupt like floods, or within its sheltered patios and gardens, where high ladies might exchange gossip, sip nectars and toy with dainty repasts, served to them by male silk slaves, or among its houses and... |
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| 21 | 239 |
In it, commonly, are located the major slave houses of a city. |
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| 21 | 246 |
It is there, too, in the confines of the houses, that girls are often trained superbly and thoroughly in the intimate arts of giving exquisite pleasures to masters. |
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| 21 | 267 |
Many girls, incidentally, have been on Wagon Street, being brought down it on their first trip to Ar, though perhaps they did not see much of it, their ankles chained to the central bar in the blue-and-yellow slave wagons, those delivering them, according, say, to the disk numbers on their collars, ... |
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| 24 | 70 |
"There are some fine houses in this district," said Hurtha, "particularly over several blocks. |
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| 25 | 333 |
Many girls are sold directly from slave houses, from cells and cages, from stalls in a bazaar, from public hawkings in a plaza, from open-air markets, from wagons, at festivals and fairs, from slave camps, in fields, at the edges of busy roads, outside city gates, and so on. |
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| 25 | 339 |
Accordingly, most auctions occur under the auspices of established slave houses. |
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| 25 | 340 |
To be sure, some houses hold regularly scheduled auctions, and this eliminates the need for special advertising. |
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| 26 | 2011 |
Speech is one of the houses of her beauty. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 111 |
Such things are often found in such houses, like rings and posts, commonly being used for purposes of display and discipline. |
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| 26 | 121 |
Some, too, of course, as would be expected, serve in the houses of rich men and even in the palaces of ubars, where we commonly dance for them at their suppers, entertaining them and their guests. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 |
In the houses of slavers and in slave markets, beautiful women, for example, are almost always kept nude. |
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| 4 | 35 |
They are often warmer than their houses. |
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| 5 | 528 |
Many civilians, I believe, do not know why certain warriors, by habit, request their paga in metal goblets when dining in public houses. |
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| 6 | 695 |
Usually, but not always, they are attached to the houses of slavers. |
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| 15 | 10 |
From time to time we could hear, and sometimes feel, through the floor, the impact of the Cosian projectiles, the great stones, some of which would weigh a thousand pounds or more, flung by mighty catapults, some the size of houses. |
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| 21 | 981 |
Interestingly, when women are brought into the city, to be taken to slave houses, if they are not in slave wagons and are marched in coffles, two surprisingly different practices vie for popularity. |
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| 23 | 252 |
Certainly it was no secret that slavers, particularly in the more expensive houses, occasionally planned the sale of women in great detail, carefully regulating the order, arrangement, style, pacing and presentation of the goods, sometimes, in effect, even choreographing or staging the sale. |
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| 24 | 51 |
Many houses are strict about such matters. |
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| 24 | 576 |
Even the lowest of castes is then undreamt-of heights above them, for in such houses, as in any house, they are only animals. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 639 |
It may also, of course, take place elsewhere, for example, in the houses of rich men, at dinners, banquets, and so on. |
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| 26 | 215 |
Besnit, her walls breached, had been forced to surrender her slaves, and a selection of her high-caste daughters, to be made slaves, and trained under the women who had formerly been slaves in their own houses. |
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| 26 | 219 |
It had been to permit the men of Besnit to make a selection from among them, in the number of a hundred, the same number which had been that of the high-caste daughters earlier taken by the men of Harfax, this hundred then to be impressed into slavery, trained by slaves in the houses of Besnit, and ... |
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| 44 | 286 |
Sometimes, too, they are used in the houses of slavers, as house collars. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 204 |
That product would have been more likely to have been, as it still was, available on the "Street of Brands," a district in which are found many of the houses of slavers, sales barns, sales arenas, holding areas, boarding accommodations, training facilities, and shops dealing with product lines perti... |
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| 8 | 306 |
Indeed, sometimes masters, with their individual slave or slaves, and even owners of feast slaves, managers of slave houses, taverns, brothels, and such, will bring a chain of slaves to various events, such as races, contests, games or performances. |
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| 10 | 151 |
They burn their gates, they dismantle their walls, they hide in their houses at night. |
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| 14 | 118 |
There had been many such, the soldiers appearing with their ropes, often late at night, bursting into houses, bringing their catches forth, in various states of undress and nightwear, to the waiting wagons. |
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| 19 | 10 |
Many of Ar's more affluent citizens kept houses in Venna, at least prior to the Cosian war. |
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| 24 | 122 |
Owning a large number of beautiful slaves is a mark of wealth on Gor, as would be, say, automobiles, boats, houses, or such, on Earth. |
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| 24 | 389 |
Too, folks do not just welcome strange slaves into their houses, greeting them and inviting them to share their kettles. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 90 |
Some we ship without training, to other houses and such. |
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| 7 | 969 |
Sometimes there were attempts from outside houses to reach suspected flowers within. |
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| 19 | 326 |
Did they not think their own efforts had been efficacious in these matters? Who, after all, rode the mighty tarns, who did battle, who risked their lives, who, sword in hand, bestrode the corridors of burning palaces? And how must such words sound to the lovely captives? Surely they, if none others,... |
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| 29 | 138 |
Indeed, it is now the most prosperous of the merchant houses in Harfax. |
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| 29 | 140 |
But, know that even now, now, in a time in which our fortunes have been recovered and more, in a time in which our name shines again, and more brightly than ever, in a dozen cities, in a time in which we have become first among the houses of our caste in Harfax, we still remember that name. |
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| 29 | 871 |
There should be no difficulties in the matter, as we are one of the richest houses in Venna". |
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| 33 | 52 |
Most houses in which female slaves may be found, it might be mentioned, as it may be of interest to some, would not have sleen. |
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| 46 | 459 |
Who knows within what houses may be heard the voices of honor? Who knows within what walls may be heard her songs? "I do not think we can leave the city," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 238 |
The Gorean culture, with its penchant for naturalness and beauty, and with skills doubtless honed in slave houses over generations, had learned well how to dress and adorn its lovely chattels, so natural, and essential, and beautiful a part of its rich and complex world. |
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| 11 | 251 |
To be sure, men are fond of looking upon their properties, their houses, their works of art, their collections, their lands, their gardens, their forests, their dogs and horses, their women. |
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| 11 | 323 |
Houses of cards do not well withstand the winds of a changing world. |
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| 24 | 172 |
"That is common in most houses". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 69 |
"Such things are common in slaughter houses. |
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| 43 | 102 |
Certainly few free women are likely to be found so, except doubtless in the houses of slavers, awaiting their branding and collaring". |
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| 79 | 215 |
In some houses the slaves, in serving, as indicated, might be clad in gowns, indeed, in long, lovely, flowing gowns. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 2 |
As the huts and sheds, the warehouses and bath houses, and cook houses, dormitories and arsenals, and the dojo, collapsed in flaming timbers and planks, hundreds of men, in columns, following wagons, drawn by tharlarion, took the mysterious well-rutted road which had led eastward, southeastward, fro... |
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| 5 | 824 |
Enemies were at hand, ransacking houses, scouring bridges, searching towers, closing in upon us. |
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| 10 | 82 |
I would later learn that these were, indeed, "contract women," who, as girls, were often sold to pleasure houses, most often by their parents. |
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| 11 | 30 |
How far she was now from the seats of commercial power, far from the treasure houses of wealth, far from paneled board rooms, long corridors, marshaled desks, and bright offices. |
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| 12 | 246 |
"The men," said Tajima, "are brought food by tharlarion wagon, and, if they wish, they may visit the cook houses in the main camp". |
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| 12 | 249 |
"In the slave houses there are mats aligned, a row on each side, and each mat has its ring and chain, and slave. |
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| 13 | 52 |
She whom I sought, I had learned, upon inquiries, was the former Lady Portia Lia Serisia of Sun Gate Towers, an exclusive district, near Ar's Street of Coins, where were found most of the banking houses of the city. |
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| 13 | 435 |
There are the slaves of great houses, those ornamenting pleasure gardens, those chained behind palanquins for display, those sold to brothels and taverns, those of the fields, and mines, and laundries and mills, those of the stables and barracks, and inns, those belonging to regiments, to shipping l... |
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| 18 | 325 |
"Yes," he said, "primarily women of enemy houses. |
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| 18 | 327 |
"Enemy houses?" I asked. |
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| 19 | 326 |
I had seen them in markets, awaiting their sale, and during their sale; I had seen them trekked in coffle, transported in slave wagons, reclining in cages, looking out at men who might buy them; I had seen them hurrying in the streets, bargaining with vendors, busy on the quays, laughing, and teasin... |
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| 23 | 15 |
I supposed one such as a shogun would suffer no dearth of collar-girls, say, women purchased in one market or another or captured from alien houses, but I supposed she would be rare, if not unique, amongst his female possessions. |
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| 23 | 282 |
A similar practice I would learn often obtains in houses and barracks amongst the Pani, a practice in which the long sword is often set to one side, stored or racked, in a hall or vestibule, but the companion sword is kept at one's side, even near the sleeping mats and blocks. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 84 |
The contumely of his officers was oppressive, and their appropriations severe, enforced quarterings, sons impressed for the navy and army, daughters taken for training in the contract houses, or, as likely, simply caged for the girl markets. |
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| 33 | 154 |
Indeed, he may often bring in rent slaves from the party houses to sing and dance for him, and his guests, to play the kalika, to accompany with flute music the measuring of wine and the cutting of meat. |
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| 35 | 3 |
Brundisium is one of the world's largest, busiest ports, with one of the finest harbors on the planet, host to a hundred traffics, headquarters of a hundred Merchant houses, but never, until now, had there been seen such a ship. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 137 |
On the other hand, notes are exchanged amongst various coin houses, or banking houses, without difficulty. |
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| 10 | 1024 |
These houses do not relish intrusions into their territory, either by other houses or by independent services. |
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| 8 | 91 |
Doubtless each time a fashion changed at least the high Cloth Workers, masters of the foremost garment houses, would sell more garmenture, at least to the fashion conscious, to those who were concerned to keep up with the times, to those who feared to be pitied or ridiculed for being out of style, a... |
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| 8 | 130 |
To be sure, apparently several slave houses were in the same vicinity. |
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| 8 | 132 |
This, too, seemed to refer more to a particular district, than a particular street, one in which several money houses were to be found. |
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| 8 | 557 |
Many were later executed by impalement, but others were embonded, men usually destined to the quarries or galleys, and women remanded to slave houses. |
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| 8 | 1433 |
As is well known, free women are not permitted in the paga taverns or brothels, and it is dangerous for them to enter them, even for those bold enough to disguise themselves as slaves, but similar restrictions do not apply to the public eating houses. |
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| 8 | 1436 |
Paga may not be served in the eating houses, but a variety of cheap ka-la-nas is usually available. |
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| 8 | 1437 |
Long tables are commonly used in the eating houses, with benches, rather as in Torvaldsland. |
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| 8 | 1494 |
It is commonly done in the eating houses. |
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| 9 | 322 |
Clearly I would now be of little interest in the taverns, in the brothels, in the gambling houses, even in the towers, or inns. |
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| 10 | 194 |
Whereas chairs, benches, and higher tables are familiar to you, as in the public eating houses, and common in the north, such things are much more common on my former world. |
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| 10 | 778 |
And in a city the size of Ar there are many slave houses, many markets. |
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| 10 | 876 |
"Sometimes unauthorized women are rounded up and held for bidding, house biddings, thence to be distributed amongst the various slave houses of the city". |
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| 10 | 916 |
In larger houses, girls were sometimes slept in their cages, perhaps to help them keep in mind that they are animals, and thus suitably caged. |
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| 10 | 1022 |
In Ar there are several private laundering houses and they tend to live in an uneasy truce with one another, allotting districts amongst themselves. |
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| 10 | 1102 |
"Too," she had said, "Six Bridges houses several of our best customers". |
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| 10 | 1114 |
Men sometimes became embroiled, as mercenaries, in the disputes between the laundering houses, but the routine policing of territories was generally entrusted to slaves. |
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| 16 | 311 |
"All the houses do," he said. |
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| 22 | 40 |
In most Gorean houses, I had learned, to my interest, there is a mixing bowl, in which the stronger, or "hard," ka-la-nas are mixed with water, the proportions determined according to the household, the occasion, the wishes of guests, and such. |
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| 46 | 92 |
The needs of such males, of course, often ignored by, and perhaps not even understood by, Gorean free women, at least in their intensity, were muchly assuaged by the presence of kajirae in their midst, available in the markets, the slave houses, the taverns, and so on. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 7 |
The barracks, the sheds and shops, the huts, the storerooms, the workshops, the arsenals, the bath houses, the food halls, the slave houses, the pavilions, large and small, had been burned. |
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| 16 | 92 |
You examined the sheds, the kennels, the cook houses, the slave houses, the stables, the wagon yards. |
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| 4 | 5 |
Those who behave so deplorably, so stupidly and futilely, so foolishly, are usually those who are only a day or so off the marching chain, who have not been in the houses, but in the camps, those who lack instruction, those as yet deprived of training. |
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| 5 | 252 |
I am told the great merchant houses have sources of information which might be the envy of warring Ubars. |
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| 6 | 136 |
But who is, say, to buy them in the north, and so many? To be sure, many men were taking ship north, and they might be intended for them, if not for outright purchasing, for brothels, slave houses, or taverns. |
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| 7 | 81 |
Accordingly, the various houses represented in the sale were anxious to participate in so attractive a market. |
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| 7 | 281 |
Membership in the Merchants, of course, might range from itinerant peddlers to the masters of great houses, dealing with a dozen cities. |
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| 9 | 260 |
You may buy them, or rent them, or visit them in one or another of the slave houses. |
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| 14 | 269 |
But I had searched the camp, insofar as it was practical, and found no trace of a particular, attractive beast, even chained on her mat in one of the slave houses, not that I was interested in her, for she was no more than another course, or serving, of collar meat, though perhaps a rather nice mors... |
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| 14 | 270 |
I did frequent the slave houses, from time to time, however, as the mat slaves were often changed, not, of course, to look for her, which would have been absurd, but as a matter of idle curiosity. |
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| 19 | 11 |
"I do know there is a palisaded compound there, which presumably houses special supplies, and perhaps prize slaves, too precious to be risked amongst the men of Shipcamp". |
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| 33 | 110 |
I am told that in public eating houses, not brothels or taverns, slaves, when admitted, and not chained to rings outside, may kneel beside their master's bench, and while he eats from the plates, and such, on the table, if it be his will, may be given a bowl of slave gruel, which will be placed eith... |
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| 33 | 112 |
Some eating houses object to admitting sleen, but the matter is sensitive. |
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| 43 | 679 |
There were slave houses for such things. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 238 |
When it awakens and spreads its wings, it signifies loss and defeat, the changing of things, the darkening of the sun, the coming of night, the downfall of dynasties, the end of great houses". |
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| 12 | 231 |
"As I recall," I said, "unless the house of Temmu yields to the house of Yamada, the iron dragon will fly, with possibly disastrous consequences to both houses". |
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| 12 | 270 |
"And Lord Yamada fears the flight of the iron dragon might prove disastrous to both houses?" I said. |
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| 13 | 179 |
One would need, of course, some sort of communication between the two houses, which would be easily enough supplied before the siege in virtue of strangers, wanderers, peddlers, merchants, and such, and, during the siege, by envoys, negotiators, messengers, and such, for example, Tyrtaios. |
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| 16 | 33 |
There were cook houses and eating sheds for the men. |
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| 16 | 80 |
"It is doubtless that portion of the palace which houses the higher women of Lord Yamada, his wives, concubines and contract women," I said. |
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| 21 | 50 |
"From high houses," he said. |
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| 23 | 118 |
"It leads beyond the palace to the vicinity of auxiliary buildings, the dairy, the smoke house, store houses, some workshops, the pens. |
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| 30 | 126 |
In the slave houses, girls being trained for the pleasures of men, namely, being taught the subtleties, skills, behaviors, and dispositions of the pleasure slave, are taught how to move, and now not to move. |
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| 30 | 573 |
It is common in slave houses, prior to sales, to deprive the merchandise of relief for two or three, even for four or five days, prior to the sale. |
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| 30 | 708 |
Occasionally common folk are beaten or killed, houses plundered and burned, women and stock stolen. |
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| 46 | 320 |
"One of unseen houses?" said the magician. |
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| 54 | 269 |
The beat of its wings drives the currents of destiny; its approbation dignifies and ennobles houses; its frown foretells stricken futures. |
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| 60 | 347 |
"All lands and goods, treasures, houses, fortresses, men and chattels of the traitor, Lord Akio, are now yours". |
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| 61 | 40 |
Peasants returned to their villages; goods and wives returned to their houses and holdings; ornaments and coins were unearthed; fields were tended; palisades were rebuilt; gates were repaired; traders sought customers; and warriors, hungry and barefoot, weary, weapons in their sashes, drifted back t... |
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| 61 | 187 |
If the altercation between these two houses was indeed wagered on by mysterious gamblers, perhaps treading the depths of a vast nest in the Sardar, or in orbiting worlds of steel, it would lack a resolution. |
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| 61 | 192 |
But there would be truce between the two warring houses, and enemies might live in peace, however unwillingly, glaring at one another balefully. |
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| 61 | 193 |
The holdings, the palaces and fortresses, the houses and villages, were vulnerable from the air. |
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| 61 | 206 |
"In time," he said, "blades will be sharpened, and the two houses will be again at one another's throats". |
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| 61 | 208 |
"They are opposed houses," he said. |
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| 61 | 343 |
"Two houses fear you," I said. |
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| 61 | 421 |
My ultimate goal, naturally enough, under the circumstances, was to bring the situation between the rival houses of Temmu and Yamada to the point where neither house could achieve, or plausibly claim, victory. |
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| 61 | 426 |
These days, and the availability of tarns, allowing an expedited communication, gave me the opportunity to marshal the cavalry in such a way that I would be justified in issuing my ultimatum to both houses, peace, or destruction. |
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| 61 | 509 |
"Both houses, of course," the barbarian informed them, "will contribute to the upkeep, comfort, and welfare of the cavalry". |
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| 61 | 517 |
In such a development, the offending house is to be destroyed, and, if the matter is unclear, both houses are to be destroyed". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 32 |
"Surely he does not expect us to believe that there is such a place, supposedly another planet, supposedly another world!" "Your serious training will take place in one of several houses," he said. |
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| 4 | 33 |
"We supply such houses. |
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| 4 | 34 |
Some houses conduct their own sales; others commonly have arrangements with independent markets". |
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| 14 | 28 |
On the other hand, in certain high houses, and surely in the house of Lysander, often, particularly given the presence of guests, dining couches were employed. |
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| 15 | 104 |
Large Gorean houses are often constructed with more in mind than comfort and convenience, luxury or impressiveness; they are often sturdy and defensible, as well. |
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| 17 | 47 |
Ar, I gathered, was a typical "high city," with its noisy, colorfully garbed, bustling crowds, its affluent quarters and its sorrier districts, some of which were not to be frequented at night; here were places of lofty towers, often linked by graceful, narrow, arching, railless bridges, which I fea... |
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| 19 | 42 |
As many of the small houses in this district, it had two floors. |
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| 20 | 237 |
Let us hurry to our houses!" At that point Lita sped away, but I remained, for a time, frightened, in the doorway. |
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| 26 | 90 |
First, let it be understood that the edifice that houses the black court is not large, but it does have a formidable, menacing aspect. |
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| 30 | 455 |
"It is amongst the houses on the southern piers". |
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| 44 | 47 |
"Welcome to one of the houses of Decius Albus, loyal ally of Lord Arcesilaus, Twelfth Face of the Nameless One, Theocrat of the World". |
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| 46 | 393 |
"It houses a living brain," he said, "vital and mighty". |
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| 49 | 73 |
Merchants, with their connections amongst houses in diverse cities, sometimes at war with one another, with their vouchers, notes, seals, stamps, letters of credit, and such, have created a subtle, almost invisible, but very real, commercial world. |
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| 49 | 134 |
Many merchant houses keep spies, to appraise themselves of the investments, plans, and ventures of competitors. |
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| 49 | 223 |
"It is one of the few houses this far north where one can hope to obtain jewelries fashioned in the shops of Schendi and Turia". |
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| 56 | 121 |
But what would take him from Ar? What might lead him to abandon Ar, an ideal center for clandestine operations, a repository of gold and diverse resources, and a fortress of relative safety, given the houses of Decius Albus, and the protection of his power in Ar, to accept the risks of travel and di... |
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| 57 | 126 |
"Besides, country slaves, the slaves of villas, of country houses, the slaves of peasants, are seldom restrained, except at night". |
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| 61 | 324 |
And many a free woman strips herself and, in the streets, before victors, as walls tumble and houses burn, performs obeisance, hoping to be spared for the coffle and market. |
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| 63 | 52 |
It might be mentioned that some of the great merchant houses maintain their own lines of communication. |
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| 63 | 53 |
Interestingly, commerce may be in effect between these houses even when their respective cities are at war. |
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| 64 | 60 |
On the way through the wagons I noted several kitchens where food might be purchased, a clothing emporium, a barbering shop, two bakeries, four wine shops, two outlets of houses on the Street of Coins in Ar, sheds for wagon repair, an infirmary or clinic, under the green sign of the caste of Physici... |
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| 68 | 180 |
It is often used in auction houses and on slave shelves. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 125 |
"Houses" often participate in, and are often featured in, the Gambles of Blades, which "Houses" are itinerant organizations which have no essential relationship to particular Home Stones, cities, regions, or districts. |
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| 30 | 127 |
Promoters vie for, and bid for, Houses, particularly well-known, successful Houses, to participate in their games. |
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| 4 | 130 |
I can place them in houses and taverns. |
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| 5 | 207 |
"One of the largest houses," said a fellow. |
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| 6 | 30 |
"We will lose more houses," said a man. |
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| 6 | 36 |
"The other houses?" inquired a man. |
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| 6 | 132 |
Even putting aside municipal rivalries, wars, vendettas, blood feuds, and such, it is not difficult to understand, given that quarters are close on a ship, and discipline unquestioning and severe, sometimes for weeks or months at sea, that strong men, brawny, vital oarsmen, and such, come ashore, fr... |
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| 8 | 96 |
The four of us had been purchased in Brundisium, from different houses. |
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| 24 | 110 |
To be sure, taverns, brothels, eating houses, and some markets, slave markets, in particular, are open to the public at night. |
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| 30 | 128 |
The Houses will normally spend several days in a given venue and share in the profits of the venue. |
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| 30 | 130 |
"Houses" register swordsmen, accrediting them in virtue of tests of skills. |
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| 30 | 133 |
Several of these houses, among them the House of Hesius, are institutions several generations old. |
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| 36 | 64 |
And even within a city, rivalries might exist amongst houses and holdings. |
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| 47 | 376 |
"But those two houses are allied?" I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 87 |
At gambling houses, unlike taverns, free women, if escorted, were welcome. |
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| 41 | 41 |
On the eleventh day of the siege, on a gouged street, near the rubble of houses, Thrasymedes, seeing the startled faces of others, had spun about. |
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| 41 | 94 |
Our footing was on a broad, wooden scaffolding, formed from timbers of demolished houses. |
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| 41 | 241 |
"Consider the broken roofs, the shattered houses". |
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| 45 | 2 |
It was in one of the houses near that of Tarchon, the lutist, which, like his, perhaps because of its nearness to his, had been spared in the bombardment of heavy blocks of stone. |
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| 59 | 54 |
"There will be banners and streamers on the houses, perfume in the air, flowers cast by free maidens in the streets". |
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