| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 57 |
Religious matters on this world tend to be rather carefully guarded by the Caste of Initiates, who allow members of other castes little participation in their sacrifices and ceremonies. |
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| 4 | 132 |
Benches of stone, on which the members of the Council sat, rose in five monumental tiers about the walls, one tier for each of the High Castes. |
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| 4 | 141 |
On the other hand, I objected to the Initiates being in the place of honor, as it seemed to me that they, even more than the Warriors, were nonproductive members of society. |
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| 5 | 52 |
Certain portions of the ceremonies, however, are often allotted to members of the High Castes. |
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| 5 | 54 |
Most significantly, while these members of the High Castes perform their portions of the ritual, the Guards of the Home Stone temporarily withdraw to the interior of the cylinder, leaving the celebrant, it is said, alone with the Priest-Kings. |
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| 8 | 8 |
The Initiates have assumed command and have ordered that Marlenus and all members of his household and family are to be publicly impaled on the walls of Ar". |
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| 8 | 19 |
Now she, like all other members of the household of Marlenus, slave or free, would be subjected to the vengeance of the outraged citizens, citizens who had marched in the processions of the Ubar in the days of his glory, carrying flasks of Ka-la-na wine and sheaves of Sa-Tarna grain, singing his pra... |
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| 8 | 31 |
In that moment I detested the Initiates of Ar, who, like other members of their caste throughout Gor, were only too eager to seize some particle of the political power they had supposedly renounced in choosing to wear the white robes of their calling. |
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| 10 | 106 |
* * * * The next few days were among the happiest of my life, as Talena and I became a part of Mintar's slow, ample caravan, members of its graceful, interminable, colorful procession. |
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| 10 | 110 |
The beasts would be watered and fed, the guards set, the wagons secured, and the members of the caravan would turn to their cooking fires. |
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| 17 | 66 |
I was puzzled as the great procession halted and a palanquin was borne forward by eight members of the Caste of Assassins. |
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| 17 | 84 |
"When Marlenus fell," said the man, "the Initiates decreed the impalement of all members of his family". |
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| 19 | 36 |
And, dark among these shapes, like shadows, I could see the somber black of members of the Caste of Assassins. |
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| 20 | 18 |
Those members of the Caste of Assassins, the most hated caste on Gor, who had served Pa-Kur, were taken in chains down the Vosk to become galley slaves on the cargo ships that ply Gor's oceans. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 92 |
Members of low castes often call themselves by a use-name, reserving the real name for intimates and friends, to protect it against capture by a sorcerer or worker of spells who might use it to do them harm. |
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| 5 | 24 |
I could not place the difference, yet it seemed there was something in him or about him that set him apart from the other members of his caste. |
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| 8 | 110 |
Now many assassins roamed Gor, fearing to wear the somber black tunic of their caste, disguised as members of other castes, not infrequently as warriors. |
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| 11 | 19 |
On the broad steps leading to the throne, there were curule chairs, on which sat, I supposed, members of the High Council of Tharna. |
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| 11 | 21 |
About the room, here and there, stood stern warriors of Tharna, grim in their blue helmets, each with a tiny silver mask on the temple—members of the palace guard. |
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| 12 | 85 |
"A handful of bread for a song," was a common Gorean invitation extended to members of the caste, and it might occur on the lips of a peasant or a Ubar, and the poet took great pride that he would sing the same song in both the hut of the peasant and the halls of the Ubar, though it won for him only... |
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| 14 | 10 |
Like most members of my Caste, more than the monstrous tarns, those carnivorous hawklike giants of Gor, I dreaded such creatures as the tiny ost, that diminutive, venomous reptile, orange, scarcely more than a few inches in length, that might lurk at one's very sandal and then, without provocation o... |
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| 19 | 139 |
Perhaps both of us wondered that friendship should exist between members of such different castes, but perhaps both of us knew, though we did not say so, that in the hearts of men arms and song are never far distant. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 |
Further, members of castes such as the Physicians and Builders use the fairs for the dissemination of information and techniques among Caste Brothers, as is prescribed in their codes, in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be hostile. |
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| 1 | 39 |
And, as might be expected, members of the Caste of Scribes gather here to enter into dispute and examine and trade manuscripts. |
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| 1 | 41 |
He informed me that in this time he had refuted seven hundred and eight scribes from fifty-seven cities, but I will not vouch for the accuracy of the report, as I sometimes suspect that Torm, like most members of his caste, and mine, tends to be a bit too sanguine in recounting his numerous victorie... |
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| 1 | 43 |
In differences among members of my own caste, that of the Warriors, it is easier to tell who has carried the day, for the defeated one often lies wounded or slain at the victor's feet. |
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| 1 | 45 |
I do not hold this against the contests of scribes; rather I commend it to the members of my own caste. |
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| 9 | 120 |
I knew that Gorean caste lines, though largely following birth, were not inflexible, and that a man who did not care for his caste might be allowed to change caste, if approved by the High Council of his city, an approval usually contingent on his qualifications for the work of another caste and the... |
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| 16 | 30 |
"So much the better," said Misk, "for the Men below the Mountains are then confused and fear us even more—but the members of the Caste of Initiates, we have found, will produce an explanation of why the city was destroyed. |
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| 21 | 40 |
On the surface it is spoken by none but members of the Caste of Initiates, who use it primarily in their numerous and complex rituals. |
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| 33 | 140 |
"With most," he said, "it is as you think, and they are simple, believing members of my caste, and there are others who suspect the truth and are tormented, or who suspect the truth and will pretend—but I, Om, High Initiate of Ar, and certain of the High Initiates are like none of these". |
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| 33 | 152 |
Thus, unknown to most members of my caste, we exist to be overcome, thus in our way pointing the way to man's greatness". |
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| 34 | 28 |
"You must not tell other members of the Caste of Scribes," he cautioned. |
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| 34 | 102 |
"In Treve," I said, "you might be ordered slain by members of the Caste of Initiates". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 87 |
The members of these clans, however, like the Year Keepers and Singers, are all expected, first and foremost, to be, as it is said, of the wagons—namely to follow, tend and protect the bosk, to be superb in the saddle, and to be skilled with the weapons of both the hunt and war. |
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| 8 | 279 |
That night, one of the hooded members of the Clan of Torturers would have come to her wagon and fetched her away, never to be seen again. |
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| 9 | 13 |
Most commonly, and doubtless unfortunately, it is only members of the five high castes who occupy positions on the High Councils of the cities. |
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| 9 | 20 |
I say "in effect" because the fairs are nominally under the direction of a committee of the Caste of Initiates, which, however, largely contents itself with its ceremonies and sacrifices, and is only too happy to delegate the complex management of those vast, commercial phenomena, the Sardar Fairs, ... |
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| 9 | 32 |
I have heard, though, there is a Caste of Thieves in Port Kar, a strong caste which naturally protects its members from such indignities as ear notching. |
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| 10 | 297 |
The selection of the girls, incidentally, is determined by judges in their city, or of their own people, in Turia by members of the Caste of Physicians who have served in the great slave houses of Ar; among the wagons by the masters of the public slave wagons, who buy, sell and rent girls, providing... |
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| 16 | 138 |
His head was covered by a hood, such as is worn by members of the Clan of Torturers. |
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| 21 | 114 |
At one time, I gathered from Dina, her father's shop had been the most famed of the baking shops of Turia, most of which are owned by Saphrar of Turia, whose interests range widely, though operated naturally, as Gorean custom would require, by members of the Caste of Bakers. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 190 |
Whereas it is only the men of high caste who elect members to the Council of the City, the gold of merchants and the will of the general populace is seldom disregarded in their choices. |
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| 6 | 23 |
There was a shout from the men-at-arms and members of the House who sat at the tables as the second slave, he who had scored the first point, managed to leave a long streak of blue down the inside of the right arm of the first slave. |
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| 7 | 10 |
Some were tarnsmen, others members of the House. |
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| 7 | 84 |
On his right cheek, over the cheekbone was the Thief brand of the Caste of Thieves of Port Kar, who use the small brand to identify their members. |
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| 8 | 108 |
There were some men in the room, mostly men-at-arms but some staff members, a Metal Worker, two Bakers and a pair of Scribes. |
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| 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... |
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| 10 | 87 |
I could also see members of the staff moving about, and could hear doors being closed and locked. |
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| 12 | 22 |
Near the finishing perches, nine of which were standing for this race, were the areas reserved for the Administrator, the High Initiate, and members of the High Council. |
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| 12 | 28 |
The Warriors who flanked the Administrator and High Initiate, incidentally, were Taurentians, members of the palace guard, an elite corps of swordsmen and bowmen, carefully selected, specially trained, independent of the general military organizations of the city. |
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| 12 | 31 |
There were other favored areas, too, about the stands, in the front, each covered by awnings, in which there sat members of the numerous high families of the city; I noted that some of these areas were now occupied by Merchants; I had no objection to this for I have always thought higher of the Merc... |
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| 15 | 1 |
Portus Comes to the House of Cernus I observed Phyllis Robertson performing the belt dance, on love furs spread between the tables, under the eyes of the Warriors of Cernus and the members of his staff. |
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| 15 | 138 |
Various members of the House might observe the training without being noted from behind this glass. |
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| 17 | 202 |
Two members of the High Council, who had spoken out against the influence of Merchants in the politics of Ar, presumably a veiled reference to Cernus, were found slain, one cut down by killing knife and another throttled and found dangling from a bridge near his home. |
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| 17 | 215 |
The Scribes of the Central Cylinder examined the records and, to their horror, discrepancies were revealed, in particular payments to members of the Hinrabian family for services it was not clear had ever been performed; most outstandingly there had been a considerable disbursement for the construct... |
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| 17 | 227 |
Cernus had been proclaimed, as the Taurentians lifted their swords in salute and the members of the High Council had stood on the tiers of the Council Chamber and cried out and applauded, Ubar of Ar. |
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| 17 | 411 |
Then the slave girls about the table began to go wild, throwing things and where possible pouring liquids on the heads of the guards and members of the staff, who, leaping up, seized them when they could catch them, kissing them, holding them, making them cry out with delight. |
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| 17 | 502 |
Now only guards and members of the staff remained in the room. |
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| 18 | 297 |
* * * * I continued to wander about the House, here and there bumping into inebriated guards or staff members, who would invariably hail me with "Kajuralia!" to which greeting I would respond in turn. |
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| 19 | 45 |
When the members of the staff of the Curulean are satisfied that the girl's papers are in order the ticket with her lot number is stamped approved. |
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| 24 | 106 |
At times we walked up swirling gradients, at times stairs, swirling and broad, leading higher and higher into the cylinder; sometimes we walked through marble-floored passageways, in which, through narrow windows, designed to be too small for a body to pass, but large enough for use as crossbow port... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 137 |
They further control another thousand ships, as executor, through the council, which ships comprise the members of the grain fleet, the oil fleet, the slave fleet, and others, as well as numerous patrol and escort ships. |
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| 10 | 212 |
My four commercial voyages had been among the exchange islands, or free islands, in Thassa, administered as free ports by members of the Merchants. |
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| 11 | 481 |
"Perhaps," said Samos, "members of a mission of peace might learn such matters". |
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| 13 | 519 |
I think I knew the shipping, the cargoes and the schedules of those two island Ubarates, and several of their allies, as well or better than many of the members of their own high councils. |
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| 16 | 343 |
Four members of the Council Guard, beneath the two great braziers set at the entrance, leaped to attention, the butts of their pikes striking on the tiles. |
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| 17 | 48 |
I had also arranged signals whereby my ships, those of my task forces and others, might, if the pairs became separated, switch partners, thus retaining the possibility of pair-attacks on single ships even if the members of the original pairs should become separated. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 89 |
On her nineteenth birthday, members of the Caste of Initiates had appeared at the door of the leather-worker's hut. |
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| 17 | 287 |
Both Samos and Bosk, it seems, were members of the Council of Captains, the sovereign power in Port Kar. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 369 |
I am not sure why they hold this great hatred for other members of their sex. |
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| 6 | 119 |
We must then make contact with some members of her band. |
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| 17 | 44 |
They doubtless would be startled, upon awakening, to find themselves stripped, members of a slave chain, their fair ankles locked in Harl rings. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 556 |
I could hear running feet behind him, the gathering of members of the household. |
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| 1 | 565 |
Members of the house came forward. |
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| 2 | 95 |
Whereas Initiates tend not to be taken with great seriousness by the high castes, or the more intelligent members of the population, except in matters of political alliance, their teachings and purported ability to intercede with Priest-Kings, and further the welfare of their adherents, is taken wit... |
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| 13 | 40 |
High officers, of course, and the Blue Tooth, and members of his family, would retire to private rooms. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 998 |
Whereas caste membership is commonly connected with the practice of an occupation, such as agriculture, or commerce, or war, there can be, of course, caste members who are not engaged in caste work and individuals who do certain forms of work who are not members of that caste commonly associated wit... |
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| 5 | 143 |
The Companion Journey, then, when the auspices had been favorable, as they promptly were, these determined by the inspection of the condition and nature of the liver of a sacrificial verr, examined by members of the caste of Initiates, had begun. |
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| 5 | 196 |
In many cities only members of the high castes may belong to the city's high council. |
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| 9 | 980 |
A society which sickens and weakens its members, which cripples them and denies them to themselves, is not obviously superior to a society in which human beings are organic and whole, healthy, and happy and great. |
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| 9 | 981 |
The test of a society is perhaps not its conformance or nonconformance to principles but the nature and human prosperity of its members. |
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| 9 | 1001 |
Normally mating takes place among caste members, but if the mating is of mixed caste, the woman may elect to retain caste, which is commonly done, or be received into the caste of the male companion. |
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| 9 | 1004 |
Caste is important to Goreans in a way that is difficult for members of a non-caste society to understand. |
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| 16 | 170 |
It is thought that an agreement exists between the merchants of Schendi and the members of the league of black slavers, though I know of few who have proclaimed this publicly in Schendi and lived. |
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| 20 | 186 |
Some officers, with a few members of the crew, remained on the ship. |
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| 28 | 278 |
It interacts in the drama of the block in a way that it, or many of its members, fails to understand. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 654 |
Not all members of a species of sleen migrate. |
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| 4 | 197 |
His games, in recent years, had seemed less battles, less cruel, exact duels, than obscure attempts to achieve something on the Kaissa board which even many members of the caste of players did not profess to understand. |
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| 4 | 288 |
He could have done what he did more subtly, a delicate, pretended miscalculation somewhere between the fortieth and fiftieth move, a pretended misjudgment so subtle that even members of the caste of players would never be certain whether or not it was deliberate, but he had not chosen to do so. |
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| 7 | 224 |
It is a matter of pride for members of that caste to avoid the use of poisoned steel. |
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| 27 | 8 |
Some five sleen had lingered in the vicinity, nosing about the fur and gnawed bones of the fallen members of the pack. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 741 |
Schendi was a free port, administered by black merchants, members of the caste of merchants. |
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| 6 | 136 |
I could see the black faces of crew members here and there. |
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| 6 | 613 |
I, with the crew members, submitted to the examination of the physician. |
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| 10 | 41 |
It was said that even members of the merchant council occasionally took Kipofu into their confidence. |
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| 15 | 186 |
Geographers and cartographers, of course, are members of the Scribes. |
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| 18 | 93 |
His properties were to be confiscated and distributed, half to be given to members of his village and half to the state. |
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| 18 | 97 |
The next to appear before Bila Huruma were two members of the nobility, a man and his companion. |
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| 22 | 8 |
The men with him, I suspected, or most of them, were members of his own caste, geographers of the scribes, perhaps, but men inured to hardships, perhaps men who had been with him in his explorations of Ushindi and Ngao, men he trusted and upon whom he could count in desperate situations, caste broth... |
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| 23 | 180 |
"Perhaps I do not speak with members of the nobility," I said. |
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| 48 | 1 |
We Acquire Three New Members for Our Party, Two of Whom are Slave Girls I kicked her. |
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| 53 | 9 |
Then had come the members of our various parties. |
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| 57 | 189 |
Ngoma, who was of the crew of Ulafi, and two other crew members, then came up to me. |
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| 57 | 199 |
The two other crew members then put their hands in their hair. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 8 |
It is possible, though it is seldom the case, that members of a caste are not permitted to practice specific caste skills, though they may be permitted to practice subsidiary skills. |
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| 16 | 54 |
If one may judge by the outcome of Kaissa tournaments, amateur tournaments as opposed to those in which members of the caste of Players participate, there are brilliant men in most castes. |
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| 17 | 59 |
Indeed, most of the members of the family of Lady Melpomene had left Vonda over the years. |
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| 18 | 310 |
Then, in a moment, in her swirling skirt, and hood and veil, and boots, quirt in hand, she stood before the five kajirae, members of her own sex, briefly tunicked, wearing feminine work collars, with rings, who knelt before her. |
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| 22 | 30 |
In their homes, of course, with only members of their families present, or servants and slaves, most free women do not veil themselves, even those of high caste. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 259 |
The members of the pair circle about, so as to attack at right angles to one another. |
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| 20 | 117 |
In all, nineteen towns had become members of the League, Turmus, Ven, Tetrapoli, Port Cos, Tafa, Victoria, Fina, Ragnar's Hamlet, Hammerfest, Sulport, Sais, Siba, Jasmine, Point Alfred, Jort's Ferry, Forest Port, Iskander, Tancred's Landing and White Water. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1089 |
Sometimes she must even serve the members of a warrior society, as a captive female. |
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| 1 | 1129 |
This has to do with the fact that they are members of the same tribe and, usually, of the same warrior society. |
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| 1 | 1273 |
"Judgment was pronounced in accord with the statutes of the steel worlds," said Kog, "by the high council, composed of seventy-two members elected from among the representatives of the thousand cliffs". |
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| 8 | 539 |
The men, I gathered, were drovers, members probably of the same crew that I had seen arrive earlier, those who had driven their kaiila, crying out and shouting, through the streets. |
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| 12 | 1 |
I Learn Why We Are No Longer Being Followed; We Add Two Members to our Party We saw a small gray sleen, some seven or eight feet in length, lift up its head. |
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| 12 | 115 |
To be sure, eventually she is usually awarded to one or another of the society members. |
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| 15 | 150 |
Their members were expected to set an example in the war and the hunt. |
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| 15 | 163 |
Within the society itself, of course, the members profit from the values of alliance, camaraderie and friendship. |
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| 19 | 74 |
It was common for the members of a given society to take the warpath together. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 143 |
There were members of his own society who feared to ride with him, so swift, so fierce, so careless of danger he was. |
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| 1 | 147 |
The fleeing members of his society, seeing this, and knowing that he wore the war sash, had then rallied and, though outnumbered, had charged the Fleer. |
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| 1 | 262 |
The Kaiila were mostly members of the All Comrades, a warrior society, like the Sleen Soldiers, of the Isbu Kaiila. |
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| 2 | 219 |
The Isbu was the largest band, containing between sixteen and seventeen hundred members. |
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| 2 | 220 |
The Napoktan, which had arrived at the camp only yesterday, was the smallest of the bands of the Kaiila, numbering between some three and four hundred members. |
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| 2 | 304 |
With Mahpiyasapa were his son, Hci, and members of the Sleen Soldiers. |
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| 2 | 307 |
Among them I saw Kahintokapa, One-Who-Walks-Before, of the Casmu, and two other members, as well, of the prestigious Yellow-Kaiila Riders. |
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| 4 | 25 |
Too, how startled would be the women in certain neighborhoods, or in certain organizations and groups, to discover that one of their most popular neighbors, or prominent members, is, in the privacy of her own dwelling, a slave. |
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| 4 | 132 |
Several other things had been given to Cuwignaka by Canka, or other members of the Isbu, usually of the All Comrades. |
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| 4 | 255 |
Behind him, in a line, coming from the vicinity of the lodge of the Sleen Soldiers, the society lodge, came several members of the Sleen-Soldiers Society. |
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| 12 | 28 |
"Hei! Hei!" cried the boys, in the distance, bringing together the members of the herd. |
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| 12 | 32 |
It now occupied, its members bunched and crowded closely together, a small, tight circle. |
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| 18 | 305 |
The purpose of these scarves, I supposed, was to identify them as, and protect them as, members of the peace-making party. |
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| 33 | 13 |
The fleer, then, the members of a common flock, as the fleer usually flies, departed. |
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| 34 | 442 |
Never before had I seen the shield of Kahintokapa outside of its shield cover, even when I had first seen him, long ago, with Canka and the members of the All Comrades, near the site of the battle of the wagon train, near, too, where the mercenaries had fought, and Alfred had escaped with a continge... |
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| 40 | 27 |
One advantage of such lodges, and of communal living, generally, is that it makes it easier to impose social controls on the members of the community. |
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| 46 | 134 |
The forty men in his party, including myself and Cuwignaka, then, on the ropes left along the edge of the escarpment, held by the members of the fourth group, under the command of Kahintokapa, lowered ourselves to the trail below. |
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| 50 | 25 |
Behind him, and standing about, as well, were the members of the council. |
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| 50 | 61 |
"This being a slave," said Mahpiyasapa to the members of the council, standing about him, "clearly it is not fitting that she be subjected to the honorable death of a free woman". |
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| 50 | 62 |
The members of the council nodded their agreement. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 561 |
One of these pairs, its members located on opposite sides of the door, corresponded to the upper-door brackets, and the other pair, its members opposite one another, one on each side of the door, corresponded to the lower-door brackets. |
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| 7 | 94 |
That you are a totally free woman, and not a slave, or a capture enroute to the collar, will be known to several members of the staff. |
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| 7 | 96 |
Certain other members of the staff will not know that you are free. |
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| 7 | 101 |
"No one will know, even high members of the staff, will they," I asked, "that I am actually the Tatrix of Corcyrus". |
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| 8 | 415 |
We had seen the baths and the sales yard, which is also used for exercise; we had seen various holding areas, ranging from silken, barred alcoves for superb pleasure slaves, through cells and cages, and such, of various sorts more fit for medium-priced women, to incarceration chambers that were litt... |
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| 28 | 24 |
Musicians on Gor, that is, members of the caste of musicians, are seldom, if ever, enslaved. |
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| 28 | 28 |
For example, there are many musicians on Gor, not members of the caste, who are enslaved. |
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| 28 | 36 |
The general affection and respect which Goreans feel for the game of Kaissa is probably the explanation for the practical immunity from bondage commonly accorded the members of the caste of players. |
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| 28 | 110 |
She looked about herself, at the other members of her class. |
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| 33 | 5 |
At these tables were Claudius, the Ubar of Argentum, and members of the high council. |
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| 33 | 19 |
Two soldiers, from a side room, dragged the golden sack across the floor and put it before the central table, that table where sat Claudius, the members of the high council and other significant guests. |
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| 33 | 222 |
The members of the high council and many of the guests looked about at one another, nodding. |
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| 33 | 313 |
"He, too," said Drusus Rencius, "could have been mistaken in this matter!" There was some laughter from some of the members of the high council, and from some of the others about the tables. |
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| 33 | 348 |
Descriptions of this 'Lady Lita' were furnished by several members of the staff. |
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| 33 | 404 |
How could I make such a man weak? "The evidence is clear," said Miles of Argentum to the Ubar, Claudius, to the members of the high council, to the others in the room. |
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| 33 | 556 |
Members of the high council crowded about him. |
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| 33 | 569 |
"The descriptions tally with the garments brought to us by Ligurious," said one of the members of the high council. |
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| 33 | 571 |
"Menicius," said one of the members of the high council, looking up. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 304 |
We are all members of the slave sex. |
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| 2 | 378 |
In the crowd was an officer of the Master of Revels, with two members of the Council Guard. |
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| 2 | 569 |
Behind him were the two members of the Council Guard. |
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| 3 | 166 |
This confirmed my conjecture that we were not truly intended to be kept as members of a work chain. |
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| 5 | 372 |
These materials I shall distribute among the members of the work chain, to compensate them somewhat for their inconvenience and loss of time. |
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| 6 | 276 |
Anango, like Asperiche, is an exchange, or free, island in Thassa, administered by members of the caste of merchants. |
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| 8 | 55 |
There the other male members of Boots's company lay on their stomachs, bound, sly, agile Chino, simple Lecchio, Petrucchio, the tall, doleful "captain," and Publius Andronicus, supposedly the most famous actor in the company, saving perhaps the incredible Boots Tarsk-Bit himself. |
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| 12 | 90 |
I had even, upon occasion, played with members of the caste of players, but never, never, had I played with anyone who remotely approached the level of this fellow. |
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| 12 | 554 |
"We are both members of the troupe of Boots Tarsk-Bit," he said. |
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| 12 | 566 |
"I have sometimes played with members of the caste of players," I said. |
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| 12 | 659 |
The other members of the troupe, now, and the slaves, and Lady Yanina, in her gown fashioned from a Sa-Tarna sack, gathered around. |
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| 13 | 331 |
Too, however, I knew the urt people could, and did upon occasion, as in their rare contacts with civilized folk, communicate in a type of Gorean, many of the words evidencing obvious linguistic corruptions but others, interestingly, apparently closely resembling archaic Gorean, a language not spoken... |
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| 14 | 355 |
Clearly, it played a role in calling forth the attack response, or in transmitting its message to the other members of the pack. |
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| 16 | 88 |
This saying is sometimes, too, applied to members of the caste of players. |
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| 16 | 979 |
Surely members of the caste of players do not commonly travel about with a military escort. |
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| 18 | 229 |
This is useful not only when it serves normal purposes of storage and transport, but also, of course, when it is submitted for the inspection of members of an audience. |
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| 21 | 200 |
"Belnar, and other members of the high council," he said, "have been conducting negotiations with individuals in various states, in particular, Cos and Ar. |
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| 21 | 457 |
He did have, presumably, through Belnar, connections with members of the high council of the city. |
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| 21 | 458 |
Members of that council had doubtless been closely associated with Belnar in his various projects. |
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| 22 | 261 |
"Members of the high council of Brundisium, other than Belnar, are involved. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 |
"Members of the high council, and lesser councils, and certain of their supporters," he said, "who favored the cause of Ar". |
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| 19 | 33 |
It marks the members of the Caste of Thieves in Port Kar. |
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| 19 | 36 |
There are various perquisites connected with membership in this caste, among them, if one is a professional thief, protection from being hunted down and killed by caste members, who tend to be quite jealous of their various territories and prerogatives. |
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| 19 | 236 |
"Those are Taurentians, members of the elite palace guard," said a man. |
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| 24 | 233 |
To be sure, members of the same family sometimes differ considerably from one another in their appearance. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 96 |
I had feared that we might be bound for Torcadino, a city currently under siege by Cosians, and their allies, where, employed in the siegeworks, digging investing trenches, raising earth walls, and such, labored the "black chain of Ionicus," that chain for which I had aided in the "enlistment" or "r... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 997 |
They are Forest Port, Iskander and Tancred's Landing, which three towns, like White Water, are members of the Vosk League. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 346 |
This tends not to be practical among members of the caste of Players, of course, as their ratings are carefully kept, and are a matter of public record. |
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| 26 | 221 |
Accordingly, and within a month, the high-caste young women of Harfax were privately stripped and examined by the members of a delegation from Besnit, including physicians and professional slavers. |
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| 28 | 83 |
The rationale seems to be that the community has a right to expect allegiance from its members. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 48 |
"They supported members of councils, and members to elect members of councils," said a man. |
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| 19 | 899 |
Whereas members of the caste of slavers are slavers, not all slavers are members of the caste of slavers. |
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| 6 | 57 |
"The members of the palace guard, the Taurentians themselves," said another. |
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| 7 | 94 |
"It is Seremides, and members of the High Council!" said a fellow. |
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| 7 | 95 |
Seremides, whom I had not seen this clearly since long ago in Ar, in the days of Minus Tentius Hinrabius, and Cernus, of Ar, with others, members of the High Council, I gathered, now, from the side of the Central Cylinder, ascended the platform. |
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| 7 | 337 |
"Peace, friendship, joy and love," called Myron, "to our brothers in Ar!" One of the members of the High Council, presumably its executive officer, who would have had been directly subordinate to Gnieus Lelius, the regent, in a civilian capacity, as Seremides would have been in a military capacity, ... |
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| 8 | 111 |
Seremides and most members of the High Council were in attendance. |
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| 8 | 112 |
Certain other members of the High Council were asserted to be indisposed. |
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| 8 | 201 |
The harness makers are members of the caste of leather workers. |
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| 9 | 783 |
"Our thanks, Ubara," said he, "those of myself and my polemarkos, and, too, of course, those of our staff members, guards and accompanying officers". |
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| 18 | 114 |
"The rogue last year pretended to have himself arrested and led away, but it turned out to be by members of his own troupe, and thus they all escaped without paying the rent!" "And you took him back in?" I asked. |
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| 19 | 893 |
"You are members of the caste of slavers!" she said. |
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| 21 | 296 |
I wonder sometimes if such as I, a person, and such as you, no more than a beast, are even members of the same species. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 277 |
I noted, spying on their progress, that the members of the procession were fastidiously careful, even scrupulously careful, to avoid any contact with the captives, even so much as the casual brushing of a bared foot, a shackled ankle, a small shoulder, a lovely thigh, with the hem of a robe. |
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| 19 | 384 |
The crowd, too, or, at least, many of its members, put coins, usually single coins, or coins of smaller denomination, in the bowls. |
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| 29 | 195 |
Needless to say, caste members do not always wear the caste colors. |
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| 30 | 4 |
"They are coming! Members of the black caste!" The guard thrust the girl from him. |
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| 30 | 26 |
"Members of the black caste, the Assassins," said the pit master. |
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| 37 | 35 |
The members of each group were tied together by the neck, presumably not merely to control us, as a coffle chain might, but to keep us together, making our disposition as a shield, or wall, more effective. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 815 |
This jerked against the collar of the woman behind her, pulling her collar tight against the back of her neck, causing her to stumble forward, which movement was reflected in the motion of the third and fourth members of the small coffle, who must make hurried, awkward adjustments to retain their ba... |
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| 18 | 743 |
Many caste members, as you know, do not concern themselves specifically with caste business. |
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| 27 | 1118 |
This had not been clearly understood, she is sure, by all members of the group until after the encounter in the grasslands. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 315 |
Some members of the caste of physicians, incidentally, concern themselves with such matters, for example, by implanting fertilized eggs in host mothers. |
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| 1 | 856 |
It seemed that these two humans, members of her own species, actually communicated with one another, rather as did the Kurii. |
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| 11 | 57 |
Indeed, Kur young must learn to distinguish amongst different members of their own species". |
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| 18 | 199 |
The greatest danger to her, thought Cabot, would presumably be from the surviving members of the decimated hunting party, or from others who knew of it, for she, the bait girl, had not been used by Kurii to entrap humans, but by humans to entrap Kurii. |
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| 63 | 155 |
The herd then, many of its members stung and burned, several now no more than smoking meat, confused and tormented, finally alarmed, wildly bleating, piteously squealing, began to hurry away. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
Too, in all honesty, it is not that unusual to find refined, literate members of my caste. |
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| 1 | 26 |
Some members of my caste are educated gentlemen, educated, distinguished, dangerous gentlemen. |
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| 2 | 190 |
And, indeed, there are few caste members who are not convinced that their caste, somehow, is especially important, even that it may be, in some way, the most essential or the most estimable of all. |
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| 12 | 103 |
An obvious inducement, or partial inducement, to certain Goreans, for example to certain members of the caste of slavers, for their assistance, in a variety of tasks, would be something all males understand, women. |
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| 28 | 171 |
Also, certain recognition devices are portions of a secret tradition within Pani clans, the members of which may be separated by thousands of pasangs, and these are either permanent, or relatively so. |
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| 43 | 132 |
"It is clear then," said Lord Nishida, "why he might seek a different, safer name for himself, as doubtless many others with us, who were driven from Ar, either as former members of the party of the Ubara, or of the occupational forces". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53 |
Members of the Caste of Players are recognized by their red-and-yellow-checked robes, the worn board slung over their shoulder, the sack of pieces at their waist. |
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| 1 | 121 |
When hunting, it is common for members of the black caste, the Caste of Assassins, to paint a black dagger on their forehead. |
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| 1 | 356 |
This cognizance came to the attention of members of the Delta Brigade, who took in, concealed, and sheltered their Ubar. |
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| 3 | 976 |
'Name your family, its members and their wealth. |
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| 9 | 44 |
As it turned out, however, the weapon room had been stormed earlier by a number of disaffected crew members, in effect, mutineers, who were intent on freeing tarns, and risking a flight which might lead to land, a flight presumably to the east, where lay Torvaldsland. |
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| 17 | 17 |
To where might they run? Off-duty crew members might gather about while the girls, in one group or another, were brought to the deck. |
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| 21 | 163 |
That we were closer to shore, whatever might be its advantages or disadvantages, did increase the tension on board, and various crew members, acting as spokesmen for one group or another, from one deck or another, urged minor officers to petition for a landing. |
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| 27 | 186 |
Let it be only the members of the high watch". |
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| 35 | 12 |
Making their way to the pier were members of the port's administration. |
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| 36 | 306 |
The two members of the Black Court of Brundisium regarded one another. |
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| 36 | 503 |
Needless to say, all members of my caste, even from childhood, are taught to read. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 96 |
Examining our rooms in our absence, while we were in class, certain books had been discovered, literature certainly inappropriate for our prestigious house, one of the most exclusive and inaccessible on campus, and inappropriate, as well, for our small, expensive, illustrious, private institution, o... |
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| 4 | 324 |
"To some, perhaps more than you suspect, it will be clear that it is a Gorean party; to others it will be no more than a delightful, exquisite entertainment, a costume affair, with a Roman or Greek flavor, hosted by the house, to which selected members of particular fraternities will be invited". |
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| 7 | 310 |
Most marking is done by members of the caste of Metal Workers. |
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| 8 | 90 |
Doubtless there were setters of trends, say, highly placed officials, wealthy Merchants, Actors, Singers, and Poets, certain women of noble family and high caste, and such, but why should one option rather than another succeed in being adopted, however transiently? Perhaps the higher, better fixed, ... |
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| 8 | 218 |
I would learn that some members of some castes even reveled in a deliberately barbarous or vulgar Gorean, as though this were some badge of quality or superiority by means of which they might distinguish themselves from their despised "betters". |
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| 8 | 1197 |
But even your physicians, your men of medicine and health, the members of your green caste, will assure you that we are much the same as you. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 147 |
Moreover, the watches would now be kept only by members of the tarn command. |
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| 1 | 525 |
As indicated earlier, I had not located the camp at the designated position on Lord Temmu's map, as ordered, but at a different location, known only to myself and the members of my command. |
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| 60 | 466 |
Indeed, with them, I trust, will be members of the cavalry. |
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| 61 | 809 |
"And then he, and two members of his crew, who had accompanied us to Ar, independently confirmed the matter". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 100 |
The members of my small group looked uneasily at one another. |
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| 8 | 218 |
Accordingly most slaves brought to Gor are women, namely, members of the slave sex". |
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| 8 | 330 |
"In the house of training," I said, "I saw no members of my party". |
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| 9 | 127 |
In those days I could not even read the caste colors of Gor, not that all members of a caste could be depended on to appear only in caste robes, which, in many cases, were most likely to appear on caste holidays and city holidays. |
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| 16 | 142 |
Had he not been an unquestioned, accepted, and welcomed guest at the supper I had helped serve in the house of Lysander, Administrator of Market of Semris? Not all members of a caste, of course, are active in the crafts or professions associated with the caste. |
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| 26 | 37 |
It might also be noted, again in passing, that the black caste, as a matter of policy, does not concern itself with members who might be slain while about their work. |
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| 26 | 41 |
It will, on the other hand, hunt an individual who might, in its view, have gratuitously slain one of its members. |
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| 26 | 48 |
Companionship is forbidden to members of the caste. |
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| 49 | 33 |
Four members of the scribes were seated at a table to the side, their papers before them. |
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| 49 | 34 |
I saw no members of the lower castes present. |
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| 49 | 200 |
Is she truly so great, and important? What would she bring, stripped, on the block? Would she be worth bidding on? The particular nature of these speculations may be most germane to slaves, whose chains and collars have well accustomed them to thinking of themselves as properties and merchandise, an... |
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| 49 | 504 |
Some members of that lofty caste are not particular with respect to which mine it is from which they extract their gold". |
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| 60 | 15 |
On his right was Drusus Andronicus, long-armed, handsome, and stalwart, in suitable scarlet, betokening his caste, who stood high in the house, and, on his left, clad openly, brazenly, unapologetically, in the hues of the night, was Tyrtaios, of the caste whose members acknowledge no Home Stone, the... |
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| 60 | 156 |
"I thought," said Master Albus, "to have you witness the slaughter of the beasts, four-legged and two-legged, and then have you eaten to death, prolonging it as long as possible, eaten bit by bit, bite by bite, by our noble allies, the High Ones, but, as you have seen, some members of our audience s... |
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| 61 | 746 |
"These fellows about," she said, "do not appear to be regulars, not members of the common forces of Ar, not soldiers, not guardsmen". |
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| 61 | 748 |
"These are members of the entourage of Decius Albus, armed retainers, consider their livery, contingents within a small, personal army, a private army, that of the trade advisor to the Ubar". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 132 |
Full members of a house will be registered swordsmen, but not all registered swordsmen are members of a house. |
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| 11 | 32 |
To be sure, most of the thieving, I gather, is done outside the city, in other cities, Port Kar then affording a refuge to which successful members of that unusual caste may repair to enjoy the profits of their labors. |
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| 29 | 50 |
Two men on board were Players, members of the checkered caste. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 |
The Meeting in the Long Tent "Dear friends," said Aktis, "caste brothers, members of the first and greatest of castes, members of the mightiest of castes, members of the caste upon which the Home Stone rests, be welcome". |
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| 18 | 85 |
And, one supposes, it might be, that some members of a species subject to extermination on land might, in diverse behaviors, in withdrawing from strong stimuli, in fleeing, in avoiding discovery, discover that the same muscles which allow it to move on land permit it to move in water. |
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| 18 | 129 |
It distributes members of a species, thus expanding access to food. |
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| 45 | 116 |
The 'Central Room' was what was left of the antechamber of the Council Room where I had first addressed Thrasymedes and other members of the Council of Mytilene. |
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