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Book 1. (4 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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1 194 For the first time since I had opened the envelope, I began to lose my control.
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4 20 For example, to land or lose altitude, one uses the four-strap which exerts pressure on the four-ring, which is located beneath the throat of the tarn.
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6 12 "May your tarn lose its feathers," he roared, slapping his thigh, bringing his tarn to rest on the perch.
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19 137 I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative.
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Book 2. (9 results) Outlaw of Gor

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4 19 They are primarily dangerous to children and small animals, but a grown man who might lose his footing among them would not be likely to survive.
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7 57 "On the other hand," said Thorn, "I do not wish to lose another man".
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12 127 It was decreed that I must lose my silver mask, don the camisk and be collared, and be sent to the Great Farms to carry water to Field Slaves".
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13 62 See that it does not lose".
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13 66 Our block did not lose.
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18 145 Once the second man slipped, dragging the first down with him, and causing the third to lose his grip, but by now there was a solid chain of men in the tunnel, and the fourth and the fifth men held.
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20 105 But each time we attained a certain altitude, the eyes of the tarn would seem to lose their focus, and the unerring balance and coordination of the sable monster would be disrupted.
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22 166 And, of course, as the captors came gradually to care for their slaves, the desire to subjugate them became less, for few men long desire to subjugate a creature for whom they genuinely care, unless perhaps it be they fear to lose her should she be free.
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23 190 It was unlikely a small party like that above would freely lose the height of the wall to pursue two rebels.
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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3 11 The larger of them unaccountably seemed to lose interest in me.
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14 163 Misk looked at me and his antennae had a certain lack of resilience and the golden hairs had seemed to lose some of their sheen.
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20 144 Should I kill the innocent attendants, merely Muls who were performing the tasks allotted to them by Priest-Kings? Would I then have to slay Mul-Al-Ka and Mul-Ba-Ta as well? And what would I do with the girl in the Nest of Priest-Kings? And what of Misk? Would I not then lose my opportunity, if any,...
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26 111 "What if I should lose this?" I asked.
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26 112 "The plastic of the case," said the Attendant, "is cage plastic and the lock is a cage lock, so it would be better not to lose it".
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31 126 Then Sarm seemed to lose interest in me, perhaps thinking I had been slain, more likely to conserve the charge in the silver tube for more important matters, for he then began, methodically, to fire at the paneling across from the dome, destroying one area after another.
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34 85 "I must lose all," she wept.
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Book 4. (6 results) Nomads of Gor

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8 459 Undoubtedly! What could they lose? Nothing.
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8 479 I rode at full speed, for there was not a beat to lose.
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9 474 "I will not lose".
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10 308 Yet I knew that beneath those Robes of Concealment many wore the shameful Turian camisk, perhaps the only time the hated garment would touch their bodies, for should their warrior lose this match they knew they would not be permitted to leave the stake in the robes in which they came.
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12 24 There was no time to lose.
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18 65 Still I dug in the yellow fluid, hands and fingernails bleeding, and then, when it seemed my lungs would burst and darkness was engulfing me and I would lose consciousness, I felt a globular, membranous tissue, wet and slimy, recoil spasmodically from my touch.
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Book 5. (10 results) Assassin of Gor

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7 178 Gorean slavers, it might be mentioned, seldom lose prisoners.
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10 19 "Cernus," said Ho-Tu, "does not like to lose".
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11 10 "It would not be well to lose your footing," advised Ho-Tu.
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11 102 "Do you lose many girls to madness?" I asked.
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13 86 At that point, looking back once more, and noting that I was still moving quickly toward her, and not willing to lose a possible rare day's freedom, she began, with the marvelous, strong trained stroke of her legs and arms, to slice swiftly through the water.
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15 99 Surviving girls, of course, become the property of those whom they have fought; men who lose are, of course, slain.
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17 798 "Don't move there," she told me, "or you will lose your Home Stone in seven".
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17 830 "Is it only those who lose at hook knife who are fed to the beast?" I asked.
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20 334 "I have never played to lose," said the young man, "never".
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22 197 Menicius of Port Kar streaked past and as he did so his right hand flew forward and I saw Mip suddenly lose the reins of the tarn and clutch spasmodically at his back, as though trying to reach something.
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Book 6. (5 results) Raiders of Gor

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8 244 One is, accordingly, in such cases, less likely to lose the point in the body.
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9 192 It is mine as much as yours!" It would be hard, certainly, for her to leave this world, beautiful, bright and green, but perilous, for the cities of Earth, to breathe again its air, to live in its cubicles, to move jostled among her uncaring crowds, to lose herself again in its mercantile grayness, ...
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9 247 I vowed that I would never again lose a woman.
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9 268 I vowed I would never lose another.
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15 767 I had vowed once that I had lost two women, and would never lose another.
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Book 7. (6 results) Captive of Gor

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2 21 I would not lose consciousness.
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2 140 I feared I might lose my grip on the sheet.
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3 97 I began to lose consciousness.
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3 106 I began to lose consciousness.
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7 34 It is not that the girl is likely to escape, for slavers seldom lose prisoners.
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13 526 I would lose the cover of the thicket.
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Book 8. (9 results) Hunters of Gor

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5 59 I did not think she could have made good her escape, but I did not wish to lose time pursuing her.
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8 129 I did not care, however, to lose the time.
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8 141 I did not wish to lose the time for another, perhaps futile, dawn attack.
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8 144 And one might, in such an attempt, outside the stockade, lose several of the girls.
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8 244 I must not lose consciousness.
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15 100 Most importantly, I supposed, they would lose the services of their huntresses and guards.
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16 303 We did not wish to lose too many hours.
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18 469 It is very difficult to take a ship in the side which, in effect, does not have to lose time in turning.
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19 59 It was not unlikely that I would lose them.
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Book 9. (4 results) Marauders of Gor

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5 108 I would have much to lose, and little to gain".
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10 80 A man in direct fee with the Jarl is, in effect, a mercenary; the Jarl himself, from his gold, and stores, where necessary or desirable, arms the man; this expense, of course, is seldom necessary in Torvaldsland; sometimes, however, a man may break a sword or lose an ax in battle, perhaps in the bod...
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15 53 If Kurii native to Gor could, within the laws of Priest-Kings, not violating technology restrictions, much advance the Kurii cause on the planet, those on the ships had little to lose and much to gain.
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22 67 They walked slowly, bent over, placing each step carefully, that they not lose their balance, heavy skins, bulging and damp, across their shoulders.
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Book 10. (11 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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1 154 He will, if he wishes, permit this, to prolong the sport of your conquest, but, in the end, it is you who are the slave; it is you who will lose.
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5 296 If you do not give them to me, you may lose them to Kavars.
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7 528 I do not think they lose much by this policy, as many women become more beautiful in the collar, perhaps because so much of beauty begins in the emotions and mind and is then manifested outwardly in expressions, postures, carriages, attitudes, and such.
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10 379 The dominant male is thus selected for in mate competition; the undominant male tends, statistically, to lose out to his stronger, more intelligent foe; correspondingly, evolution selected for the female who responds to the dominant male; she who fled such men either mated with weaker men, her child...
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11 295 Had Ba'Arub destroyed or fouled the public wells at Red Rock, those outside the walls of the kasbah, Hammaran would have been forced to retire in twenty-four hours, and perhaps lose most of his men on the return march to his country.
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14 438 I did not wish to lose consciousness.
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22 29 If I met several riders I might, with the ring, escape, but I might, too, lose the stores.
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25 362 The objections of girls to slavery, I have noted, are usually not objections to the institution which, in the sweet heat of their bodies, they love dearly, and fear only to lose, but to a given master.
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25 404 "We shall lose our heads," he said.
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25 483 "We shall lose our heads," he had said.
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26 758 "I did not lose count, did I?" I inquired.
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Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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26 10 The Lady Elicia had no intention of letting the former Judy Thornton, her formal rival at the college, lose sight of the fact that she was now a slave.
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Book 12. (4 results) Beasts of Gor

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4 320 It would indeed be a sorry way in which to lose one's money.
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22 89 Sometimes there is an affliction which affects those in kayaks though it is usually the case when it is clearly daylight and the rocking, the endless waiting, the reflections off the water, make one suddenly lose all sense of time and place, and one seems lost in nothingness, and then one must sing ...
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22 200 I was determined not to lose the beast.
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22 292 He did not wish to lose what blood might be left in the animal.
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Book 13. (6 results) Explorers of Gor

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6 715 I did not think she would wish to lose her feet.
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24 204 And we must not move so swiftly that the tharlarion might become confused or lose the scent.
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26 10 She trembled, but did not lose the stroke of the paddle.
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30 10 "Do not lose your footing, Naked Slave!" cried Tende to the blond-haired barbarian.
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32 183 In the rain forest some trees grow and lose leaves all year long, remaining always in foliage.
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32 184 Others, though not at the same time, even in the same species, will lose their foliage for a few weeks and then again produce buds and a new set of leaves.
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Book 14. (5 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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1 719 They do not wish to lose their positions".
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13 99 If she does retain a house in Venna she is sure to lose it soon.
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23 81 The stable sluts live in terror of her, fearing that because of her false reports they might lose their ears or feet.
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25 57 He is not pleased, so to speak, to have had his stables lose to those of the Lady Florence, whom he once courted in vain.
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25 311 Gorean masters, for most practical purposes, simply do not lose slaves.
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Book 15. (3 results) Rogue of Gor

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18 57 When the ropes were cut from my wrists I fell to the floor but did not lose my footing.
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23 140 Too, sooner or later, it seems, he must be doomed to lose.
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27 89 "In such a situation," he pointed out, "I have little to lose by slaying you".
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Book 16. (5 results) Guardsman of Gor

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8 419 Doubtless this attack would be postponed until morning, that the slaughter might lose nothing of its effect, some survivors perhaps being enabled, in small boats or in the water, to slip away under the cover of darkness.
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9 48 "Reginald may be ready to lose his ship," I said, "that his loss may be covered, that it may have seemed unavoidable, a fortune of war".
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12 126 "I do not wish to lose that man," said Callimachus, grimly.
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16 167 I feared I might lose my foot but the heavy ropes, doubled and twisted, and knotted, like fibrous shielding, muchly protecting me, served me well, keeping the teeth in large measure from fastening in my flesh.
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19 817 Women engage in battles which they yearn to lose.
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Book 17. (2 results) Savages of Gor

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1 932 He did not fear to lose the trail.
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13 377 "Did you protest this?" "I did not wish to lose my job," she said.
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Book 18. (13 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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6 144 "You did not lose meat," I said.
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7 558 Thus you might learn your lesson, not to lose meat again that way".
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15 12 "You will not lose honor, as you know, if you return to me, in magnanimous reciprocity, something of comparable value".
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15 148 "I am not small and petty! Hci is generous! Hci is noble! Hci is a generous and noble warrior! Hci is a warrior of the Kaiila! Hci does not lose his honor!" "Oh?" asked Canka.
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15 152 I feared she might lose consciousness.
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19 202 "There is no time to lose," said Cuwignaka, leaping to his feet.
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37 389 "Do not lose track of it," I said.
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37 390 "Do not appear to notice it, but do not lose track of it.
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37 406 "Do not lose track of it," I said.
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37 561 It struggled to perhaps a hundred feet in the air and then, bit by bit, the log swinging, fighting, it began to lose altitude.
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40 666 When we fight ourselves it is only we ourselves who must lose.
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43 402 It landed, happily, on a Yellow Knife who was charging from the side, causing him to lose his balance and fall.
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46 138 Men attempting to escape us pressed forward, forcing their fellows toward the barricade, causing several to lose their footing on the trail.
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor

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1 99 "In modern coinage," he said, "we often lose track of such things.
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2 287 Why should a girl not turn her charms to her own profit? I did not want them to lose interest in me.
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8 3 I feared that my head might begin to swirl, that I might lose consciousness.
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8 518 Something in me seemed to say, "You lose your tarsk, Drusus Rencius.
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18 98 "Where did you lose her?" asked the Archon's man.
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30 97 I had gone to the avenue of the Central Cylinder and had kept to busy streets in the hope that the sleen would lose my scent, it being mingled with that of so many others.
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36 1390 "It was a bet which, in my heart, I hoped to lose," he said.
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Book 20. (5 results) Players of Gor

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2 446 "You must manage to lose once in a while," said the paunchy fellow.
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2 462 "You must learn to lose!" said the paunchy fellow.
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2 1159 "The most they can take is my life," he said, "and if I were to lose my honor, even that would be worthless".
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7 298 He remained, as far as I could tell, from what I had heard this afternoon, consistently and insolently adamant to Boots's pleas that he manage to lose a game once in a while, if only for the sake of business, or, at the least, make an effort to play a bit less well.
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12 269 It appeared I must lose my Builder.
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Book 21. (5 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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5 337 Better to lose part of a cargo, they reason, than all of it.
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19 358 He did not wish to lose his place in line, it seemed.
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19 370 I might also mention that it is possible that it might lose something in the reading of it.
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25 900 This girl, like Mina, was a sweetly bodied slut, with luscious swelling breasts, a stocky, but considerably narrower waist, and wide hips, nursing a marvelous love cradle in which a man might lose himself with pleasure.
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25 1194 In any contest of desirability the free woman must always lose out to the slave, and if she does not seem to do so, then let her be enslaved, and see how she then, suddenly, in a moment, competing then with her former self, becomes ten thousand times more desirable than she ever was as a mere free f...
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Book 22. (4 results) Dancer of Gor

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10 590 He had withdrawn it from my mouth only on the library table, when I had lain there before him on my back, before he had put the conical rubberized mask over my face, introducing the chemicals into it which had forced me to lose consciousness, a consciousness I had regained only on Gor, awakening to ...
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13 287 "In them a man may lose himself with pleasure.
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17 240 Sometimes in my dance I made use of the chain, sometimes pretending, to the music, to fight it, a fight which I had to lose, or not to understand it, looking to the men then, as though they might explain its meaning to me; they did, with raucous cries; sometimes I used it to caress me, with the soft...
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27 46 It had not started well, for I had been hampered by terror, but soon, as I recalled my earlier beating by Aulus, and knew I might be again whipped if I did not do well, and as I reassured myself that within the camp I would presumably be safe, and as I saw the men, and I knew they wished pleasure, a...
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Book 23. (8 results) Renegades of Gor

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1 281 "Lose no time.
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1 520 Free women hate such individuals and lose few opportunities to make them suffer.
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6 368 Too, in this way he is less likely to lose money on, say, your feed".
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8 778 In shearing, you see, one might lose a fifth of a hort or so of hair.
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16 72 Perhaps, ideally targeted, launched from within a yard or so, one might cause a fellow to lose a grip on a ladder.
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20 389 I saw her lose her footing once on the plank and fall, belly downward on it, her legs on either side of it.
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24 670 Too, mastered, such women lose their inertness, or frigidity, and become needful, begging slaves.
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24 823 "It is hard to lose ideals," I said.
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Book 24. (5 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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14 213 "Or lose them!" I said.
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17 270 I wished to go deeply enough into the rence to elude recapture, and not so deeply that I might lose contact with the column.
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45 144 I had permitted myself, the preceding night, to lose sleep.
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46 10 There might be a chance, I thought, though I was not sanguine about it, for Ina to slip away there, or hide, or lose herself amongst others.
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47 230 "If you do not fight," I said, "you will lose face before your men".
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Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor

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8 312 Too, think of all the money the house would lose.
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8 812 Doubtless all of them, at one time or another, had been under an excellent discipline and now, fearful of an impending restoration of such rigors, would lose no time in recalling, and manifesting, suitable attitudes and behaviors.
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10 304 "But they quickly lose their haughtiness in bondage".
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11 294 I have no wish to lose my post.
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13 105 "If men should become again confused, and fearful, and lose confidence in themselves, if they should again begin to whine, and to beg for authority and reassurance," I said, "the white robes will again appear in the streets".
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22 463 A result of this is that one is not always clear as to the position of the sun and, accordingly, it is easy to lose one's orientation, even as to the time of day.
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27 357 "Thus I would not wish you to lose money on the arrangement".
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Book 26. (17 results) Witness of Gor

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8 40 I had begun to lose consciousness even as I was hooded.
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8 91 And then I would lose consciousness again.
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10 604 I did not lose the tunic.
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10 770 Once I silently screamed, and bit down, fiercely, on the gag, that I might not lose it, and wept in terror, for I felt my thigh brushed by the thick, greasy fur of a large, curious animal, one, I think, like that I had encountered earlier on the ledge.
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10 833 I bit down on the gag, that I might not scream with fear, and lose it in the moatlike depression.
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11 1614 It is usually a very serious thing to lose caste in this society.
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13 294 What if I should lose my balance? How could I protect myself? "Closer!" said the brunet slave.
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13 903 Soon I began to lose control! "Oh!" I said.
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13 1089 But we are total slaves, I assure you, just as you are, and will remain, others things being the same, even should you be able, masters permitting it, to lose your accent".
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14 1326 Were we regarded, because of what we were, rightly, as being worthy of less consideration than the delicate petals of a tiny blossom? Did they know us that well? Was our nature so obvious to them? Did they know, too, I wondered, that we were the secret enemy? Did they understand the secret war? But ...
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18 197 And as they lose their inhibitions, and such.
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37 573 After several seconds, the man standing there in the portal, silhouetted by the light behind him, the lieutenant, unwilling to lose more time, indicated that one man, preceded by his fair shield of two, should enter and go to the left, and another, he, too, preceded by his shield of two, to the righ...
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38 222 It seemed likely that he would win, or, at least, not lose, and in that case he would be one of the two who would share her.
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40 138 He put out his hand, but he was afraid to approach her, for fear she might leap down, or he might, inadvertently, cause her to lose her balance.
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40 165 "So you would set me this dilemma," said the pit master, "that either she must die or I must lose my honor?" "And if she is to be the reason you cannot retain your honor, it seems that she, herself, is resolved to die".
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40 251 "You did not lose a prisoner," said the officer.
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46 135 I feared I might lose consciousness.
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Book 27. (13 results) Prize of Gor

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2 213 But, somehow, she did not want to lose sight of him.
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3 9 She lay there for a time, trying not to move, wanting to again lose consciousness, she felt so miserable.
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11 258 How soon she would hope that this noise, this pressing and raucous clamor, might end and that she then, a lowly, unimportant slave, might be permitted to simply lose herself amongst other slaves, and become what she, in her chains, has now discovered herself to be, a female, and the rightful propert...
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15 282 No, I cannot even hint at such things! I do not want to lose him forever.
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15 435 She almost lifted her head but did not dare to lose contact with the rug.
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19 346 "I will be a good slave!" She feared she would lose her mind from the cold and darkness.
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20 747 She must not lose it.
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26 1063 I must keep clearly in mind that I hate him! Then she put her head down and tried not to move, not wishing to lose the blanket.
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27 992 "How many are you prepared to lose?" asked Portus Canio.
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27 993 "I would prefer to lose none," he said.
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27 1470 The war is now over for her, a war which she felt required to wage but in her heart longed to lose, a war she waged that she might be defeated; she knows that her independence is gone, irrecoverably, and she is pleased; she knows that she has been subdued and conquered, as she wished; she has fallen...
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27 1507 "They might then lose some of us".
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27 3350 Indeed, the switch will continue to be an admonitory implement which will never lose its appeal to the master or its meaning for the slave.
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Book 28. (8 results) Kur of Gor

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1 616 Otherwise she might lose her eyes.
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2 27 The brunette was the first to lose consciousness, and, a bit later, sinking toward the tilted bottom of the container, the blonde was the second.
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26 105 "Sometimes we lose them to raiders, or bandits".
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27 143 "Surely you can understand," he said, "how men would not want your beauty to fade, for in such a way they would lose on their investment.
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43 206 "Let us lose no time," said Cabot.
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53 202 "I would not put my hand on it, unless you want to lose a finger," said Lord Grendel.
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70 73 "I will lose my leg!" screamed Flavion.
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70 121 "I think you will soon lose consciousness," said Cabot.
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Book 29. (9 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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8 172 "We expect to lose several," he said.
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12 206 There is no way one can lose the saddle if it is fastened".
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12 378 "I will not lose men in this fashion," I said.
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12 379 "It is better to lose such men," said Tajima.
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14 80 Obviously, to lose a lance from kaiilaback is a serious matter.
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20 173 What had they to lose, in their situation, and they might have much to gain.
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38 626 "You do not wish to lose them from exposure".
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42 5 My body began to numb in the water, and my legs and arms began to lose feeling and stiffen, and my arm slipped from the neck of the beast and I was separated from it, surely for yards, and then I felt it beneath me, rising up, and my body was gripped, firmly, gently, in those wide jaws, and lifted u...
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42 9 My fingers seemed to stiffen and freeze, and lose their strength, but they were clenched in the fur, fastened there, like cold hooks in that cold, soaked fur.
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Book 30. (9 results) Mariners of Gor

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2 259 I was afraid, half frozen, and numb, that I would lose the pole, and fall back into the water.
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7 53 Needless to say, at the voyages' end, such mariners, starved for the scent of perfume and the clasp of warm arms, are likely to lose little time in seeking the comforts of the taverns.
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9 228 Perhaps, I thought, they, in so small a number, will merely attempt to hold the door, to prevent mutineers, should things turn against them, from withdrawing through it, perhaps to discard weapons somewhere, and thence to lose themselves amongst hundreds of others, innocent others not involved in th...
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12 52 One can lose one's footing, particularly in heavy weather, or when the platform is iced, and slip between the platform and the ring, which is waist high.
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16 18 We would lose, in consequence, one of our four remaining galleys.
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22 31 I gathered that he was unwilling to lose another galley.
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22 240 Men who will lose their heads if they do not obey are likely to obey, even if the command is awry, uninformed, foolish, even dangerous.
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37 335 "And thereby I lose myself a fortune," he said.
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37 622 Offensive!" "Perhaps," said Callias, "you, too, one day, will as gladly lose your way".
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Book 31. (3 results) Conspirators of Gor

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18 187 They might lose a hand for doing so, if not be cast to leech plants or sleen.
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35 234 "Otherwise," I said, "they might lose money, unintentionally".
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48 355 "There is no time to lose," said Desmond of Harfax.
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Book 32. (15 results) Smugglers of Gor

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47 73 On the board one may lose pieces; in the field one may lose cities.
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50 818 Amongst free women who may tear veils or lose slippers, or amongst slaves, who may rend or lose a tunic, not much is likely to take place which could not be reduced to unpleasantries such as insults, scratchings, bitings, and yanked hair.
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6 434 "You will not lose two customers".
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10 6 "It is well," he said, "not to lose men".
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10 7 He had said this looking toward the coast, said it rather as one might have preferred not to lose pieces in a game.
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23 91 If so, there was little time to lose.
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26 191 "And I do not wish to lose a hand".
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29 14 I decided I would move north, and then west, taking care not to lose my relation to the Alexandra again.
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30 60 "I fear to lose the trail," I said.
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38 30 Axel did not wish to lose the sleen.
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38 298 "I would not care to lose you".
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41 114 "Men hate to lose a pretty slave.
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42 133 I understood that Genserich had some interest in Homines, and so I did not think he would permit the sleen to hunt me, for he might then lose the beast.
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43 813 "Certainly," said Axel, "first rub the cords with tarsk grease, and then be prepared to lose at least one hand".
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50 764 "Speak!" said the guard, shaking the miserable gowned slave by the arm, almost causing her to lose her footing.
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Book 33. (9 results) Rebels of Gor

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4 220 If I lose, you have our lives, and your honor, and have proved to your men your bravery.
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29 33 I could not lose them.
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31 24 How many men would you wish to lose?" "He does not appear drunk to me," said the short, thick-bodied leader of the intruders.
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38 154 We then, in the pourings of rain, in the flashings of lightning and the crashings of thunder, with startled, confused men rushing about, slipping a bit in the mud, scrambled away, to lose ourselves, as we might, amongst the corridors of tents.
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45 86 "They fight, and win or lose, live or die".
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46 428 I do not want to lose you to the first fellow who glances at your ankles".
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54 206 Who can look into the heart of a dragon?" "As you do not attack, and continue to circle," said Tajima, "surely many will lose their fear, and see the dragon as their ally, a monstrous beast who spreads its wings on behalf of the house of Yamada".
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57 97 "I think, perhaps," I said, "you did not wish to leave the palace, that you were afraid to do so, and, accordingly, neglected to bring your belongings, this providing an excuse to return for them, and, incidentally, to lose contact with your supposed escape group".
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58 77 What would she have to lose? Dalliance on her part would be inadvisable, perhaps painful.
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Book 34. (8 results) Plunder of Gor

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2 275 "I will ruin your reputation! I will force you, in misery, to lose your job, to change your work, perhaps to leave the city, and state!" "There is nothing shameful in being a woman, and having needs, and desiring to serve a master," she said.
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14 144 I was then less likely to lose any of the golden fluid.
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33 616 What an unwelcome revelation to the verr to learn that sleen exist, to the tabuk that it shares its world with the larl! I feared I might lose consciousness.
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50 193 "Release me," she cried, "foul brigands! You do not know whom you have discomfited! I am Alexina, from the House of a Hundred Corridors, colleague of the mighty Decius Albus! You have judged unwisely, my fine fellows! Do not think you can hold one so important as I for ransom! Consider your error! T...
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51 214 Accompanying us, you have nothing to lose; remaining here, your life is in jeopardy, unless Lord Grendel delivers his oath to Lord Agamemnon".
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53 131 If I should lose an arm or leg, or have my head torn off, I would not expect to be greatly comforted by the thought that Lyris might later regret her hasty act.
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61 513 "She is high strung, and impatient, and you may lose a hand".
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63 431 It did not pause, as we paused, not to exceed our pace, not to lose contact with us".
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Book 35. (9 results) Quarry of Gor

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3 53 "Every bit of it now, do not lose a drop".
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3 172 Have we not seen even more deplorable behavior, upon occasion, in the first, or even the second, sale of a former Gorean free woman, taken, say, in a slave raid, or acquired as a part of the loot of a fallen city? If a first sale can be surprising, or trying, even for a mere barbarian, one clearly b...
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6 30 "We will lose more houses," said a man.
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8 124 I did not wish to lose my ears and nose.
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13 255 "Her master wishes to keep her, at least until he would give her away, sell her, lose her at dice, or such".
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18 191 I tried not to lose consciousness and collapse beside the low table.
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32 85 I wish to induce a fear in Bruno of Torcadino that he may lose you, and even that others may be interested in your acquisition, either for the procuring of information, or, as in the case of the Lady Dorna of Tharna, the removal of a witness.
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33 310 Perhaps he feared to lose one source of fee.
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34 105 "We could change your name and lose you in any one of a hundred markets, markets as far south as Schendi, as far north as Torvaldsland".
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Book 36. (12 results) Avengers of Gor

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49 82 We might lose the ships, but he would lose us.
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9 16 "They would lose the advantage of numbers.
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12 22 "I think they will lose little time in being about their business".
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25 23 "It is one thing," I said, "for four fifty-oared ships and two thirty-oared ships to separate, assuming the appearance of innocent merchantmen, and lose themselves in the harbor at Sybaris, but it seems that seven knife ships, new and armed, might be an entirely different story".
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27 11 "Patrons must lose more than they win," I said, "or the house will cease to exist".
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27 19 "And you could choose a color and a number, and lose your tarsk-bit," said Clitus.
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27 35 "I shall wager again," said Aktis, "but, as I am sensible and realize I might lose, no more than a copper tarsk".
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35 64 Currently corsairs are reluctant to strike villages, and, soon, even should they lose their apprehension of a lurking Peasant army, they would, with the likelihood of only modest loot, be likely to face warned, dangerous fighters, recruited perhaps from several adjacent villages.
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35 182 "They would lose prizes," said Sakim.
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43 151 Certainly he would not wish to lose time and expend resources indefinitely at Mytilene when his efforts might be more lucratively applied elsewhere.
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47 40 "We should lose too many of our merriest jests".
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50 105 "Should the mercenaries lose touch with us, they need only give the Brigand Island a temporary surcease of its pain, and, soon, it will seek us of its own accord".
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