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Book 1. (8 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	114	In all the languages of this planet, the word means Home Stone".	10
2	156	Oddly enough, one of the expressions in the tongue of Gor for our sun was Lar-Torvis, which means The Central Fire, another Pythagorean expression, except that it had not been, as I understand it, originally used by the Pythagoreans to refer to the sun but to another body.	10
2	157	The more common expression for the sun was Tor-tu-Gor, which means Light Upon the Home Stone.	10
3	110	Interestingly enough, the word for meat is Sa-Tassna, which means Life-Mother.	10
9	41	To her annoyance, but as a safety measure I thought essential, I secured her a few feet from me, fastening her arms about a sapling by means of the slave bracelets.	10
12	124	I examined the ledge for some means of escape, but the cliffs above and below were almost smooth.	10
17	40	That evening emissaries were exchanged, and, by means of notes and conferences, conditions of surrender were arranged.	10
18	97	At the same time from the escarpment came a smooth, rolling sound as a great weight was effortlessly balanced and lifted by hydraulic means.	10

Book 2. (9 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
12	99	"It means one is made welcome in Tharna," said the girl, "and this means one is sent to the Great Farms to be a Field Slave, to cultivate the soil of Tharna in chains until one dies".	10
1	101	"It means," laughed Cabot, a mirthless laugh, "—to the Priest-Kings of Gor!" He rose unsteadily.	10
9	31	* * * * At least this night, this rainy night, I would not sleep again in the fields, for, thanks to the puzzling gift of the hooded conspirator, I had the means to purchase lodging.	10
9	38	The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother.	10
9	39	Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter.	10
18	64	News of the distribution of food at the feeding trough had spread, by means of the slaves who carried the tubs of food, from mine to mine.	10
20	54	The full expression is En'Kara-Lar-Torvis, which means, rather literally, The First Turning of the Central Fire.	10
21	90	Surely Goreans have at their disposal means for indelibly but painlessly marking the human body.	10
21	100	Perhaps it is merely a device for merchants who must have some such means for tracing runaway slaves, which would otherwise constitute a costly hazard to their trade.	10

Book 3. (24 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	76	"It means," she said, irritably, "that I am confined to this room, and that I am the slave of whoever enters the room".	10
13	81	"The tunic," said the other, "is inscribed with much information, and it is by means of the tunic that Priest-Kings can recognize us".	10
14	98	Inside the cube there were canisters of Mul-Fungus, a bowl, a ladle, a wooden-bladed Fungus-Knife; a wooden-headed Fungus-Mallet; a convenient tube of Mul-Pellets, which discharged its contents one at a time following my depressing a lever in the bottom of the tube; and a large, inverted jar of wate...	10
15	114	How else could learning take place? This device is merely a comparatively considerate, swift and efficient means to an end that is universally regarded as desirable by rational creatures".	10
16	27	"Occasionally on Gor we destroy a city, selecting it by means of a random selection device.	10
16	85	The lenses of their eyes are altered in such a way that what they see is registered by means of transducers on scent-screens in the scanning room.	10
16	86	We can also speak and act by means of them, when the control web is activated in the Sardar".	10
16	106	"I then, by means of an Implanted Agent, unconscious of the message being read through him, instructed your father to write the letter which you found in the mountains on your native world".	10
19	39	"Long ago," said Sarm, "in Nests long before this one, in times of which you cannot conceive, it was by means of these small things that my people began the journey that led in time to Priest-Kings".	10
20	127	The collar is regarded not simply as a designation of slavery and a means for identifying the girl's owner and his city but as an ornament as well.	10
20	158	"It means," said Mul-Al-Ka, "that Vika of Treve no longer exists".	10
20	166	"He means," said Mul-Al-Ka, "that she has been sent to the tunnels of the Golden Beetle".	10
22	153	"In part," I said, "but mostly what it means will be decided by Priest-Kings and men".	10
25	177	"It means nothing," she said.	10
25	183	"It means only," she said, "that I am your slave girl—forever".	10
25	187	"It means, Tarl Cabot," she said, her eyes wet with tears, "that I love you".	10
28	224	Most briefly, the combined drive and guidance system of the disk functioned by means of the focusing of gravitational sensors on material objects and using the gravitational attraction of these objects while in effect screening out the attraction of others.	10
29	136	His abdomen now dragged on the ground but he pushed himself toward me, jaws snapping, by means of the two forward supporting appendages and the remains of his posterior appendages.	10
29	154	Nonetheless, reasoning analogously from my own controls, I managed to locate the guidance sphere, by means of which one selects any one of the theoretically infinite number of directions from a given point and the dials for the height and speed control.	10
29	159	Accordingly, it seemed safest to leave the ship and find some ventilator shaft and make my way back to Misk's area by means of it.	10
30	71	These creatures, perhaps two hundred or more, were loosed and by means of covered transportation disks, piloted by Priest-Kings using oxygen systems internal to the disks, were driven toward the quarters of the Nest controlled by the unsuspecting Misk and his forces.	10
31	58	They were joined together by a length of chain that had been, by means of two padlocks, fastened about their throats.	10
31	135	I climbed the walkway rapidly and soon could see Sarm clearly at the very top of the dome, whence he had once displayed to me the majesty of the Priest-Kings' accomplishments, where he had once indicated to me the modifications of the ganglionic net by means of which his people had won to the enormo...	10
32	172	"You do not understand, my children," said Kusk, "what the Golden Beetle means to a Priest-King".	10

Book 4. (21 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
19	203	In a short while Harold, carrying the struggling Hereena, and I had retraced our steps to the central hall and descended the steps of the porch and returned by means of the curving walks between the shrubs and pools to the flower tree by means of which we had originally entered the Pleasure Gardens ...	10
1	26	Briefly, for those it might interest, all directions on the planet are calculated from the Sardar Mountains, which for the purposes of calculating direction play a role analogous to our north pole; the two main directions, so to speak, in the Gorean way of thinking are Ta-Sardar-Var and Ta-Sardar-Ki...	10
5	46	Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the waist; the Chatka, or long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the...	10
5	47	For a male slave, or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains, to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of black leather.	10
6	113	"Further," I said, "we do not have the means of returning you to your home".	10
6	177	"It means," I told her, "I am a slave girl".	10
7	207	It had been, after all, months since the Nest War and surely, by now, to some extent, Priest-Kings would have managed to restore significant portions of the equipment, devices of surveillance and control, by means of which they had, for such long millennia, managed to maintain their mastery of this ...	10
9	65	This would be impractical, naturally, save for the detestable device of the golden bowl and tufted banquet stick, dipped in scented oils, by means of which the diner may, when he wishes, refresh himself and return with eagerness to the feast.	10
9	171	Until then, I gathered, her means were in the doubtless capable hands of Saphrar the merchant.	10
9	463	Kamchak had, by means of the very pride of Aphris of Turia, of Kamras, and the offended Turians, brought the girl by her own will to the stake of Love War.	10
12	214	One of the instruments was an eight-stringed czehar, rather like a large flat oblong box; it is held across the lap when sitting cross-legged and is played with a horn pick; the other was the kalika, a six-stringed instrument; it, like the czehar, is flat-bridged and its strings are adjusted by mean...	10
14	3	Each warrior of the Wagon Peoples, and that means each able-bodied man, is a member of an Or, or a Ten; each ten is a member of an Orlu, or Hundred; each Orlu is a member of an Oralu, a Thousand.	10
16	74	The walls provide a means for defending the water and also, of course, considering the number of wells in the city, some of which, by the way, are fed by springs, provide a number of defensible enclaves should portions of the city fall into enemy hands.	10
16	120	"This means, of course," said another voice, "that others know of the well".	10
17	39	He benignly lifted his small fat hand with the carmine fingernails and said, "By all means, my dear Ha-Keel, withdraw if you so wish".	10
22	18	Now, however, it might not hurt at all to be promptly and accurately identified by means of it.	10
22	50	"It means," remarked Harold, looking about the courtyard, "that you have the rank of a Commander of a Thousand".	10
24	12	I knew that Kamchak was in constant touch, by means of riders, with the wagons of the Tuchuks, and so I did not speak with him of the looting of his wagon, nor of the fate of Aphris of Turia, nor did I deem it well to speak to him of Elizabeth Cardwell, for it seemed evident that he had sold her, an...	10
25	355	"It means, I think," I said, "that only the woman who has utterly surrendered—and can utterly surrender—losing herself in a man's touch—can be truly a woman, and being what she is, is then free".	10
25	752	"It means nothing!" I then began to kiss her foot, and the inside of her ankle, beneath the bone, and she trembled momentarily.	10
27	201	"What means this?" demanded Kamchak sternly.	10

Book 5. (11 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	227	"How is it then," asked he, "that you have such riches?" "It means nothing," I said.	10
5	383	"Perhaps they have seized some of these humans," I said, "and interrogated them, finding out if they tell the truth or not, by means of drugs or tortures".	10
9	21	Less impressive perhaps but even more essential to the operation of the House were its kitchens, its laundries, commissaries and storerooms; its medical facilities, in which dental care is also provided; its corridors of rooms for staff members, all of whom live in the House; its library, its record...	10
11	17	There was a feed trough at one side of each cage and a low watering pan on the other, both filled by means of tubes from the catwalk.	10
11	97	"Each girl in her processing," said Ho-Tu, "after her fingerprinting, is given five strokes of the lash, that she may feel it and know what it means.	10
18	274	There were, however, the means for shutting it at hand, two large beams which might be placed in iron brackets.	10
18	396	The key box was about a yard to the left of the keyhole; and about four feet from the observation panel; it is a small, heavy metal box bolted to the stone of the wall; it opens and shuts to the left, by means of a round-knobbed screw, which must be turned several times before the small metal door o...	10
19	29	I was barefooted; my only garment was a short woolen, sleeveless tunic; on both the back and the front of this tunic was sewn a large block letter, the initial letter of the Gorean expression "Kajirus," which means a male slave.	10
20	42	The only body not recovered had been that of Claudia Tentia Hinrabia, who had been originally the unfortunate victim of the intrigues of Cernus, the means whereby was brought about the downfall of the house of Portus.	10
20	200	"He means me, Master," said Sura, humbly, and then dropped her head.	10
24	69	Further, it would be the means of defeating the Yellows.	10

Book 6. (13 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	60	The rence growers, I had learned, communicate by means of such signals, disguised as the cries of marsh gants.	10
3	13	Incidentally, when the island is to be moved under siege conditions, divers leave the island by means of the wells and, in groups of two and three, attempt to cut a path in the direction of escape; such divers, of course, often fall prey to underwater predators and to the spears of enemies, who thru...	10
6	77	My arm about Telima, I cast about for some means of escape.	10
8	83	The men of Port Kar knew, as I had not, that rencers communicate in the marshes by the means of such signals.	10
9	116	Further, it was open to attack from the air by means of the cavalries of mercenary tarnsmen of Port Kar, of which she has several.	10
9	430	Trembling she fumbled with the flint and steel, to strike sparks into the moss bowl, whence by means of a Ka-la-na shaving the lamp might be lit.	10
10	22	In a round ship this means she would be able, in Earth figures, to freight between approximately one hundred and one hundred and fifty tons below decks.	10
10	40	It lay on the eastern edge of Port Kar, backing on the marshes; it opened, by means of a huge barred gate, to the canals of the city; in its courtyard were wharved his seven ships; when journeying to Thassa the great gate was opened and they were rowed through the city to the sea.	10
10	171	On the other hand, the wages tend to be so slight that an organization seldom has the means to mount a long strike; the arsenal can normally be patient, and can usually choose to build a ship a month from now rather than now, but one cannot well arrange to eat a month from now, and not today, or tom...	10
10	307	I now had the means whereby I might purchase yet two more ships for my fleet.	10
11	106	Many of these basins, near which, in red-painted wooden boxes, are stored large numbers of folded leather buckets, are expressly for the purpose of providing a means for fighting fires.	10
11	107	Some of the other basins are large enough to float galleys; these large basins connect with the arsenal's canal system, by means of which heavy materials may be conveyed about the arsenal; the arsenal's canal system also gives access, at two points, to the canal system of the city and, at two other ...	10
14	317	I snapped shut the glass of the builders and, by means of a slender rope ladder fastened at the masthead and anchored to a cleat near the mast well below, took my way down to the deck.	10

Book 7. (11 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	17	It opened in such a way as to touch the ground and formed a sort of ramp, by means of which the ship could be loaded.	10
7	445	Many an angry young man of modest means returns, disappointed and frustrated, from the market, leading home on his tether the most that he can afford, an item of what he takes to be second-rate merchandise; but he discovers, perhaps after introducing her to the house, and tying her and giving her th...	10
8	97	"That means they are men who were taken by women," said Ute.	10
8	901	But beyond this I had only the white-silk girl's dim sense of the changes they could bring about in my body, only the vague instinctual sensing, deep in my femaleness, of the fantastic pleasures to which a slave girl may be subjected by her master, pleasures by means of which he may, if it pleases h...	10
10	256	"We re-entered your apartment by means of the terrace".	10
10	343	"It means nothing," I said.	10
11	799	By means of this device I continued, generally, to run southward.	10
12	662	But, about the throat, the broad strap, for each of us, was perforated in two places, and it was by means of narrow binding fiber, passed several times through the perforations and knotted, that it was fastened on our throats.	10
13	19	She had used the pieces of binding fiber which had, by means of the perforations, fastened our throat straps on us.	10
15	1146	It is so simple to cause men acute agony! It was so simple to manipulate them, and control them, by means of their needs.	10
17	420	"It could easily be," said he called Bosk, "for it requires only that some rumor be spread, say, in Ar, or elsewhere, that you are in this city, a rumor which well might, by means of spies, soon find its way to the camp of Rask of Treve.	10

Book 8. (12 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	258	It was guided by a man walking behind it, by means of a lever extending back, under the wagon, from the front axle.	10
6	94	It is, doubtless, important to her that he do so, to accord with her plans, those plans by means of which she hopes to take vengeance upon him for her former capture and humiliation".	10
6	224	"It means nothing," I told her.	10
6	956	"It means nothing," I said.	10
7	22	We would not approach Verna's camp and dancing circle by means of the blazed trail.	10
14	111	They carried it by means of two metal bars thrust through it, the bars held by gloves.	10
14	135	Another common expression for a female slave, incidentally, the initial of which, in cursive script, is sometimes used to mark a girl, is Sa-Fora, which means, rather literally, Chain Daughter.	10
15	577	"It means nothing," she said.	10
18	186	This shelter would protect them from arrows, should they come, from the forest, and, by means of the fires, should discourage the too-close approach of either panthers or sleen, which animals, in any case, seldom leave the forest, seldom prowl on the beach.	10
18	190	By means of these, protected by their flames, in case animals should approach too closely, the great beacon could be fed.	10
18	377	I also secured her by the neck, by means of a thong, to a nearby tree.	10
18	426	Access to food and water is a means of controlling and training slaves, as it is of any animal.	10

Book 9. (11 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	47	More importantly, it would give them the means of communication with the Gorean islands, and, if desirable, a means whereby their invasion might be accomplished.	10
1	630	"In Torvaldsland," said Tab, "that word means 'beasts'".	10
2	146	It fitted into two blocks of wood, and was wedged in the top block by means of a heavy, diagonal wooden plug, driven tight with hammers.	10
2	243	In the crowd, with the poor, there were many burghers of Kassau, stout men of means, the pillars of the town, with their families.	10
6	191	Air, by means of a small bellows, pumped by a thrall boy, in white wool, collared, hair-cropped, was forced through a tube in the bottom of each.	10
6	315	Furthermore, of course, were it not for goods won by his ship or ships, it would be unlikely that he would have the means to build a hall and house within it his men.	10
8	275	"Doubtless it means nothing," said Ivar Forkbeard.	10
10	435	He then lifted the chain and, by means of the padlock, passing it through the loop on her collar and a link in the chain, secured her.	10
10	632	She was naked, except for the Torvaldsland collar of black iron on her neck, with its projecting ring, and the heavy chain padlocked about her right ankle; the chain was about a yard long; it secured her, by means of a heavy ring, to the block.	10
12	9	This sort of thing is done more effectively, in my opinion, in the south by means of flags, run commonly from the prow cleats to the height of the stem castle.	10
13	116	"But I have," said the Forkbeard, "the means wherewith to buy myself free of the outlawry you yourself pronounced upon me".	10

Book 10. (13 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	819	The Gorean expression for this area simply means the Wastes, or the Emptiness.	10
2	312	I had not, however, by means of food, truly impressed her slavery on her.	10
4	129	The first Gorean words the Earth girl had been taught, and she had learned them in the pens of Samos of Port Kar, were "La Kajira," which means "I am a slave girl".	10
4	336	He then, by means of the ring on her collar, jerked her up, to her knees, and she knelt before him.	10
5	590	I thought it not unlikely this slave might stir the interest of a man of means.	10
5	797	Was this so fearful for a woman, I wondered, for a real woman, a natural woman, a feminine woman? Could they truly believe biology, and millions of years of evolution, were socially constructed artifacts that might be swept aside with impunity, without consequences, in order to promote self-serving ...	10
13	139	Failure to comply in such a situation means immediate decapitation.	10
14	149	Two of the men, one on each side, then thrust a bar behind my back and before my elbows, by means of which, together, they could control me.	10
14	158	By means of the bar, not looking back, I was thrust from the cell.	10
16	30	The retaining vessels are, at the salt docks, lifted from the rafts by means of pulleys and counterweights.	10
16	77	On the other hand, the salamander, by means of its legs and feet, can dislodge prey inaccessible to the lelt.	10
26	300	"Yes," I said, "you were within my means".	10
26	991	Rage or cry, it means naught.	10

Book 11. (25 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	1370	The boys yanked the ropes on my ankles, and, by their means, and by means of those held by the other two boys, those fastened on my wrists, I was turned and thrown to my stomach, in the dirt, spread-eagled.	10
3	115	Behind me, the thorn brush, so thick and high, by means of hooked poles, was pulled into place, closing me in the camp with the men, and the girl.	10
3	278	Women from the conquered city, on the other hand, are not; they are kept; they are turned over to the young males of the capturing city; in the game in which the first hundred captures decides victory this means there is a girl for each participating young man, usually one he himself brought bound t...	10
5	524	Too, seeing the lust of men to discern your features, and understanding what face veiling and unveiling means to them, tends to influence one's views of these matters.	10
5	649	With a minimum of means I was held with absolute perfection.	10
7	491	The expression 'Bina' in Gorean means "slave beads".	10
7	502	Her thigh, freshly branded, bore the common slave mark of Gor, the initial letter, in cursive script, of the Gorean expression 'Kajira,' which means Slave Girl.	10
8	1	A Girl's Will Means Nothing I fled for the cage.	10
9	546	In some such hoes the socket is drilled and the staff is held in place by means of a pin, usually of wood, sometimes of metal.	10
11	276	Order tended to be imposed by physical means.	10
12	220	Muchly was he herewith, by means of a slave girl, insulted by Borchoff, captain of Stones of Turmus.	10
13	79	Aging was a physical process and, as such, was susceptible to alteration by physical means.	10
14	147	I rose to my feet and went to the slave room to fetch the hook bracelets, leather cuffs with locks on them, and snaps; they are soft and the snaps, as opposed to the cuffs, require no key; some men enjoy them on their slaves; by means of the snaps the girl may be variously secured by the locked cuff...	10
15	175	You cannot conceive of what it means!" "Are you not what is spoken of as a 'hot' slave?" she asked.	10
20	135	One thing that was shown to me was the slave bridle; the male takes the light chain back between the teeth of the girl and holds it, together, behind her neck, thus, too, pinning her hands there, helplessly; he then controls her by means of the bridle; my own invention was the chain kiss; one clasps...	10
20	589	Must I await him here, like a silken, caressable verr, unable to flee, observed in the day, chained at night? And if I were sold it might not be hard to track me, from master to master, by means of slave papers, merchants' records, and so on.	10
23	95	He then, by means of this improvised rope, tied my collar close to the iron ring on the wreckage, no more than an inch from it.	10
24	70	"Slave beautiful," in Gorean, as men use the term, is a term expressing superlative regard; it means that the woman is lovely enough, beautiful enough, desirable enough, exciting enough, to be a slave.	10
25	21	I might, in my normal waking state, have recalled much of what had occurred there, even to the words spoken, but, in the unusual state of consciousness which Iskander, by means of his drug and his suggestions, had induced in me even the most trivial details, little things which a waking consciousnes...	10
25	236	"It means, I fear," said Samos, "the invasion is imminent".	10
26	568	"Do you not understand what that means!" She struggled with the bonds on her wrists.	10
26	569	"I understand very well what it means," I assured her.	10
28	63	When it takes longer to sell a girl it usually means that she is less interesting to the buyers, and that the bids are slow, or that she, an unusual beauty, is being more elaborately displayed, with the object in mind of intensifying and driving up the eventual bids.	10
28	110	She hoped to be bought by a man of modest means.	10
28	180	The effect of this, being for a time relatively at ease, and then being forced suddenly to move ten times closer to the block tends, suddenly, to whet one's fears and anticipations anew; when one, psychologically, in spite of herself, had begun to feel a little safe one is suddenly hurried even clos...	10

Book 12. (28 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
12	293	'Imnak,' for example, means "Steep Mountain"; 'Poalu' means "Mitten"; 'Kadluk' means "Thunder".	10
2	598	"It means the perishing of the men of the polar basin, or their near starvation.	10
3	476	Her will means nothing.	10
3	699	The loop goes about her neck and, by means of a trigger, may be tightened or slightly loosened.	10
3	700	The girl may be signaled by means of the chain.	10
11	240	About their throats now, too, they wore again the four looped strings, each differently knotted, by means of which a red hunter might, upon inspection, determine that their owner was Imnak.	10
12	128	With Imnak's help we would cross Ax Glacier and find the Innuit, as they called themselves, a word which, in their own tongue, means "the People".	10
12	232	These chains, together, are sometimes called the Hrimgar Mountains, which, in Gorean, means the Barrier Mountains.	10
14	140	There was indeed a sled there, that which Imnak had built at the wall, and which the girls had drawn, that sled by means of which his supplies and gear had been transported across Ax Glacier.	10
15	549	"My will means nothing?" she asked.	10
15	1121	"It means nothing," I said.	10
20	183	"Even if we have enough food for the winter," I said, "if Karjuk does not come soon, I must hunt for him, even if it means going out on the ice in the darkness".	10
21	384	Heat, of course, is one of the yardsticks, so to speak, by means of which the quality of a slave is measured.	10
23	142	The word 'Naartok' in the language of the Innuit means 'Fat Belly'.	10
23	413	"He means you".	10
24	128	"Your will means nothing".	10
24	237	"Your will means nothing," I said.	10
24	489	The word 'Karjuk', incidentally, in the language of the Innuit, means 'Arrow'.	10
25	6	Karjuk stepped off the runners of his sled and called to his snow sleen, dragging back on the tabuk-horn uprights at the rear of the sled, by means of which he guided the snow vessel.	10
28	216	By means of a ratchet and pawl arrangement the device is fitted to the individual girl.	10
29	6	The actual firing of the weapon was apparently by means of a button in the forepart of the stock.	10
30	10	Their small wrists, by means of slave bracelets and a ring at the top of the post, were fastened behind them and to the post.	10
32	51	By means of these cameras, and the various screens, I was given to understand the immensity and intricacy of the complex.	10
34	87	A needle and thread can be as important in the north as a means to make fire.	10
35	531	"By means of a ventilator shaft," I said.	10
36	65	The word 'Neromiktok', in the language of the People, means 'Smooth-and-Soft-to-Touch'.	10
36	122	Auyark is a word in the language of the People which means Summer.	10
38	44	It was a double coffle line; the last girl is placed on it first; the double line is knotted about her neck and then the two strands are taken forward; the fifth girl was next neck-knotted into the line and the two strands taken forward again, and so on; when the first girl is put in the coffle, the...	10

Book 13. (26 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
34	664	Values need not be something one somehow mysteriously "knows," a result of having forgotten the conditioning process by means of which they were instilled, but could be something chosen, something selected as instruments by means of which to improve human life.	10
3	69	I thought these might bring him out of hiding, with the Tahari ring, if I could not locate him by means of the blond Earth girl who had been purchased by Ulafi, captain of the Palms of Schendi, merchant, too, of that city.	10
4	383	The Ribbon's alley, like most small canals, and many of the larger canals, does not join the sea directly but only by means of linkages with other canals.	10
4	634	With the neck strap he pulled her head down and tied it down, fastening it to her ankles by means of the neck strap; the leather between her neck and ankles, which were now crossed and bound, was short and taut.	10
6	59	It means rope.	10
6	60	Similarly the word Nyoka means serpent.	10
6	61	Ushindi means Victory.	10
7	48	By means of the loop of chain and lock she is attached to the central chain.	10
7	132	Her small hands, her wrists secured in slave bracelets, by means of a locked chain snug at her waist, were held at her belly.	10
8	12	I had observed her sale by means of a glass of the builders, from a roof top near Uchafu's market.	10
13	367	"It means nothing," I said.	10
13	592	"Surely what you did to me last night," she said, "means something to you?" "It was only a night's pleasure with a paga girl," I said.	10
14	208	It means nothing to me".	10
16	60	A message may be conveyed by means of drum stations for hundreds of pasangs in less than an Ahn.	10
16	83	Waters from the overflow of Lake Ngao entered the great marsh between Ngao and Ushindi, and, thence, made their ways to Ushindi, which, by means of the Kamba and Nyoka, drained to gleaming Thassa, the sea.	10
23	84	"The empire means security and civilization," said Mwoga.	10
23	217	"The means," I said, "have long lain at our disposal.	10
29	28	When something strikes the web the tremor is transmitted by means of this line to the spider.	10
29	170	I resisted, too, an impulse to seize her fair ankles, turn her to her back by means of them, throw them apart, and then rape her in the dirt.	10
32	709	"The men then thrust my wrist leashes back through the rings and, by means of them, dragged me to my feet.	10
34	189	I had wanted her shipped to Schendi that I might, by means of her, following her sales and exchanges, be led to the lair of the treacherous Shaba, traitor to Priest-Kings.	10
34	640	"And you understand what that means?" "Yes, Master," she sobbed.	10
34	783	"And it will give me a means by which to summon you, when I wish you to fetch and serve".	10
34	1061	"It means that I am a slave," she said.	10
51	101	Her lips, too, may be rouged and she may be forced to kiss the papers, this signifying not only her reverence of them but supplying an additional means by which, because of the subtle, delicate differences among the lips of slaves, she can be identified.	10
55	19	"It means, I think," I said, "that it is now safe to descend the river".	10

Book 14. (8 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	508	"What do you think it means?" "I think, obviously," I said, "it is a cruel joke, and it could have been a dangerous joke.	10
1	1001	I suddenly discovered that there were no handles by means of which the windows might be rolled down! "Stop the cab!" I cried, choking.	10
17	109	She, of course, a free woman, and one once of means, would not concern herself with such work as dusting and cleaning.	10
23	2	It was the central tunnel of that network of tunnels under the lands of the mistress, by means of which various buildings, such as storage sheds, the incubation shed, certain of the stables, and the nursery, are connected.	10
24	1	Another Girl in the Tunnel I stood again in the absolute darkness of the tunnel, the central tunnel of that network of tunnels under the lands of the mistress, by means of which various buildings, such as storage sheds, the incubation shed, certain of the stables, and the nursery, are connected.	10
24	60	Briefly I put my two hands in her hair, that she might know I could control her by means of it, should I choose to do so.	10
25	304	About the whole a cage had been built, with heavy bars, which opened by means of a small door in the back.	10
32	220	"My will means nothing?" she asked.	10

Book 15. (10 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	43	"It means surrender to men!" "Of course," I told her.	10
6	79	The expression 'Tetrapoli' in Gorean, incidentally, means "Four Cities" or "Four Towns".	10
7	158	It is by means of these clips that the chain can be transformed from a simple piece of slave jewelry into a sturdy and effective device of slave restraint.	10
21	38	Dalliance is discouraged by means of long-bladed whips and the prodding and striking of reversed lances.	10
21	93	I had, I knew, the means whereby I might, if I wished, gain admission to that dark, rearing fortress, the walled river cove at its base.	10
23	33	At this point it becomes clear to her that it is by no means a foregone conclusion that men will find her of interest, or that they will see fit to satisfy her.	10
25	203	"Excellent," said Tasdron, "excellent," and he rose from the table, letting himself out of the room with a key, by means of a side door, one which led up a flight of stairs, presumably to private compartments.	10
31	6	The gate is raised by muscle power, abetted by two heavy, drumlike weights which partially balance its weight, transmitted to the windlass by means of metal windlass poles, or bars, these being used to rotate the windlass.	10
31	54	When, in my dreams I would encounter a slave girl, perhaps suddenly turning to greet me; perhaps in a market, imploring me to buy her; perhaps on a rounded slave block, I with a purse of gold in hand, having ready the means with which to buy her; perhaps an escaped slave, pilfering in my compartment...	10
32	362	I was certain I could find means from there to make my way back to Victoria.	10

Book 16. (15 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	269	The collar was clearly visible on her neck, and the small, heavy lock, by means of which it was secured upon her.	10
9	37	"I think she means to attack".	10
17	35	It was by means of such that the street was lit.	10
18	288	I know that my will means nothing but it is to you that I wish to belong, and not to another.	10
19	65	I then, by means of a wheel set in the wall, with its ratchet arrangement, drew the chain back and through the ring, hauling her to her feet.	10
19	121	She sees the door, a device by means of which she gains access to her dwelling, but can it have the same meaning to her as to one who has been helplessly carried through it, as a slave? Similarly, the free woman passes through that door whenever she wishes.	10
19	248	I removed the bracelets from her and, by means of the wheel, returned the bracelets and the chain to their original positions.	10
19	1108	In this form of slavery, which is commonly used for disciplinary purposes, or for the amusement of the master, the woman is not permitted to rise from all fours; similarly she is not permitted human speech, though she may signify needs and desires by such means as cringing, and moaning and whimperin...	10
19	1109	Not permitted the use of her hands, save as a means of locomotion, she must also eat and drink from pans set on the floor, or, sometimes, to satisfy her thirst, she must lap the water permitted to her from puddles or lick spillages from the tiles; too, it is not uncommon to chain her near her master...	10
20	226	Each girl carried a tray of desserts, and each wore two light, graceful, gleaming chains, one of which, some twenty inches in length, by means of ankle rings, joined her ankles, and the other of which, some eighteen inches in length, put confinement on her wrists, each fair wrist being clasped snugl...	10
20	982	She had retained, by means of diet and exercise, her block measurements, those measurements which were hers when she, after having been prepared for sale, was marketed from a slave block.	10
20	1437	Whereas the Gorean male may pursue his quarry, perhaps a frigid free woman, by means of conventions and such, much as his Earth counterpart, and be subjected to similar frustrations, he has at his disposal other recourses, such as the capture net, and the girl markets.	10
20	1610	The criteria by means of which this stock is selected and supplied, of course, are diverse, for it is well known that men differ in their tastes in women, and enjoy selecting slaves to their particular taste.	10
20	2008	By means of small clips, snap clips or lock clips, it may be used to secure as well as adorn a woman.	10
21	132	"I know my will means nothing, but I beg to be had".	10

Book 17. (31 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
14	597	"'Wicincala'," she said, "which means 'Girl', and 'Amomona', which means 'Baby' or 'Doll'".	10
2	398	How could I explain to Samos the dark affinity I shared with one whom I had met only once, in the north, and long ago, with one who, clearly, was naught but a beast? I recalled the long evening I had once spent with Zarendargar, and our lengthy, animated conversations, the talk of warriors, the talk...	10
8	684	His desires with respect to their performances, I gathered, could be adequately conveyed by such means as the boot and whip.	10
8	1119	"By means of them I can communicate with the red-haired girl," he said.	10
12	102	The other ankle is then pulled to a corresponding position at the other end of the pole where, by means of another thong passed through another hole, drilled at that point in the spreader, it is fastened securely in place.	10
12	170	He joined them, by means of snap locks, with a length of chain.	10
13	68	Indeed, much may be done with means so simple even as the stroke of a hand, the twisting of an arm, the manner in which her body is penetrated.	10
13	620	"Oh, yes," she said, "I have value! I cost 'seven nine', I am told, whatever that means".	10
13	777	"He would wish to have a means to return to the city and, of course, it would be important to abandon or dispose of the car far from the scene of the abductors' rendezvous".	10
13	1358	Each master will train his own girl according to his own interests and tastes, and each girl, in the private and intimate context of the particular master/slave relation, by means of her intelligence and imagination, owned, will train herself to be his special slave, specifically and personally".	10
14	116	I knew one of his names among the red savages was Wopeton, which means Trader, or Merchant.	10
14	400	It literally means one who speaks well.	10
14	695	The word 'Waniyanpi' itself means literally 'tame cattle'.	10
14	833	' I was later called 'Wihinpaspa', which means lodge-pin or tent-pin, probably because I was little and thin.	10
14	983	Others think that it means a man who goes straight or a man who is close to the earth, to nature.	10
14	987	"It probably means two men growing up together".	10
14	992	"It means a wild sleen.	10
14	994	Do you know what this means?" He then spread the index finger and the second finger of his right hand and drew them from the left to the right, in front of his body.	10
14	1013	"What do you think this means?" he asked.	10
14	1065	"I have no idea what it means," I said.	10
14	1126	The word 'mazasapa', for example, literally means 'black metal'.	10
15	29	For example, a message which commonly means that kailiauk have been sighted may, by prearrangement, be understood to communicate an intention of attack to a collaborative force".	10
15	151	"I do not think he means us harm," said Grunt.	10
15	239	The first portion of this sign means "time," and the second portion indicates, presumably, the forward movement of time.	10
17	75	The girls are then placed along the branch and by means of one or more thongs tied at these intervals.	10
17	153	"Are they men?" "They are called Waniyanpi," I said, "which in Dust Leg and Kaiila means 'tame cattle.	10
17	345	If she cannot even function at the paws of a kaiila what should one expect in one's own furs? If she cannot even do well with an animal, what reason is there to expect that she could do better with a man? The most significant aspect of this test, of course, is that it gives masters a means for deter...	10
18	91	Such a behavior, generalized, of course, means the destruction of the community.	10
18	217	"It means the same, only in Kaiila," said Grunt.	10
19	221	"It means 'Female Animal'," said Pimples.	10
19	225	I myself was called Wasnapohdi, which means 'Pimples'".	10

Book 18. (38 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
43	169	By means of these handles, of course, the sack may be provided with a variety of means of transport.	10
1	242	It was from that time that he had been called Cuwignaka, which means "Woman's Dress".	10
1	293	It means, in effect, "Red Bull".	10
1	294	'Tatanka' designates the kailiauk bull, and the suffix 'sa' means red.	10
2	138	One can always improvise something, if one wishes, and, from the point of view of what it means, its reality, and significance, any collar is a collar.	10
2	336	The name 'Iwoso', incidentally, means "Pouting Lips".	10
2	341	The expression 'Bloketu', incidentally, the name of the girl on the kaiila, the daughter of the Isanna chieftain, Watonka, means "Summer" or "Summertime".	10
2	350	'Petuste' means "Fire-Brand".	10
4	155	By means of these lighter poles the cover is put in its place.	10
4	243	It means "Beads".	10
7	354	"Do you know what it means," I asked, "when a woman is sent to report to a man, and she is naked, and in bonds?" "I am not familiar with Gorean ways," she said.	10
7	435	"Do you know what it means," asked Cuwignaka, "when a woman is ordered to report to a man, and she is naked and bound?" "I have some idea," I admitted.	10
9	699	By means of them he can, in effect, map her beauty, guiding himself in his ownership of her, detecting the zones of her greatest sexual helplessness and seeing, by varying the nature of his rhythms and touches, how they can be most efficiently and brilliantly exploited, the end in view, of course, b...	10
12	469	"I decided that I would permit them, certain ones of my careful choosing, of proper means and stations, to become acquainted with me, and that I might then, from among these, favor certain ones with the dignity and honor of my friendship.	10
14	52	It means "tame cattle".	10
18	44	Then she felt her ankles tied in this position, the branch behind them, widely apart, by means of the notches and thongs.	10
22	292	There is no simple translation for 'Owopte' but, literally, it means the place from which a turnip is dug.	10
26	115	"Do you understand what it means," I asked, "when a man finds a woman of interest?" She nodded, a tiny motion, but desperate, fervent.	10
30	200	This, in the language of the Kaiila, means 'my friend'.	10
33	242	The point of the collar is to mark the woman as a slave and, in many cases, by means of devices such as a particular kind of knot, a tag, an engraving on metal, or a plate attached to it, to identify the master, not to cause her discomfort.	10
33	406	"'Cesli'," I said, "means 'dung.	10
33	410	"'Cespu' means 'wart' or 'scab,'" I said.	10
37	229	On the other hand, particularly in a slaver's house, the girl is commonly knelt with her hands tied behind her back, and the beverage is administered by two men, one of whom holds the girl's head back sharply by the hair with one hand and, with the other, pinches her nostrils tightly shut so that sh...	10
37	262	Its relative scarcity, presumably, is a function not of repression, which does not exist, but of neglect or disinterest, a function of the nature, and naturalness, of the Gorean milieu, the innocent, unabashed complexion and constitution of its culture, its sensual and biological openness, frankness...	10
40	124	"Squash has now taken a Kaiila name," I said, "'Wayuhahaka', which means 'One-Who-Possesses-Much.	10
40	646	Whether one means them or not one becomes, in their utterance, instantly, categorically and without recourse, fully and legally a slave, something with which masters are then entitled to do with as they please.	10
43	170	We then, by means of eyelets at the top of the sack, and thongs, and looping the thongs about the necks of the girls and tying them through the eyelets, fastened each girl in her sack.	10
43	175	By means of this edge, and its own eyelets, which are aligned with the lower eyelets, to make lacing in the lower position convenient, the sack may be, if one wishes, brought out to its full length and closed completely over the head of the girl.	10
43	308	Then, not hurrying, the robe muchly about me, I moved the kaiila away from the lodge, drawing from the lodge, through the cut in its back, by means of the rawhide ropes attached to their handles, the two sacks.	10
43	426	I removed the rope by means of which the two sacks had been drawn from the pommel of my saddle.	10
44	718	On the other hand, who could deny that a beautiful slave has no means by which she might seek to achieve her ends? He who might deny this has never seen one dance, or kneel at his feet, or heard her whispers in the darkness.	10
47	108	There were eighteen of these beasts, that which had been a Kinyanpi mount which had come to us on the prairie, the two wild tarns we had captured by means of the tarn pits, and the fifteen tarns we had managed to secure in our subsequent raid.	10
50	149	In Kaiila, the word 'cespu' means "wart".	10
50	152	The word 'cesli' in Kaiila means "dung," that of either men or animals.	10
54	71	"Petuste?" 'Petuste', in Kaiila, means "Fire-Brand".	10
54	81	Will you take again that name?" 'Ihdazicaka', in Kaiila, means "One-Who-Counts-Himself-Rich".	10
54	320	The expression 'Anpao' means "Dawn" or "Daylight".	10
54	322	It means, rather literally, "the breath of day".	10

Book 19. (22 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	199	The bar is lifted, by means of the hinge, and the girls, by means of their ankle chains, are threaded upon it.	10
1	244	They obviously possessed the means to pay me well.	10
3	298	"By means of such a ring," she said, "a male silk slave might be chained at the foot of your couch".	10
3	617	"By means of different garbs, then," she said, "it is natural that these important and fundamental differences be marked, the garbs of men being appropriate to their nature, for example, to their size and strength, and those of women to their nature, for example, to their softness and beauty".	10
3	1014	"—then, of course, Mistress means as a female slave?" she said.	10
4	35	For example, when a girl, serving at a banquet, hears the command, "Hair," she knows she is to go to the guest and kneel, and lower her head, that her hair may be used as a napkin or wiping cloth, by means of which the free person, either male or female, may remove stains, crumbs or grease from his ...	10
4	132	How terrifying, how horrifying, I thought, to be such a woman, one at the mercy of anyone who has the means to buy her.	10
6	363	It means something to them.	10
8	272	It is a slave, with all that that means, who is dancing.	10
13	52	It was clearly a device by means of which a slave, or perhaps any female, might be led.	10
16	85	When I had left the wagon, by means of which I had accomplished my escape from the inn, I had fled across the fields.	10
16	375	The expression "Viktel Aria" means "Ar's Triumph" or "The Triumph of Ar".	10
20	78	My ankles were chained; some ten inches of chain separated them; the chain was fastened on them by means of two padlocks.	10
21	41	Too, it is expensive to rent sleen, and Speusippus, who was a poor man, might even lack the means to do so.	10
31	56	"The Priest-Kings then," I said, "are wise and kind, and intend that by means of a common language all municipalities may well understand one another, and thus disagreement will be obviated, and peace and harmony assured".	10
31	471	He then shackled my left ankle and chained me, by means of it, to the slave ring at the foot of his couch.	10
32	283	It had apparently amused him, however, perhaps as an irony, to put her old name back on her, this time, of course, as a mere cognomen in bondage, a convenience by means of which to refer to the animal she now was, a slave name.	10
33	804	By means of the wealth of beasts and the influence of Ligurious, the first minister of Corcyrus, I was brought to power in Corcyrus.	10
34	202	It was, I gathered, a device by means of which slavers, or those in league with Beasts, or those opposed to Priest-Kings, marked women brought to Gor for their purposes.	10
36	727	Do you understand what that means, my dear?" "Yes, Master," I said.	10
36	857	For political and social reasons societies and cultures have often conspired, by means of a variety of devices, to suppress the natural woman, to use the woman herself to imprison her own being, to instill in her an insidious inertness, or frigidity, to inculcate in her a guilt concerning, and a sus...	10
36	1208	"Susan told me what it means," he said.	10

Book 20. (25 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	548	Many men, upon returning home, thinking they have bought an average girl within their means, discover instead, to their delight, that they have purchased a dream.	10
1	737	It seemed then she withdrew modestly, frightened, behind the hair, drawing it like a cloak or sheet about her, as though by means of this piteous device she might hope desperately to conceal at least some minimal particle of her beauty from the rude scrutiny of masters.	10
1	883	From the testimony of Sheila, and other sources which seemed to corroborate it, we gathered that the Kurii might now be turning to the patient stratagems of piecemeal subversion, the control of cities and their eventual linkages in networks of power, to win a world by means theoretically within the ...	10
2	1545	"It means nothing," I said.	10
3	229	The richness of your garments in the piazza, the weight of your purse, suggests to me that you might have had experience in such matters, that you had the means to be intimately familiar with the doings in markets, and so on".	10
4	144	"With a bludgeon? With a quicker dagger?" "With no means so crude," she said.	10
4	156	"In Port Kar," she said, "on my own initiative, and by means of my own plan, I took fifteen men!" "Doubtless you had some help in this," he said.	10
4	348	She is terrified to say "yes" to them, with all she knows this means, but aches and longs to do so, and will not be whole until she does.	10
6	1113	This is usually done by means of straps, or a slave stirrup.	10
7	323	"There are, of course," I said, "infinite horizons and varieties of such responses, ranging from ravishings in which the slave, by one means or another, is driven almost to the point of madness by the pleasures inflicted upon her, ravishings in which the master, in his cruelty, and despite her will,...	10
9	210	"By all means," urged Petrucchio.	10
9	333	"It means nothing!" she cried.	10
9	334	"It means a great deal, as I am sure, sooner or later, you will agree," said Boots.	10
10	337	By means of this collar and its chain, the chain fastened about the wagon axle, she was secured in place.	10
12	755	Perhaps in this way you will be more likely to keep it in mind that you wear it, and what it means".	10
13	327	The urt people, as I understood it, commonly communicate among themselves in the pack by means of such signals.	10
14	367	The Priest-Kings, I recalled, had recognized who was "of the Nest," and who was not, by means of the Nest odor.	10
16	130	"What means this 'or so it would seem'?" "His hearing," said Chino to Lecchio, who was sticking his finger in his ear and shaking his head, as though to restore his sense of hearing after having been partially deafened, "is more acute than that of the prowling sleen!" Then he said to Petrucchio, "Oh...	10
16	170	"By all means, then," cried Petrucchio, and, with difficulty, he sheathed his great sword, and drew three pieces of gold-colored metal from his wallet, stage coins, handing them to Lecchio.	10
16	251	"What means this 'if ladies you truly be'?" asked Petrucchio.	10
16	1204	It means only that the game may be somewhat more interesting than I had originally anticipated".	10
18	271	He was then kind enough to loan me his credentials, by means of which I had obtained entrance this evening to the banquet.	10
21	78	I had then freed the lock bolts, which keep the gate in place once it has dropped, and, by means of a wheel, associated with chains and counterweights, raised the gate.	10
21	365	We had lowered the gate this time from the outside, from the apartment side, by means of a cord which we attached to the drop lever and then passed through the bars.	10
21	667	"You remember, do you not," I asked her, "the scarf of the favor, that from the carnival in Port Kar, that by means of which you tricked me, that which identified me for your colleagues, and that which you wore later at my pleasure in the camp, though you were a free woman, as a slave strip?" "Yes, ...	10

Book 21. (19 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	338	"It means nothing".	10
5	460	Being put where her master wishes her means much to her.	10
7	99	But she did not attempt to dislodge the device by means of which, in accordance with the will of men, she had been silenced.	10
14	116	"By all means, then," I said.	10
15	321	The victory of either means the end of the free companies".	10
15	565	By means of her wiles and beauty she had ingratiated herself with him and there were few secrets of state to which she, in one way or another, was not privy.	10
16	28	By means of this tag I would claim her in the morning.	10
16	115	It was by means of these rings, one to each collar, at the right side of the collar, and a second padlock, the bolt of which passed through the ring and a link of the chain, that the collars were attached to the common chain.	10
16	167	"Surely you understand what this means," she said.	10
16	230	"Do you think that means my body is now like ice or wood," she asked, "that I am not a human female, that I do not have feelings, that I do not have needs?" "You cannot have needs," wept the girl.	10
16	561	One wishes, by means of her helplessness, and such, to increase and intensify her responsiveness, to have her thrashingly beside herself, perhaps almost to the point of madness, not reduce or qualify it.	10
19	25	Less obviously, but more deviously, the blade could be tightened, or even fastened, in the sheath by an enemy, by such means as a tiny wooden shim or plug, or a fine wire looped below the hilt.	10
24	354	When a Gorean orders a woman to strip he means now, and completely, leaving not so much as a thread upon her body.	10
25	1276	It suggests an equality which by no means exists in fact.	10
25	1923	By means of the hook at the end of the butt, I attached the whip to my belt.	10
25	2163	"Indeed, as you are an Earth girl I might have been tempted to use the whip on you even more quickly than if you were Gorean, as I might have suspected that you might have been less inclined than she, at least initially, to believe a master means business".	10
26	334	They are unmistakable, even with the gagging, that stern impediment to expression which her captor, or captors, had chosen to impose upon her, that device, inflicted upon her, by means of which it had been decided that she would not be able to speak.	10
26	1876	That may be part of what bondage means to them.	10
27	111	"Do you understand what that means?" "Master?" she asked.	10

Book 22. (19 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	997	I tried to rise up but a conical, stiff, rubberized mask was thrust over my nose and mouth, and, by means of it, I was pushed back on the table.	10
6	44	It would have simply been a matter of paying a good price for me, but one discounted within the house, one well within his means.	10
7	123	It means 'slave girl', 'slave woman', 'she-slave', that sort of thing.	10
9	201	I saw Gloria being drawn from the surface by the manacles, doubtless, by means of them, to be lowered to the ground on the other side.	10
10	397	"It was two and fifty," I said, "but I do not know, really, what that means".	10
11	1179	I felt his hands take my ankles, one in each hand, and, by means of them, not gently, he turned me again to my back, and then flung apart my legs.	10
14	119	"Do you know what that means?" he asked.	10
14	366	To be sure, had I continued to consider such matters, I supposed he might have instructed me, sooner or later, with the whip or some other means, as to the unacceptability of such considerations.	10
16	7	I then felt hands working at the second set of strings, those by means of which the cloak's hood, it still enveloping my entire head was tied about my neck.	10
16	24	By means of this single strand of rope, and two simple knots, my left ankle had been tied just inside the left ring and my right ankle just inside the right ring.	10
16	104	Not only do I have my vengeance upon you, delivering you to new slaveries and degradations, as it pleased me, but you have been also the means of my own escape and freedom".	10
20	238	These fellows, incidentally, are in effect under "slave discipline," which means, on Gor, that they are as much at the mercy of the work master as if they were his slaves.	10
24	391	Surely that, too, means nothing.	10
29	303	There it moved the coins about, in the palm of one broad paw, by means of a digit on the other paw.	10
31	358	He then, by this means, pulled her up straighter, and holding her head up, looked down into her eyes.	10
32	23	Such things should give Mirus more than enough means to make Brundisium.	10
34	318	"They provide, for the most part, the means for conducting the trade".	10
34	327	As you remain as you are, so soft, so lovely, so attractive and desirable, you must expect to continue to face the risks and perils attendant on your beauty, on a world such as this, where it is a common mode of currency, a familiar means of exchange, where it may be used to bribe traitors, and be g...	10
34	750	That a man would so seek a slave, and place his very life in peril for her may seem to mean nothing to him, as he will choose to view it, as he will dismiss it with scorn, but it means much to the slave.	10

Book 23. (34 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
24	579	"Thus, by such means as provocative dress and habiliments, baring even her calves, hoping then to be taken for a lowly, beautiful, meaningless maid, by even refusing to cut her hair on behalf of the city's needs, an act by means of which she hoped to appear more attractive to strong men, more attrac...	10
1	595	It also, of course, as one would expect, by means of various devices, legal and otherwise, clarifies it and renders it more efficient.	10
2	147	She could presumably find another port by means of which to keep open her lines of communication and supply.	10
6	252	"My hands have been tied behind my back! I cannot free them! Do you not know what that means? Do you not understand? I am helpless!" "You should have paid your bills," I said.	10
7	36	Certainly he had the means to do so.	10
8	624	The very word for "Knight" in German is "Ritter," which, literally, means "Rider".	10
8	687	"Apparently it means nothing," she said.	10
8	756	I gathered he had not had the means wherewith to pay his bill.	10
8	768	for the five of them, being considerably defrayed by means of the loot I had acquired from the gang of Andron the evening before.	10
8	786	I had also, by means of Ephialtes, redeemed Lady Temione.	10
9	75	They may be fastened by means of such devices as cords, straps and laces.	10
9	80	Some hoods are open at the bottom, and fastened on the prisoner by means of thongs or straps, often looped about the thighs.	10
9	90	To be sure, it is more common to throw a cloak or sheet, which might be of various lengths, over their heads, this usually being fastened on them by means of a cord or strap looped once or twice about the neck and fastened under the chin.	10
10	35	I had redeemed her, by means of Ephialtes, at the Crooked Tarn, for thirty-five copper tarsks, the cost of her bill, but I had sold her for forty, a modest, almost irresistible price, considering the value of women here, at least prior to the city's fall.	10
11	27	I supposed, however, that she, and others like her, might be quickly enough returned to a former condition of desirability by so simple a means as the restoration of a proper diet, both with respect to quantity and quality.	10
11	28	By such means do dealers prepare women, grateful for the food, to bring higher prices upon the slave block.	10
15	277	By such means and many others do the luscious, loving, collared little brutes save themselves many a beating and drive their masters half mad with passion and desire.	10
15	537	"But if your thoughts in this matter had been correct," I said, "it might have been too bad, might it not, for many of the other women of Ar's Station, women less fortunate, less rich, than you, who lacked the means wherewith to purchase their lives?" "That could not be my concern," she said, angril...	10
15	1001	Some are moved from within, by such means as men thrusting forward against bars, or tharlarion, pulling against harnesses attached to bars behind them, such apparatuses internal to the structure.	10
15	1020	"Even one of them," I said, "from the platforms and landings within, and by means of the ladders, bringing men from the ground, may feed a thousand men into a city in ten Ehn".	10
17	211	The slave who had been Lady Publia, its burden by means of the ropes, the sheath and sword belt, twisting wildly, throwing her head about as though bewildered, as though she would try to see through the hood, uttered a tiny, terrified, questioning, miserable, helpless noise, her oral orifice, of cou...	10
17	374	From my pouch I took the thong by means of which her small, fair ankles had earlier, before her seeming placement on the spear, been so securely bound, the one to the other.	10
17	377	It is not unusual for a slave to carry about with her the means of her own constraint.	10
17	467	I then, holding her wrists, and by means of them, moving them back and forth, as she whimpered, and drawing them more closely together, slowly worked her arms more behind her under the ropes.	10
17	570	This was, indeed, the debris to which we had descended by means of the rope.	10
18	372	Sometimes the disk or tag was affixed similarly but by means of a simple wire passed through the ear lobe, closed and twisted shut.	10
18	567	"But if we should survive," he said, "you understand that we must attempt to apprehend the prisoner and see that the sentence is carried out upon her, even if it means only weights on her ankles and a sharpened pole on a pier".	10
21	406	Too, it is most often at a man's feet, their lips pressed to them, that they first begin to learn the meaning of honor, what it means to a man.	10
21	900	Do you understand this, and what it means?" "I think so," she said, "—as far as any free woman can".	10
21	1237	Indeed, Gorean free women of affluence, and sometimes even those with relatively modest means, might have, depending on the market conditions and the cheapness of the girls, one or more female serving slaves.	10
23	12	"Then by all means," she said, "I plead for mercy!" "But will it be shown to you?" I asked.	10
23	277	By means of the moonlight I could see a reticulated pattern of light and shadows there, which fell across two girls, one, Publia, sleeping, the other, Claudia, still standing, near the bottom of the ladderlike stairs, who looked up at me.	10
24	77	I supposed that two pretty little kajirae, expecting to have an easy time of it, by means of their slave girl's wiles, in virtue of the youth of their masters, were in for quite a surprise.	10
24	1000	The major route south was then, as it is now, the Viktel Aria, which by means of its camps and posts, Ar then controlled.	10

Book 24. (29 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	889	How bondage had transformed Temione! What is the magic, the mystery of the brand, the collar, I wondered, that by means of them such marvels might be wrought? It had to do, I supposed, with the nature of woman, her deepest needs, with the order of nature, with the pervasive themes of dominance and s...	10
1	893	She may love her brand and collar, and beg them, and rejoice in them, but I do not think this is merely because they make her so exciting, desirable and beautiful; I think it is also, at least, because they proclaim publicly to the world what she is, because by means of them her deepest truth, freei...	10
1	1096	Coinless, chained, naked, utterly without means, absolutely helpless, he would have been held at the Crooked Tarn until his bills were paid or he himself disposed of, say, as a work slave, his sale to satisfy, as it could, his bills.	10
6	34	"But it is by means of such weapons," I said, "that fishermen often fight.	10
11	8	This was fastened on me by means of three straps, one about each wrist and one about my neck, these straps then being threaded back through the three holes, one behind each wrist and one behind the neck, each then being fastened in its respective place, bound about the wood.	10
13	235	By means of it they had become formidable foes.	10
13	244	"It is by means of such cries that rencers communicate during the day," I said.	10
17	304	I glimpsed the projection and now, with deliberation, I hooked the hood, by means of the rent, over the projection and lowered my head.	10
17	332	Then I caught the wadding on the projection and, in a moment, by means of the projection, drew it from my mouth.	10
18	2	By means of this, particularly if the opening of the stem is kept near the surface of the water, and those in the vicinity are not familiar with marshcraft, if they are not vigilant and keenly alert to the possibility of such techniques, one may often travel about in relative security and concealmen...	10
19	163	I had little doubt, from what I had seen, that it could pull the girl from the pole, or even, by means of the girl and her bonds, the pole from the sand.	10
19	185	Besides, by means of such cries one may at least express oneself, ventilate emotion, and such.	10
19	280	On the other hand, the ornamentation, and adornment, of slaves by means such as jewelry, cosmetics, for example, lipstick and eye shadow, perfume, and such, is common, particularly in the evening.	10
19	288	They were muchly encircled with thongs, by means of which they were then fastened to the pole and crosspiece.	10
19	1031	In the repertoire of an experienced slave, of course, it is one of her nonverbal signals, one of those numerous signals, such as need knots, body touchings, and such, by means of which she may express herself, even if forbidden to speak.	10
24	102	It means nothing".	10
24	148	In this fashion, by means of the matching semicircular openings in the two boards, her neck was fully, and closely, encircled.	10
24	149	I then, by means of metal pins, passing through holes, and clips fastening together matching rings, secured the apparatus in place.	10
25	13	By means of such rings, and chains, of course, an indefinite number of girls, well beyond those in the fifty places on the benches, could be transported.	10
27	620	"Then my will means nothing!" she said.	10
28	211	"Too, with him, and with scouts and points, and whoever may wish to alert the others, there must be natural signals by means of which to communicate with the others".	10
28	601	The simplest device for attaining this end is when she is "gagged by her master's will," which simply means that she is prohibited from speaking until given permission to do so.	10
29	105	There are many signals by means of which such behaviors can be commanded.	10
29	349	"Perhaps it would be appropriate," I said, "if a captive now sought, by suitable means, to express her gratitude to her captors".	10
31	267	To be sure, it was not by means of the hard bread that I hoped to detain our young friend in the camp for a time.	10
37	172	These are usually attended by, and embedded within, a panoply of psychological apparatus, such as gesture, expression, tone of voice, attempted intimidation, threats, innuendoes, policing the means of communication, power seizure, managing hiring policies, general oppression, pervasive censorship, c...	10
39	222	I then stood behind her, drew her wrists behind her back, and, by means of the snap rings on the two locked bracelets, fastened them there.	10
39	285	I then thrust her back to the furs and attached the collar chain, by means of its lock ring, to a ring in the floor, near the back wall, on the left, as you would enter.	10
40	114	"It was by means of those aqueducts that Dietrich originally entered Torcadino!" said a man.	10

Book 25. (22 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	169	Indeed many Gorean artists seem to regard themselves as little more than vessels or instruments, the channels or means, the tools, say, the chisels or brushes, so to speak, by means of which the world, with its values and meanings, in its infinite diversities, in its beauties and powers, its flowers...	10
1	97	Long ago, I had once entered the city through such a passage, its exterior access point reached by means of a putative Dar-Kosis pit, which passage, I had recently determined, descending into the pit on ropes, was now closed.	10
1	360	By means of the study of mathematics they attempt to purify themselves.	10
1	434	He was keeping track of these prayers by means of a prayer ring.	10
1	436	He moved the ring on the finger by means of his right thumb.	10
1	437	When one, turning the ring by means of the knobs, keeping track of the prayers that way, comes to the circular knob, rather like the golden circle at the termination of the Initiate's staff, one knows one has completed one cycle of prayers.	10
3	593	They then stripped them, bound their hands behind their back, put them of a neck rope, and, by means of switches, conducted them swiftly outside the tavern.	10
3	731	Indeed, it is by means of such tiny indications, fillings in the teeth, and such, that a certain sort of girl, for which there is a market on Gor, is often recognized.	10
3	874	Her ankles were fastened to the pole, by means of a thong threaded through one of the apertures, near its bottom, her wrists by another thong passing through a hole a few inches higher than the bottom hole, and her neck by a thong passed through the aperture in the top part of the pole, behind her n...	10
5	25	"You understand what this means?" asked Marcus.	10
5	27	"I think I understand what it means".	10
7	230	Myron, or he who was acting on his behalf, then, by means of a dismounting stirrup, not the foot stirrup, the rider's weight lowering it, descended to the ground.	10
7	354	A Taurentian then freed his neck of the heavy collar with the radiating chains, by means of which the children had conducted him to the height of the platform.	10
8	4	"By means of them Ar will become great," said the other.	10
8	6	"By means of such things we shall visibly demonstrate our love of peace," said the second.	10
8	274	For example, when we had passed by various open-air markets, shelf markets, and such, many of the girls, nude in their chains, usually fastened by the neck or ankle to heavy iron rings, had clearly, to the fury of Phoebe, in posings, and by means of subtle glances, and such, attempted to call themse...	10
9	8	There was a similar added ramp on the other side, by means of which the women, barefoot, and clad at that point in the robe of the penitent, would ascend to its surface.	10
9	25	I then, by means of the chain, pulled her wrists toward me.	10
9	811	Slavery, of course, is the surest path by means of which a woman can discover her femininity.	10
12	476	"Surely Marcus," I said, "you would not begrudge the fellow a certain dismay over the destruction of his shop and the grievous impairment of his means of livelihood".	10
14	247	"Perhaps you sense in yourself slave feelings?" They did not meet my eyes but clenched their knees closely together, as though by this means to suppress and control their sensations.	10
14	505	The girl, her hands still bound behind her, her head down, her hair about her face, shuddering, scarcely able to walk, her upper left arm in the grip of a fellow, by means of which grip she was being muchly supported, was being conducted into our presence.	10

Book 26. (2 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	600	It was done by means of the ring on the back of the sack, that by means of which I had been attached to the ring on the rope.	10
12	699	' Then said the leader to me, 'One whimper means "Yes," and two whimpers means "No".	10

Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	136	"To be sure, it may be removed by means of the key, or by means of appropriate tools".	10

Book 28. (2 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
33	40	By means of this arrangement, in the event of a storm, or an attack by tharlarion, should she be pitched into the water, she would not be separated from the raft, but would have at her disposal a means for regaining its surface.	10
35	17	The string for this launching device, or bow, the string from which the missile, the arrow, is flighted, was easily obtained from remnants of the raft's rope, parted, unraveled, and rewoven, those remnants by means of which Cabot and the slave had been enabled to survive the storm, by means of which...	10

Book 30. (4 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	200	How wise they were, and how powerful they were, how sacrosanct and holy they were, to have the ear of Priest-Kings, to have at their disposal the prayers, the spells, the rituals, the devotions, and sacrifices by means of which Priest-Kings might be swayed, by means of which their favor might be gar...	10
3	166	She, and many others like her, both men and women, had been involved in the conspiracy by means of which Ar had fallen, in the opening of Ar's gates, in the razing of her walls, in the machinations by means of which Ar had been subdued and looted for months.	10
12	609	"Put me to use! I beg it! Employ me as a means to your pleasure, a mere means! I ask nothing else, or further! I am collared! Behold me! I am a needful slave! Be kind! I beg! Put me to your pleasure! What am I for if not to please you? Put me to your pleasure, Master! Use me! I beg it!" "And it was ...	10
26	139	Supplies were taken aboard by means of baskets on ropes, or by means of the nets, swung out on booms, and raised and lowered by pulleys.	10

Book 31. (4 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
30	107	"Of now?" "I think they hope to secure his collaboration by means of the Lady Bina," I said, "one supposes either by means of her influence upon him, or by means of her jeopardy".	10
18	806	Is not our speech our delight, our pleasure, our joy, our recreation, our weapon, our instrument, our gift? Is it not that whereby we can make known our feelings, our hopes, and fears; that whereby we can express ourselves, plead our causes, make known our wants, needs, and desires, that by means of...	10
27	20	The three Kurii, Lucius, Timarchos, and Lysymachos, all had translators slung about their large necks, on golden chains, by means of which, doubtless, they followed the progress of the feast, and by means of which they might, if they desired, communicate with the humans present.	10
51	77	The slave, Allison, was no more than a means to an end, a possible source of information, a pretext by means of which he might obtain a proximity to Lord Grendel, to which end he joined Lord Grendel's expedition to the Voltai.	10

Book 34. (2 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
31	175	The block is commonly ascended by means of the stairs on the auctioneer's right, and descended, as in this case, by means of the stairs to his left, as he would face the auditorium.	10
46	83	It was rather as if one, on my former world, were to address himself seriously to a device, say, a radio, rather than utilize it as mere means by which to communicate with the unseen individual, perhaps far away, whose voice was conveyed by means of the contrivance.	10

Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
38	99	Who means you well, and who means you ill? What are the parameters of time and space? How swiftly may troops be moved, and over what distances? Where is water in the desert? When, given ice and storms, can mountain passes be negotiated? Should one attack or defend, advance or withdraw? The dark is d...	10