| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 8 | 63 |
In spite of this conviction, incomprehensibly, I found myself depressed by Tharna, and wondered if it, in its way, were not somehow, subtly, more barbaric, more harsh, less human than its ruder, less noble, more beautiful sisters. |
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| 9 | 2 |
Here even in the noble city of Tharna there was intrigue, political strife, ambition that would not brook confinement. |
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| 16 | 33 |
"All Tharna is yours, Warrior," cried Dorna the Proud, "if you but relinquish our noble Tatrix! The city weeps for her return! I fear there will be no more joy in Tharna until she sits again upon her golden throne!" I laughed. |
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| 26 | 85 |
This morning I said good-bye to the Tatrix, the noble and beautiful Lara. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 9 | 58 |
"She was a very deep and noble woman," I said. |
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| 16 | 97 |
"Yes," said Misk, "and your father, who is a brave and noble man, has served us upon occasion, though he dealt only, unknowingly, with Implanted Ones. |
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| 17 | 8 |
"Greetings, Noble Sarm," I said. |
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| 27 | 51 |
"You are undoubtedly the Noble Guard of the Chamber where I may have my tunic fixed with scent-marks," I called jovially. |
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| 27 | 57 |
"Thank you, Noble One!" I cried and turned the transportation disk almost as if it had a vertical central axis and sped off. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 11 | 73 |
"I beg you, noble Saphrar," she wept, "I beg of you—I beg of you to free me. |
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| 21 | 60 |
"I have gems and jewels to show the noble Saphrar!" "Approach then the nearer gate!" he called. |
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| 27 | 96 |
"And I," I said, "wish you well—noble Dina of Turia". |
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| 27 | 99 |
"He was a noble and valiant man," I said. |
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| 27 | 101 |
"And his daughter, too," I said, "is a noble and valiant woman—and beautiful". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 500 |
"You are both Humans," said Misk, "noble Humans". |
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| 19 | 328 |
"Surely Samos of Port Kar, First Slaver of Gor's Tatrix of the Sea, noble Port Kar, cares to express interest in these unworthy wenches?" There was silence. |
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| 19 | 345 |
"Does noble Samos now care to express interest?" inquired the auctioneer. |
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| 19 | 362 |
"Does noble Samos, First Slaver of Port Kar, jewel and mistress of the sea, not care to express interest in these unworthy wenches? Would they not cheer the heart of a seaman returned from long at sea?" There was laughter from the crowd. |
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| 19 | 390 |
Imagine her, noble men of Ar, chained to your slave ring! She alone is worth five hundred pieces of gold!" The crowd roared its approval and the auctioneer dropped his hand and stepped back, perhaps as surprised as any in that room. |
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| 19 | 393 |
"Put your head back, no, farther back, farther! Are you stupid? Now turn, slowly, unworthy slave, for the noble buyers of Ar!" Startled, Phyllis did precisely as she was told, beautifully. |
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| 20 | 76 |
"Noble Cernus," she whispered, "if you be my Master, free me, free me!" "Why?" asked Cernus. |
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| 20 | 80 |
"Please noble Cernus, Ubar of my city, free me!" "Your father owed me moneys," said Cernus. |
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| 20 | 169 |
"Noble girl!" I called after Melanie, as she left the room. |
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| 20 | 557 |
I could not stop myself laughing, though I was much beaten, and laughing I still was when, chained, I was conducted stumbling from the hall of Cernus, the noble Ubar of Ar. |
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| 22 | 216 |
Then all, save perhaps those closest to the noble Ubar of the city, began to cry out and cheer, and pound their fists on their left shoulder. |
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| 23 | 121 |
"Noble, proud Cernus," I scoffed. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 552 |
"I am sorry, noble Surbus," said the man. |
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| 9 | 561 |
"I have sold her for five," said the proprietor, "to this noble gentleman. |
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| 11 | 268 |
"Greetings, noble Samos," I said. |
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| 11 | 301 |
"Noble Samos," I said. |
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| 11 | 305 |
"Earlier today," I asked, "did noble Samos send word to me that he wished to speak with me?" Samos looked at me. |
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| 11 | 347 |
"Yes, Noble Samos," said the boy. |
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| 11 | 485 |
"More quickly than you choose to answer, it seems, noble Samos," said I. |
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| 11 | 560 |
"I am, of course, highly honored," I began, "that noble Samos should think of me, that he should nominate me, doubtless the lowliest of the captains here assembled, for a post of such distinction, that of bearing the peace of Port Kar to her hereditary enemies Cos and Tyros". |
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| 13 | 204 |
"When," I asked, "High Lady, will you drink the wine of the Free Companionship with Lurius, noble Ubar of Cos?" "I shall return first to Tyros," she said, "where I shall be made ready. |
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| 13 | 210 |
"It seems then," said I, "that your body alone is not enough for noble Lurius". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 376 |
Address them by the lofty, noble title of Mistress? As though they were glorious, exalted free women? As though only I were degraded, despised slave amongst them? "No, no!" I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 153 |
"She is a proud, and noble woman," said Samos. |
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| 1 | 351 |
"And now, noble Samos," said Rim, boldly, "I would appreciate the arousal of one in your employ, a metal worker, to remove this collar". |
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| 6 | 1002 |
She, noble creature, so marvelous in her temptations and beauties, with the excellences of her mind and the determined prides of her heart, how strange that she, so much prizing her freedom, is made whole only as it is ruthlessly swept from her, that the true totality of her response, the fullness o... |
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| 6 | 1003 |
The Goreans claim that in each woman there is a free companion, proud and beautiful, worthy and noble, and in each, too, a slave girl. |
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| 9 | 314 |
How brave and noble I had been to enter the forests, to rescue the beautiful Talena, daughter of Marlenus of Ar. |
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| 9 | 360 |
And I, who was to have been such a hero, so clever, so noble and brave, so victorious, now myself lay helplessly bound in a clearing in the great northern forests, the prisoner of fierce panther girls. |
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| 12 | 137 |
Noble, great Ubar! And who would remember Talena, and her shame, after Marlenus, astride a mighty tharlarion, would have his triumph in the streets of Ar, panther girls in tiny cages slung on poles carried by huntsmen, and, walking beside his beast, naked and chained to his stirrup, their former lea... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 303 |
My present master, noble Samos of Port Kar, purchased me at the shore of Thassa. |
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| 17 | 254 |
The eyes did not seem those of the noble Blue Tooth, but of something else, unaccountable, not understood. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 |
"The noble Samos has been most kind," said Ibn Saran. |
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| 1 | 433 |
"If it pleases you, noble Ibn Saran," said Samos, "would you speak before my friend what heard you in Kasra". |
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| 1 | 867 |
"Either girl's use, or that of both, is yours, noble Ibn Saran," said Samos, "if you wish". |
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| 1 | 868 |
"My thanks," said he, "Noble Samos. |
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| 2 | 533 |
"Here, Noble Gentlemen, for your consideration, is the slave girl called Alyena. |
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| 2 | 534 |
Regard her! Does she please you? Move for the noble gentlemen, Alyena. |
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| 3 | 220 |
"At what place might I expect to find the noble Zev Mahmoud?" I inquired. |
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| 3 | 299 |
"I hope," said I, "you are not thinking of the noble Zev Mahmoud and his friends". |
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| 5 | 317 |
"Why," cried I in amazement, "it is the noble Hamid. |
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| 5 | 318 |
Forgive me, Noble Sir. |
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| 5 | 711 |
I, too, in my way, though doubtless less skillful than the noble Ibn Saran, was a connoisseur of slave girls. |
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| 6 | 36 |
"Did you see who it was who struck noble Suleiman Pasha?" "Yes," she cried. |
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| 6 | 86 |
"Who struck noble Suleiman Pasha?" asked Ibn Saran, quietly. |
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| 7 | 199 |
"There is nothing here, noble master," said one of them. |
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| 7 | 337 |
"But you," said he, "who attempted to assassinate our noble Suleiman Pasha, will not be given light assignments". |
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| 7 | 632 |
"Tal, noble Ibn Saran," said I, "and gracious Hamid, lieutenant to Shakar, captain of the Aretai". |
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| 11 | 324 |
The high tribes need not, though often they do, support vassal tribes in their squabbles; the vassal tribes, however, are expected to support the high, or noble, tribes, in their altercations. |
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| 14 | 176 |
"You rise early, noble Ibn Saran," said I. |
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| 24 | 72 |
I had little doubt that she would be much envied by the other girls, being apparently the favorite of the kasbah's master, the noble Ibn Saran. |
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| 25 | 215 |
"Doubtless for he who brings me in, his rope on my neck, before the noble Pashas Haroun and Suleiman, there will be a high reward," she said. |
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| 25 | 316 |
You are too proud, too noble and fine". |
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| 25 | 505 |
They did not bargain, as might have a desperate free woman, "Anything for a sip of wine, Noble Sir!" for they were slave girls. |
10 |
| 26 | 996 |
"As a noble free woman?" I asked. |
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| 26 | 1130 |
"I do not now want to love you as a noble free woman," she whispered. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 264 |
"Are you ready, noble, lofty Lady Sabina?" inquired Lehna. |
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| 7 | 630 |
What am I bid, Noble Buyers, for Donna?" The original Donna had perhaps been a girl brought in a chain and collar from Earth. |
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| 9 | 1826 |
"Drink, noble Thurnus, my love," said she to him. |
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| 9 | 2015 |
"Then, noble Thurnus," said she, evenly, calmly, "I do refuse. |
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| 13 | 195 |
"Small," said he, "but sweet, a delicacy, noble sirs, with promise". |
10 |
| 13 | 217 |
"And her ears, noble sirs," said he, "are pierced!" There was a murmur of approval from the crowd. |
10 |
| 13 | 267 |
"But can the house let this little beauty slip its collar for a mere fourteen tarsks? Say, no, Noble Sirs!" "Fifteen," said a man. |
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| 13 | 354 |
"Behold, Noble Sirs and Ladies," he said. |
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| 17 | 22 |
"What girls here," asked one of the men, who seemed imposing, in helmet and cloak, with four fellows, of the man with the lamp, a short, fat fellow in the merchants' white and gold, "are from the Clouds of Telnus?" "None, of course, Noble Sir," said the merchant. |
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| 17 | 26 |
"Perhaps the Noble Sirs would like gold," suggested the fat man. |
10 |
| 20 | 158 |
Better it were Clitus Vitellius in their place! But he was a noble captain of Ar, and would not be involved in the insignificant skirmishes on the Vosk. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235 |
It was a truly brave and noble beast. |
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| 33 | 24 |
Surely the same noble, high laws which had formed the lofty brain and useful hand of man could not have been responsible for the fangs and claws of the predatory Kur. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13 |
"Another loot girl taken by our noble Captain, Bejar, in his brilliant capture of the Blossoms of Telnus," called the auctioneer. |
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| 7 | 210 |
"But perhaps your reputation as a noble and honest merchant will yet in the long run redound to your profit as well as your honor". |
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| 16 | 98 |
"On the other hand," said Ayari, "I would be content to surrender my part in this noble endeavor to others more worthy than myself". |
10 |
| 18 | 151 |
"Greetings, Great Ubar," said I, "and noble gentlemen, all". |
10 |
| 20 | 91 |
If there is any longer a Mfalme of Ukungu it is Aibu, the wise and noble". |
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| 25 | 106 |
"Are self-deceit, and lies, and hypocrisy, so noble?" I inquired. |
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| 43 | 20 |
"Save me, please, noble sirs!" she wept. |
10 |
| 43 | 51 |
"Do not leave without her, please, noble masters," begged Janice. |
10 |
| 48 | 217 |
"Did you think, noble free women," I asked, "that you might do fully as you wished, that no penalties would be inflicted upon you?" "You cannot leave us here!" she wept. |
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| 53 | 127 |
They should be pleased to have made their contribution to so noble a project". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 332 |
Perhaps Goreans might not understand the sacrifice I had made, and how noble I was, but I was certain these things, my sacrifice, and my nobility, would have been well understood, and appreciated, by a woman of my own world. |
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| 11 | 615 |
What a fine and noble girl. |
10 |
| 12 | 56 |
"But first," called the Lady Tima, "permit me to congratulate you, my lovely, and generous and noble clients, for cooperating so splendidly in the joke we played upon this poor slave. |
10 |
| 12 | 381 |
"Surely, noble buyers, you will bid more realistically for such a splendid property?" "I will have at least four for you," said the Lady Tima to me. |
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| 14 | 121 |
"Why," she asked, "should a man forsake a noble companion, serene and beautiful, independent and regal, for a slut in a steel collar who will crawl to his feet and beg to lick them with her tongue?" I did not speak. |
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| 27 | 383 |
They are simply different! Free women are noble and fine! Slave girls are only meaningless, lascivious, sensuous, little sluts!" "Many slave girls are as large, or larger than you, Lady Florence," I said. |
10 |
| 34 | 321 |
She was not of Gor, but of Earth! Too, she was just too noble, too fine, to be a slave. |
10 |
| 34 | 336 |
She was too noble and fine for that. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 112 |
They are too fine and noble to be looked upon by the casual rabble. |
10 |
| 28 | 124 |
"A noble act," said Tasdron to Callimachus. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1589 |
How could free women forgive them that? Why cannot a man see that they are nothing, only despicable sluts? Why should he prefer such an appetitious, shapely thing, a mere animal and property, obedient and submissive, desperately needful and helplessly sensual, fearing his whip, hoping to please him ... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 40 |
Step within, Noble Gentlemen, and examine our offerings. |
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| 8 | 107 |
"Noble Sirs!" called a voice, that of the fellow in the soiled blue-and-yellow shirt who had, earlier, been advertising the sale outside the compound. |
10 |
| 8 | 108 |
"Noble Sirs," he called. |
10 |
| 8 | 459 |
"In what way, Noble Sir?" inquired the auctioneer, obligingly. |
10 |
| 8 | 699 |
Their raiment is splendid, their station is lofty, their mien is noble, their prestige is boundless. |
10 |
| 8 | 881 |
"To the side blocks, please, Noble Sirs," invited the auctioneer, with an expansive gesture of his open hand, "to the side blocks!" The men began to drift to the side blocks. |
10 |
| 11 | 249 |
The self-image of the noble, inaccessible free woman was to be replaced with the reality of the needful slave. |
10 |
| 16 | 291 |
"Not all of us are as noble and brave as Pumpkin". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 148 |
"I am not small and petty! Hci is generous! Hci is noble! Hci is a generous and noble warrior! Hci is a warrior of the Kaiila! Hci does not lose his honor!" "Oh?" asked Canka. |
10 |
| 1 | 341 |
He called me Tatankasa, or Red Bull, which was a noble name from the point of view of the Kaiila. |
10 |
| 6 | 130 |
"The kailiauk is a noble animal," said Cuwignaka. |
10 |
| 7 | 793 |
"You are a noble girl," said Cuwignaka. |
10 |
| 18 | 270 |
Such councils tend to be open to the noble, the proven and worthy. |
10 |
| 18 | 273 |
Where men so numerous, and noble and wise, were gathered, surely naught could be amiss. |
10 |
| 41 | 145 |
How noble is man. |
10 |
| 54 | 49 |
It is only, rather, that it was a noble warrior's gesture". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 33 |
"Forgive me, noble Ligurious," said Miles. |
10 |
| 11 | 102 |
She is superior, lofty, noble, regal and fine. |
10 |
| 24 | 146 |
"You are very different from my noble and glorious Free Companion," he said. |
10 |
| 26 | 122 |
I commend to your attention the noble alternative, to be chosen by all truly free women, of returning to the mill, of returning to the back-breaking, repetitious labor of the loom. |
10 |
| 26 | 127 |
"Women who are truly noble and free choose the mill". |
10 |
| 26 | 137 |
"But that you would shamelessly choose to be pleasure slaves over noble mill girls does not mean that masters must see fit to accord you such a slavery. |
10 |
| 33 | 68 |
"Thank you, noble Ligurious," said Claudius. |
10 |
| 33 | 69 |
"Now," said he, "let Sheila's captor, the noble Hassan, of Kasra, have the honor of presenting her before us, that she may await our pleasure". |
10 |
| 33 | 183 |
"Please let him speak, noble Claudius," said Miles. |
10 |
| 33 | 260 |
He seemed cringing and obsequious in the presence of such a noble assemblage. |
10 |
| 33 | 322 |
"Yes, noble Claudius," smiled Miles, "one more". |
10 |
| 33 | 662 |
For whom could a man such as he entertain respect but a free woman? I thought of the noble, serene, contumacious, insolent, lofty free women of Gor. |
10 |
| 33 | 760 |
"I think," said Claudius, "in these matters both our fears and our noble, belligerent vanities are out of place. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1199 |
"Noble free woman, and noble gentlemen, of the audience," said Boots, "the Magic Veil of Anango, presented by the players of Boots Tarsk-Bit, actor, promoter and entrepreneur extraordinary! We thank you for your consideration!" There was much applause. |
10 |
| 6 | 1222 |
"Thank you, noble free woman and noble gentlemen! Remember poor Boots and his company! Be generous!" Some coins, mostly copper, rattled to the stage. |
10 |
| 6 | 2 |
"Pull down your skirt, you slave, you brazen hussy!" "Pray, do withdraw, noble sir, for you surprise me arriving as you did I all unawares, and of necessity I must improvise some veiling, lest my features be disclosed," cried the girl upon the stage, Boots Tarsk-Bit's current Brigella. |
10 |
| 6 | 18 |
"Though I be impoverished and am clad in rags, in naught but the meanness of tatters," said the Brigella to Boots Tarsk-Bit, he on the stage with her, he in the guise of a pompous, puffing, lecherous merchant, "know, and know well, noble sir, that I am a free woman!" This announcement, predictably, ... |
10 |
| 6 | 46 |
"Tal, noble sir," she said. |
10 |
| 6 | 47 |
"Tal, noble lady," said he. |
10 |
| 6 | 237 |
"The simple beneficence of your presence, that of a noble free woman, is in itself a reward far beyond our deserving," Boots assured her. |
10 |
| 6 | 442 |
"With all due respect, noble lady," said Boots, "in a transaction of this momentous nature, I believe it is only fair that I be granted assurances of a somewhat greater magnitude". |
10 |
| 6 | 605 |
"Why, thank you, noble lady," said Boots. |
10 |
| 6 | 768 |
"Will you not then accept me as a free companion, noble sir?" called the Brigella to Boots, in his guise as the merchant. |
10 |
| 6 | 822 |
"Greetings, noble merchants," said the girl. |
10 |
| 6 | 1226 |
"Thank you, noble people, splendid patrons of the arts," called Boots. |
10 |
| 6 | 1238 |
"Yes, noble lady?" said Boots, coming forward. |
10 |
| 7 | 360 |
"Surely we are ruined! Surely we shall all starve! There are not two copper tarsks in the coin kettle! What hope is there these days for artists such as we! That the skilled and famous company of Boots Tarsk-Bit, actor, promoter and entrepreneur, that company whose performances are commanded by high... |
10 |
| 10 | 361 |
"Chains, I suspect, do not much care whether it is a noble free woman whom they confine or a mere slave". |
10 |
| 10 | 714 |
"Sir, noble sir," she purred. |
10 |
| 10 | 750 |
"Since dawn, yesterday," she said, "when I, only a lowly slave, and the other woman, she noble and free, were fed in the brigands' camp". |
10 |
| 15 | 9 |
"Do not let him escape!" "Have no fear! He is in the keeping of Boots Tarsk-Bit," called Boots, "actor, promoter, entrepreneur and friend to the noble citizens of Brundisium!" He then approached me, carrying manacles. |
10 |
| 16 | 70 |
"In case it is not altogether clear what is going on here," he said, "I am Petrucchio, a captain from Turia, and have here, under my protection, three noble ladies, each of gentle birth and high station". |
10 |
| 16 | 95 |
"The noble Petrucchio, the famed Petrucchio?" asked Chino. |
10 |
| 16 | 119 |
"What brings you to these lands, noble captain?" inquired Chino. |
10 |
| 16 | 125 |
"I am, as you may have by now surmised, Petrucchio," said Petrucchio, "a captain of Turia, and have here," and here he indicated the women behind him, "under my protection, for which services I have taken fee, three noble ladies, each of gentle birth and high station". |
10 |
| 16 | 742 |
"We wish you well, noble captain," said Chino, shaking Petrucchio's hand, warmly. |
10 |
| 16 | 784 |
It is in this direction that we will seek new adventures, lands to be devastated, armies to be defeated, cities to subdue, noble free women to be protected and guarded on dangerous roads". |
10 |
| 16 | 796 |
"Thank you, generous folks, noble patrons, citizens of Brundisium, guests and friends of Brundisium!" called Boots. |
10 |
| 21 | 180 |
I could well imagine Petrucchio, poor noble, brave Petrucchio, Boots Tarsk-Bit's "Captain," on the bridge. |
10 |
| 22 | 311 |
She was of high caste and noble blood. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 174 |
"The animal begs your forgiveness! Please, Mistress! Please, gracious, beautiful, noble Mistress! Forgive Feiqa, please forgive Feiqa, who is only a slave!" I looked down at Feiqa. |
10 |
| 3 | 93 |
"We beg your forgiveness, generous and noble sir!" called a woman. |
10 |
| 5 | 54 |
"Further, I am an Alar, and we Alars are a generous, noble folk". |
10 |
| 9 | 206 |
"I thought you were merely being noble," said Hurtha. |
10 |
| 9 | 208 |
"It is always easier to be noble when one has the price of supper". |
10 |
| 18 | 143 |
"Perhaps I shall find I own vast estates, that funds in trust have been left for me, that I am of noble family, that I am one of the richest and most powerful women in Ar!" "Why should you think such things?" I asked. |
10 |
| 18 | 278 |
"The better for themselves, the better for men, the beasts, and the better for noble free women, whom they can then no longer pretend to be like". |
10 |
| 20 | 39 |
I had not forgotten the streets, the baths, the shops, the broad, noble avenues, with their fountains, the narrow, twisting streets, little more than darkened corridors, shielded from the sun, of the lower districts. |
10 |
| 21 | 33 |
"Brave and noble girl," he said. |
10 |
| 21 | 168 |
"Gnieus Lelius seems a generous, noble fellow," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 551 |
"If she is a treasured private slave, noble Hendow," said Mirus, "take her swiftly to your chambers. |
10 |
| 11 | 552 |
If she is not, but is as your other women, then, noble friend, we pray you, step back from her, leaving her upon the floor before us". |
10 |
| 11 | 762 |
"Do not be dismayed, noble patrons of the tavern of Hendow," he called, "for the number of ostraka was determined in advance. |
10 |
| 11 | 766 |
"And do not forget, noble patrons," he continued, "that although only one may be the first to open this lovely slave, she is now one of Hendow's women. |
10 |
| 11 | 793 |
"Here is the signed attestation of the noble Tamirus," he said. |
10 |
| 19 | 13 |
"Clearly, too, you are kind, and noble". |
10 |
| 34 | 672 |
The free woman was noble and glorious, was the lofty equal of the free man, and might even share a Home Stone with him. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 266 |
"Rescue a noble free woman from jeopardy. |
10 |
| 3 | 108 |
"Even in these hard times, the keeper, who has his congenial, noble side, has refused to surrender space lines". |
10 |
| 3 | 127 |
"I thought you said he had a congenial, noble side". |
10 |
| 6 | 783 |
I supposed that it might be less than noble to drive a blade through the body of a drunken fellow in the dark, but it was probably preferable, all things considered, to having one driven through oneself. |
10 |
| 13 | 157 |
"I see that you have," I said, "noble free woman". |
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| 15 | 501 |
"I would not be as she," said Lady Claudia, "certainly not any more, after what I have learned, but you can see how noble she is, how like a man!" "She does not look like a man," I said, considering her luscious form. |
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| 21 | 188 |
"Spare me, noble Cosians!" She clasped her hands together piteously, holding them forth toward Calliodorus and Aemilianus. |
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| 21 | 779 |
"By what title then would you presume to interfere, by that of the sword?" "Please, noble sir," wept the Lady Claudia. |
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| 21 | 1442 |
"And do you noble fellows of Ar's Station not carry flags of Port Cos, and perhaps of other towns, as well, in your vessels, perhaps in the chests in your stem castles?" That was a likely place to stow such paraphernalia. |
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| 1 | 419 |
They are rather analogous to such things as "noble Master," and so on. |
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| 3 | 950 |
"Noble Sir!" called the owner of the wineskin. |
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| 5 | 47 |
"Noble woman!" cried a man. |
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| 5 | 48 |
"Noble Talena!" cried another. |
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| 5 | 72 |
"But incredibly noble!" said a fellow. |
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| 6 | 116 |
"That brave and noble woman, we will never surrender her!" said another. |
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| 7 | 156 |
"Noble Talena!" wept a fellow. |
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| 7 | 333 |
"And greetings, too," called Myron, "to our friends and brothers, the noble people of Ar!" The crowd looked at one another. |
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| 7 | 543 |
"Doubtless prepared for the feet of the noble Talena,' he said. |
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| 8 | 528 |
"They are told that this is a right and noble work," I said, "that it is a way of making amends, of atoning for the faults of their city, that it is in the interests of brotherhood, peace, and such". |
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| 9 | 50 |
"Look at noble Talena," said a man. |
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| 9 | 56 |
"Noble woman," breathed a man. |
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| 9 | 213 |
"Desist, noble citizen! You speak of a free woman of Ar!" "Yes, my Ubara," said Lady Fulvia. |
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| 10 | 85 |
"You are too noble to take it seriously," I said. |
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| 12 | 141 |
How is it possible that a free man could come to care for a slave, a collared, half-clad curvaceous little beast who desires only to serve him, and love him, and please him, as her master? How incomprehensible! Why rather, does he not piteously sue for the inestimable regard of a lofty, noble free w... |
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| 13 | 29 |
"To appear noble, well disposed, benevolent? To give the public baubles and toys, items of interest with which to beguile themselves? To create diversions, to distract Ar's attention from her defeat and sorry state?" "They did not do this before," he said. |
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| 13 | 70 |
What if some folks required lies, as the price of mental security? Should they be nonetheless denied their comforts, robbed of their illusions? Is their happiness worth less than that of others? Is it not better to tell them, if they are capable of no more, that the illusions are reality, that the l... |
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| 14 | 27 |
"Greetings, and welcome, noble guardsmen of Cos!" said she, delightedly. |
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| 14 | 64 |
"He is noble and kind!" "A weakling and a fool," said a man. |
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| 14 | 104 |
"My master," she said, "is a kind, liberated, noble, enlightened master! He accepts such laws, or laws much like them, as much as if they had been proclaimed by the councils and promulgated by the Ubara herself!" "The actual words of the Ubara," I said, "or at least as reported on the boards, were t... |
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| 14 | 108 |
"He is noble and kind, and liberated and enlightened," she said. |
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| 14 | 586 |
"This is my punishment, more grievous than the leather!" "But he is kind, noble, liberated and enlightened," I reminded her. |
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| 18 | 265 |
"He does not know what noble, good-hearted, jolly fellows we are," said the large fellow. |
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| 19 | 1163 |
"I am thinking that since we do not own you that perhaps it might be fitting if your discipline were decided by your master, the noble Appanius". |
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| 20 | 518 |
"When do you think your friend, the noble Tarsk-Bit, will be prepared to act?" asked Marcus, evenly. |
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| 21 | 470 |
' "'But should Mistress not confer with the noble Ludmilla before conveying these sentiments on her behalf?' I asked". |
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| 25 | 438 |
"It was I who, in effect, brought the cruel, burning iron to your thigh, I who in effect had you marked, who saw to it that your lovely neck would be ringed with the indisputable, locked circlet of bondage, who had you, a noble free woman, reduced to no more than meaningless goods, merchandise to be... |
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| 26 | 64 |
Long ago when I was a girl it was the same, and then, in my time of troubles, after the misunderstanding with my dear father, Marlenus, I was sequestered, and then, later, now that the war has been concluded to the mutual benefit of Ar and Cos, with victory for us both, thanks to the mercies of Cos,... |
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| 7 | 176 |
"Now, proud, noble barbarian woman, woman so important on your own world," said the first instructrix, "return to your cell". |
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| 13 | 226 |
And yet, what is the first thing they do with their exalted, aristocratic, noble, precious, prestigious free woman? They brand her, put her in a collar, and make her a slave, too!" "You are teasing me," said Ellen. |
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| 13 | 473 |
"I suspect," whispered the girl to Ellen's right, "our noble little tunic-wearer will be sold in Brundisium". |
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| 17 | 1109 |
This can be no palace, no mansion, no luxurious, noble quarters, no rich man's compartments. |
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| 18 | 318 |
"I trust that my Master, the noble Portus Canio, your employer," said Ellen to Selius Arconious, "does not inquire of me as to your behavior, and if you have been attentive to your duties, for I, as a slave, however reluctantly, knelt down to speak the truth, would have to admit that you have been l... |
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| 19 | 68 |
"I, noble Master," said Portus. |
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| 20 | 855 |
"There may be others, less honest, less noble, less loyal than yourselves to the empire, and we would not wish them to be dissuaded from returning properties such as this to their rightful owners". |
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| 21 | 226 |
"So, the noble Portus Canio, of Ar, who dared conspire against the might of Cos, now carries water, as though he might be a slave, to replenish the contents of a cistern, one devoted to the drinking of tharlarion and the ablutions of slaves," said the subcaptain. |
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| 24 | 352 |
Well, noble Mirus, of Earth, so be it! But I think you do find this Earth slut of interest, regardless of what you might claim! Do you think a slave is not aware of the meaning of a master's glances?" Ellen stepped back. |
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| 25 | 612 |
Fellow citizens, give me succor! I am in grievous distress! I call upon some noble, gallant citizen of Brundisium to rescue me! Please, please!" "Well," called the auctioneer to the crowd, "it will take at least thirty-five copper tarsks to rescue her!" There was laughter from the crowd. |
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| 26 | 353 |
Perhaps one might also note something further, but hope, as well, that this further observation will not be found disturbing, or disconcerting, to free women, might these recollections and reflections, however unlikely, come somehow someday within their ken, that of creatures so noble and refined, s... |
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| 26 | 1239 |
How fine and noble, how lofty and exalted, are free women, thought Ellen, and how I am nothing before them, but for all their status and glory I would not trade my collar. |
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| 26 | 1313 |
The free woman is a person; she is a citizen; she has standing before the law; she has a Home Stone; she is noble, lofty, and exalted. |
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| 27 | 1950 |
"We will walk, noble ally," snarled the officer. |
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| 30 | 490 |
After all, he is looking for a free woman, not a slave, a proud, lofty, noble, free woman, one who will fulfill the customs of her station, and prove to be a suitable asset, particularly with respect to connections and career. |
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| 36 | 77 |
Is the knife then less noble than the hand, and the sword less noble than the knife, and the spear less noble than the sword?" "No," said Grendel. |
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| 5 | 311 |
"But how can a mere human, no more than a simple beast, be a friend to those as mighty and noble as Kurii?" "Do you think you are speaking ironically?" asked Arcesilaus. |
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| 7 | 15 |
"It is supposed that I may be of assistance in your meeting with the noble and exalted Agamemnon, the Eleventh Face of the Nameless One. |
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| 8 | 44 |
"We welcome the noble Tarl Cabot, human, and Warrior, to our world". |
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| 8 | 141 |
"It seems a noble endeavor," said Cabot. |
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| 10 | 61 |
Some Goreans feel, too, that the name of a free person is a fine and noble thing, and thus one should not permit it to be touched by the lips and tongue of a mere slave. |
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| 11 | 265 |
"He was intent to rescue a friend, with whom it is told he had once shared paga, to save him from death or dishonor at the hands of Priest-Kings, a noble endeavor, but instead he brought him unwittingly into the grasp of Agamemnon". |
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| 19 | 139 |
It seems I was mistook as a prey human by noble hunters". |
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| 23 | 43 |
"You wish a noble, refined, dignified, exalted, priceless name, do you not?" "Surely," she said. |
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| 36 | 75 |
Who, then, is the more redoubtable foe?" "It seems not a noble weapon," said Grendel. |
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| 36 | 78 |
"Perhaps then," said Cabot, "the arrow is not less noble than the spear". |
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| 46 | 6 |
"Noble Flavion has again pierced enemy lines and lived to return," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 50 | 106 |
In the forest we encountered noble Flavion, who brought us here". |
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| 50 | 115 |
"What then?" "Noble Flavion, our rescuer and guide, returned, and we began our trek". |
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| 53 | 1 |
Return to Camp; A Surprise; A Mystery "Greetings, noble Flavion!" said Lord Grendel. |
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| 53 | 2 |
"Welcome to the camp, noble Grendel," said Flavion. |
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| 54 | 19 |
"Indeed, even noble Flavion, alone, in his numerous and courageous excursions in our behalf, has fared similarly". |
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| 54 | 63 |
"Noble Flavion," said Lord Grendel. |
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| 54 | 137 |
"But forgive me now, for I see noble Peisistratus, and I must hurry to him, to beg his forgiveness for imposing upon him, however innocently and inadvertently, in the case of his Corinna". |
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| 56 | 90 |
To challenge larls is noble, to stamp on urts is inglorious, even embarrassing". |
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| 57 | 48 |
"Noble Flavion," said Grendel, "how brave you are, how well you did". |
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| 60 | 30 |
"What then, noble Lord Grendel," said Flavion, "is to be done?" "What would you suggest?" said Lord Grendel. |
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| 61 | 52 |
"Brave and noble Flavion!" cried a Kur. |
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| 73 | 34 |
"Pray, remain for a time, noble ally," said Lord Arcesilaus, "for I shall decree a mighty festival, with days of rejoicing and feasting, which I would that you and yours, your splendid, numberless adherents and crews, shared with us". |
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| 73 | 176 |
"Peace, noble sirs," said Flavion, saluting them with great ceremony. |
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| 78 | 52 |
Too, I think my noble master, Peisistratus, finds the name sexually stimulating on a Gorean girl". |
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| 79 | 548 |
"Put such daughters aside! Leave them in their collars! Let them be sold thousands of pasangs away! Their bondage must not be allowed to besmirch a noble house! Let them not be spoken of, seen, or heard of again! Leave them on their chains. |
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| 79 | 590 |
"But is she not a great and noble woman?" "Doubtless she seems so to the world," said Cabot, "but now, under her father's own laws, she is only another slave". |
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| 81 | 210 |
"I see, beyond the port," said Peisistratus, joining them, "Cestiphon, Statius, Archon, Lord Arcesilaus, many noble humans and high Kurii. |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 194 |
The analogy is imperfect but suppose a society of rigid status, of severe hierarchy, and the rank and dignity that might be attached to the daughter of, say, a royal or noble house. |
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| 1 | 211 |
He was a large, noble animal, and beautiful in the hideous way in which a sleen can be beautiful, and it did not please me that such a creature should perish so miserably. |
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| 7 | 291 |
"But I have had what I was told," she said, "was the wine of 'the noble free woman'". |
10 |
| 7 | 296 |
"As you have had 'the wine of the noble free woman,'" I said, "it does not much matter. |
10 |
| 9 | 190 |
"What are you doing, you wanton slut? How dare you! Do you think I am a gross, lustful beast! I am a noble free woman, you miserable, disgusting, salacious hussy, you abject, collared she-tarsk! I am insulted! You will pay for that! Bring me the whip!" "Yes, Mistress," weeps the slave, and hurries t... |
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| 10 | 590 |
Now, in the light of the sympathetic understanding and thoughtful consideration of our mutual friend, the noble Lord Nishida, to whom I take it you are subordinate, we may shortly renegotiate our concerns. |
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| 11 | 186 |
I recalled she had had "the wine of the noble free woman". |
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| 11 | 196 |
Whereas, as suggested earlier, the effects of slave wine and "the wine of the noble free woman" are identical, the common ingredient being sip root, there is a considerable difference in the two drinks. |
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| 11 | 197 |
Slave wine makes no attempt to conceal the bitterness of ground, raw sip root, whereas "the wine of the noble free woman" is flavored, spiced, and sweetened in such a way that it offers no offense to the delicate and more refined sensibility of the free woman. |
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| 24 | 87 |
"Noble friends," said Lord Nishida to the five fellows with us in the tent, "you have done well. |
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| 43 | 9 |
"The larl is large and noble," said Lord Nishida. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1102 |
"I was helpless and miserable, and in pain, and overcome with the enormity of what had been done with me, and was scarcely able to comprehend the radical transformation which had taken place in my fortunes, from a noble, lofty, exalted, free woman, a legal person, and one of wealth and station, to t... |
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| 9 | 438 |
"My esteemed colleague, the noble Rutilius of Ar," said Cabot, "is well aware that a handful of uncrazed, thinking conspirators, men of malice and cunning, may organize, coordinate, and direct, the actions of others, men on the brink of despair and panic. |
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| 12 | 387 |
"Ho," called a voice from below, carrying upward, "noble Callias, do you do well?" "Yes," I called down. |
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| 12 | 441 |
"I am pleased to see that you do well, noble Callias," said Seremides. |
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| 12 | 444 |
"I cannot account for it myself, noble Rutilius," I said. |
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| 12 | 446 |
"It is perhaps then a mistake of some sort, that they thought you another, an enemy, or such?" "I think so," I said, "noble Rutilius". |
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| 12 | 451 |
"My thanks," I said, "noble Rutilius". |
10 |
| 12 | 453 |
"I knew not," said Cabot, "the noble Rutilius of Ar was so solicitous of your welfare". |
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| 14 | 107 |
I rose at the bench and cried, though it might be insubordination, to Pertinax, "Do not unsheathe your blade!" He slammed the blade, half free, back in its sheath, looked at Seremides before him, unflinching, and said, "Welcome aboard, noble Rutilius". |
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| 14 | 197 |
"Noble Callias," said he, affably. |
10 |
| 14 | 248 |
"I have waited long for this," said he, "noble Callias". |
10 |
| 14 | 317 |
"Noble Callias!" grinned Seremides, moving a hort closer. |
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| 21 | 10 |
"Please, noble lord," said Tyrtaios to Lord Nishida, nearby, "anchor, put forth the galleys. |
10 |
| 21 | 22 |
"Please ponder their worth, noble lord," said Tyrtaios. |
10 |
| 24 | 41 |
"Tal, noble Callias," said he to me. |
10 |
| 24 | 42 |
"Tal, noble Tyrtaios," I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 187 |
"Noble Master, where is Master Pertinax? Do you know him? Is he about? Tell him of me, please tell him of the slave, Saru!" "Be silent," I told the slave. |
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| 24 | 337 |
"Noble Rutilius," I said. |
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| 29 | 80 |
"Noble Callias," he said, "your effort at the gate is commendable, if somewhat foolish. |
10 |
| 29 | 82 |
"Noble Lord," said Tereus, "open the gate". |
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| 30 | 54 |
"Here, noble lord," said Seremides to Lord Okimoto, indicating Tereus, "is the leader of the desertion". |
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| 30 | 56 |
"If so, Rutilius, half of man," said Lord Okimoto, "what should be done with him?" "I resign that matter cheerfully, noble lord," said Seremides, "to your judgment, or that of the great Lord Temmu". |
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| 30 | 113 |
"Noble Tyrtaios," I said. |
10 |
| 33 | 264 |
"Noble fellows," said the proprietor. |
10 |
| 35 | 68 |
"Be welcome, noble friends," said Demetrion, "to the great port of Brundisium". |
10 |
| 36 | 286 |
"Noble Callias," smiled Cineas, "there is no time to reach a gate". |
10 |
| 36 | 392 |
"We have accomplished much, successfully, noble Callias," said Captain Nakamura. |
10 |
| 36 | 397 |
"What will you do now, noble Callias?" inquired Captain Nakamura. |
10 |
| 36 | 490 |
"Captain, noble captain," called Demetrion, harbor master in Brundisium, from several yards away, lifting his hand. |
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| 37 | 817 |
They were, after all, were they not, generous and noble sorts? "Would you dishonor me, by refusing?" he asked. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 843 |
"Noble Masters, noble Masters, noble Masters," he called, "approach, approach, gather about!" Some twenty, or so, fellows were already clustered about the platform. |
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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, ... |
10 |
| 8 | 234 |
How detestable, think the free women, are slaves! How horrifying to want to be owned, to want to belong to a man, wholly, and desire to love and serve him, forever, abjectly, and unquestioningly, to the best of one's ability! And how terrible men are that they should unaccountably prefer a cringing ... |
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| 8 | 235 |
What is so special about their terrified, groveling rival, licking and kissing at her master's feet, with her marked thigh, and band-encircled throat? What could she, a slave, an animal, possibly have, or offer, that might begin to compete with the accorded favor of a free woman, standing on her dig... |
10 |
| 8 | 850 |
"It is true, noble Masters, that our modest market, as the slave shelves, is noted for its bargains," said the auctioneer, "but that is your good fortune and our pleasure, to serve you better. |
10 |
| 8 | 852 |
"Slaves," called the auctioneer, "come to the bars, smile, press against them, reach out to the noble masters. |
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| 8 | 854 |
Can you not see, noble Masters, how ready they are, how they hope to be well purchased?" I, the girl from Tabor, and the kneeling blonde, shaking with sobs, the former Lady Persinna, of the Merchants, remained at the back of the cell. |
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| 8 | 895 |
"See her, noble Masters," said the auctioneer. |
10 |
| 8 | 992 |
"Come now, noble Masters," said the auctioneer, "regard her ankles, her calves, her small hands, so tight on the sheet, the exquisite delicacy of her features". |
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| 9 | 384 |
We did not expect an agent such as yourself, noble Master". |
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| 17 | 383 |
"What do you think, noble Lykos?" asked the Lady Bina. |
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| 18 | 914 |
"Surely outside, outside, noble Masters," said the tavern's man. |
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| 18 | 1094 |
How weak we are, how needful we are, once a collar is fastened on our neck! Would you be different, noble Mistresses, were one fastened on your neck? Of course, for you are not slaves! Once before, at a night camp, our second day from Venna, he had put his hands on me, as well, and thrust me, standi... |
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| 22 | 92 |
"Ho, noble Desmond," said Trachinos, "do you not think this ankle would look well in a pretty anklet?" "She has trim ankles," said Desmond. |
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| 22 | 129 |
"That, too, noble friend," said Kleomenes. |
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| 23 | 73 |
"What shall we do, noble Astrinax?" asked the Lady Bina. |
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| 48 | 3 |
"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the central container. |
10 |
| 48 | 4 |
"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the container to the left. |
10 |
| 48 | 5 |
"Tal, noble Desmond," came a voice from the container on the right. |
10 |
| 48 | 11 |
Might there not be indefinite subtleties, one lurking behind the other, in this kaissa of choice? "Tal, Noble Agamemnon, Theocrat of the World, Eleventh Face of the Nameless One," said Desmond of Harfax. |
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| 48 | 98 |
"Noble beasts!" cried out the Lady Bina. |
10 |
| 48 | 201 |
"Noble Lucius," came from the container. |
10 |
| 48 | 256 |
"So, noble Agamemnon," he cried. |
10 |
| 48 | 292 |
"Fetch the container yourself, noble Lucius". |
10 |
| 48 | 294 |
"Touch it, noble Lucius," said one of the two Kurii. |
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| 48 | 297 |
"Do not fail us, noble Lucius," said the other. |
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| 51 | 16 |
"Would," said Astrinax, lifting his goblet, "that one other were here, one we know well, one with whom we shared many perils and hardships, the noble Desmond of Harfax!" "Yes," said Lykos. |
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| 51 | 23 |
"May I take this opportunity," said Astrinax, "to render thanks to the noble Lady Bina for the gift of a lovely slave girl". |
10 |
| 51 | 75 |
"Noble Desmond of Harfax" I said, "has never had the least interest in the slave, Allison. |
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| 52 | 266 |
How utterly different is the exalted, noble, proud free woman, suspicious and demanding, bargaining and calculating, insisting on her hundred rights, jealous of a thousand prerogatives! How strange then that men would be willing to risk their lives, even die, for the slave, no more than a collared c... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 226 |
"And you," she said, "stood by while I was deposed, just as, I would suppose, you did when noble Tuza put noble Darla aside, even to chains". |
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| 7 | 286 |
Doubtless amongst the Merchants, as amongst other men, one will find the astute and honorable, the honest and diligent, the noble and loyal, as well as the corrupt and greedy, the cruel and callous, the venal and heartless. |
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| 8 | 282 |
"You are both thoughtful and generous, kind, noble ladies," I said to them, "and doubtless you are both as beautiful as you are beneficent". |
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| 13 | 133 |
The free woman is lofty and noble; she is esteemed, exalted, and honored; she is respected and shown great deference. |
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| 15 | 495 |
The memories of men were long, particularly those who were veterans of the former occupational forces in Ar, and they wished to well impress upon the women that they were no longer proud, free, noble, and untouchable, but were now mere properties and animals, slaves. |
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| 15 | 679 |
"You are not a fine, noble, proud, free Gorean woman," he said. |
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| 15 | 682 |
Did he not know we were all women? Did he not understand that in this very slave house almost all the slaves, perhaps all but I, writhing, bucking, begging, crying out, pleading, had been such "fine, noble, proud, free Gorean women"? Doubtless he meant free women, women not yet collared. |
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| 21 | 282 |
"The noble lords cannot well share the journey of the great ship," said Tyrtaios. |
10 |
| 24 | 46 |
"How noble, how sweet, is the flavor of vengeance". |
10 |
| 37 | 252 |
"Take me with you! Have mercy! You are now the mighty, indisputable, and noble leader. |
10 |
| 39 | 439 |
"On your feet, dear, noble Mistresses," she said. |
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| 39 | 652 |
"Gently, gently, noble friend," it said. |
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| 41 | 358 |
"Tal, noble Genserich," said Axel. |
10 |
| 43 | 62 |
"Yes, noble Genserich," said Darla. |
10 |
| 43 | 715 |
"Please, forgive us, noble guests," said Genserich, "but we would not wish to risk losing you in the forest. |
10 |
| 43 | 729 |
"Do not be afraid, noble Master," she purred. |
10 |
| 43 | 797 |
"Noble Genserich," said Axel, "a moment". |
10 |
| 52 | 334 |
"But noble Tyrtaios wishes an additional assurance," said my captor. |
10 |
| 52 | 555 |
"It is my master, noble Axel of Argentum," she said, "who should silence me, if I am to be silenced, not you. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 92 |
"We attend the words of noble Tyrtaios," said Lord Nishida, "words spoken on behalf of his lord, noble Yamada, claimant to the islands". |
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| 20 | 512 |
"Our new guests, the noble Tajima and the noble Pertinax, must make ready to return to the encampment of tarns," said Lord Yamada, "to convey my felicitations and suggestions to their fellows, but I think it is only fitting, first, to see if there might be some word to be conveyed to the false shogu... |
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| 1 | 239 |
"That is a death for heroes, a noble death, scorning life, preferring honor. |
10 |
| 1 | 249 |
"I fear our noble friend, Lord Okimoto," said Lord Nishida, "is unduly pessimistic. |
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| 1 | 263 |
"Would you care to speak more clearly, noble lord," I said. |
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| 1 | 266 |
"It is often wise, noble friends," said Lord Nishida, "to think carefully before one speaks, particularly if one would speak with steel". |
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| 1 | 269 |
"The men," said Pertinax, angrily, "will follow no other!" "Your friend, the noble Pertinax, is impetuous," said Lord Okimoto. |
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| 2 | 123 |
"Tal, Noble Foes! I greet you! I am Tarl Cabot, commander of the cavalry of Lord Temmu. |
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| 4 | 103 |
"He is truly noble," said Tajima. |
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| 6 | 94 |
"It is interesting," said Lord Nishida, "that the great lord would send noble Tyrtaios, who served us well in Brundisium, and in the forests, and who accompanied us on the great ship, and who stood at our side in the holding, as an emissary to our court". |
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| 6 | 101 |
"The moral integrity and courage of the noble Tyrtaios cannot be but commended," said Lord Nishida. |
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| 6 | 103 |
"But it is our humble suspicion," said Lord Nishida, "that the noble Tyrtaios may labor unwittingly, certainly through no fault of his own, under certain misapprehensions. |
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| 6 | 137 |
What Pani, at least of noble birth and refinement, would burn a well-wrought fan, a samisen, a lovely painted screen, or a poem? "Is it true," asked Lord Nishida, "that you ask Pani warriors, many of whom are men of two swords, to surrender?" "Surely not, Lord," said Tyrtaios, hastily. |
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| 7 | 296 |
"Noble lord?" I said. |
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| 7 | 371 |
"Noble lord," I said. |
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| 10 | 89 |
"That is a noble posture," I said. |
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| 12 | 109 |
"What, noble lord?" I inquired. |
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| 12 | 191 |
"I trust the noble lord is pleased," I said. |
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| 12 | 393 |
"This is the prisoner, the rebel, Tarl Cabot, enemy to the rightful house of Yamada, Shogun of the Islands, delivered to us by the noble Tyrtaios, devoted, trusted mercenary?" "Yes, Lord," said a voice. |
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| 12 | 395 |
Those of a high house or noble family are seldom confused with those of a lower, or more common, order. |
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| 13 | 282 |
The Gorean free woman is exalted, proud, noble, and powerful. |
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| 16 | 9 |
"Noble guest?" said he. |
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| 17 | 28 |
"It seems likely," I said, "your noble ally, the barbarian, Tyrtaios, reached the castle of Lord Temmu astride a tarn, secretly, by night, and likely, as well, that my tarn, for such beasts are of great worth, if it were practical, would have been acquired. |
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| 20 | 1 |
Supper in the Palace of Lord Yamada "My thanks, noble lord," said Pertinax to Lord Yamada. |
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| 20 | 135 |
"Forgive us, noble lady," said Tajima, in Gorean. |
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| 20 | 137 |
"Nothing, noble lord," said Tajima. |
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| 20 | 145 |
"Are you angry," he asked, "that I failed to recognize that you could not be such, but were instead a noble, and fine, lady?" "Not really," she said. |
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| 20 | 148 |
"More beautiful," she said, "for I am a free woman, and of noble birth". |
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| 20 | 261 |
"Noble lord," I said, "I express my commendation at the excellence of the supper". |
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| 20 | 267 |
The noble Tajima will be more informed than I of recent developments which may have occurred in the holding of Lord Temmu. |
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| 20 | 278 |
"It would please me," he said, "if you would show our insignificant, humble garden to our guest, the noble Tajima, tarnsman". |
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| 20 | 289 |
"Please, noble warrior," said Sumomo. |
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| 20 | 293 |
"Let us enter the garden, noble warrior," said Sumomo. |
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| 20 | 294 |
"Now I am 'noble warrior'," he observed. |
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| 20 | 384 |
It is then my hope that the cavalry, in the light of the despicable treatment of their commander, Tarl Cabot, tarnsman, betrayed into the hands of a putative enemy, but an actual friend, the dreadful perfidy of the house of Temmu, the righteousness of my cause, and the wisdom of an alliance, one bot... |
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| 20 | 513 |
Summon Tatsu, reader of bones and shells!" Ah, I thought to myself, what message will be revealed amongst the scattered bones and shells, to be carried by Tajima and Pertinax to the holding of Lord Temmu where, doubtless, it will be confirmed by the noble Daichi? I thought it would most likely have ... |
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| 20 | 604 |
"Noble guests," said Lord Yamada, addressing Tajima and Pertinax, "please forgive this unexpected intrusion. |
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| 21 | 20 |
Several days ago I think I may have done him some service, when Lord Akio, with a noble's innocence, and no particularly malevolent intent, was ready to show me the deadliness of his flung war fan. |
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| 21 | 25 |
"No, noble one," he said. |
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| 21 | 61 |
Surely, shortly thereafter, he had chided Lord Akio, when that noble person, presumably fearing for his shogun's life, had thrust his sleeve dagger into the neck of the assailant, severing the vertebrae at the base of the skull. |
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| 21 | 313 |
'Noble Tajima, tarnsman san,' said the newcomer, 'do not be distressed. |
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| 21 | 317 |
'But surely well caviled, noble leader,' said Ichiro. |
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| 21 | 345 |
'Do not fear, noble lady,' said my captor, sensing my uneasiness. |
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| 23 | 4 |
"Yes, noble one," said the gardener, startled. |
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| 23 | 30 |
"That is true, noble one," he said. |
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| 23 | 34 |
"It is true, noble one," said the gardener. |
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| 23 | 37 |
"One supposes not, noble one," he said. |
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| 23 | 49 |
"There is no other explanation, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 23 | 52 |
"That is not possible, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 23 | 59 |
"It is not possible, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 23 | 80 |
"Yes, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 23 | 86 |
"That is so, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 23 | 97 |
"I can be of little help, noble one," he said. |
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| 23 | 107 |
"I know little, noble one," he said. |
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| 23 | 193 |
"As the noble one will have it," he said. |
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| 23 | 254 |
"Unfortunately, noble one," he said, "as wise as your hope might be, that rendezvous was attempted, and failed, which intelligence I have also from the aforementioned peasant, a trap having been laid and sprung. |
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| 23 | 291 |
"The noble one," he said, "has little choice". |
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| 26 | 14 |
"No! No, noble warrior!" he said. |
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| 26 | 23 |
"No, noble one!" He summoned other guardsmen to assist him. |
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| 26 | 49 |
"And," I said, annoyed, lifting the glaive, "do you fear that I, a wearer of the mask, and he chosen to convey the command of the shogun, am incapable of managing a small herd of twenty tarsks, helpless and tied together?" "No, noble one," he said. |
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| 26 | 51 |
"The noble one is gracious," he said. |
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| 27 | 35 |
"Yes, noble one," he said, from, I judged, a few feet away. |
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| 27 | 145 |
"The noble one forgets," said Haruki, "that the cavalry is likely to suppose you are still in the palace". |
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| 27 | 157 |
"I trust that the noble one, who is now to the west, and far from the road north, does not intend to shorten his journey by hastening east and joining Lord Yamada's march". |
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| 27 | 159 |
"The noble one is correct," observed Haruki. |
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| 28 | 18 |
"Does the noble one like his new clothing?" "I have seldom been as grateful for the gift of a few rags," I said. |
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| 29 | 181 |
I trust you will accompany us, noble Tajima". |
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| 30 | 111 |
"I am not a high, noble person," said Haruki, "who may be fooled, deluded, and tricked by the first grasping, greedy peasant met on the road. |
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| 30 | 210 |
"Do not be so sure, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 30 | 212 |
"I do not think he knows us, noble one," said Haruki, "but I think he is suspicious. |
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| 30 | 672 |
"I am sure," said the innkeeper, "the noble one, he of two swords, is generous, as are all of his quality, and would not mind an additional round of sake, to warm friends on the road". |
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| 30 | 739 |
"We were inveigled into drink, noble one!" cried the leader of the Ashigaru. |
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| 30 | 740 |
"It is the fault of that noble one. |
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| 30 | 747 |
"I shall consider taking your heads!" "Mercy, noble one!" said the leader. |
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| 31 | 64 |
"Who are you, noble one?" asked Arashi. |
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| 32 | 19 |
"We are your men, noble one!" he assured Yasushi. |
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| 32 | 21 |
"Hurry! And I will have you all, careless, foolish, dallying dolts, flogged in camp!" "Yes, noble one," said the leader, happily, his knife parting the ropes on Yasushi's ankles. |
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| 32 | 147 |
"Yes, noble one," said the leader of the foragers. |
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| 32 | 194 |
"May I ask, noble one," inquired Tajima, "his name?" "You may," said Yasushi. |
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| 33 | 22 |
"It does not bode well, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 33 | 33 |
"Yes, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 34 | 46 |
"That is true, noble constable," said Kazumitsu. |
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| 34 | 68 |
"Noble one," I said. |
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| 35 | 24 |
In guileful innocence, as though accepting the speculation of the noble Yasushi, he may give no account of you. |
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| 35 | 26 |
"I do not think," said Haruki, "the noble lord is overfond of a gardener, one who frequents a cot of message vulos". |
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| 36 | 37 |
"The noble Yasushi has saved me embarrassment, and perhaps my head. |
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| 37 | 2 |
"I fear for the noble Tajima," said Haruki. |
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| 37 | 46 |
"No, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 37 | 49 |
"No, noble one," he said. |
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| 38 | 24 |
"How does it proceed, noble one?" inquired Haruki. |
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| 38 | 87 |
"Noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 38 | 125 |
"I shall block the opening, noble one," he said. |
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| 38 | 131 |
"As you will, noble one," he said. |
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| 38 | 151 |
How did you manage it, peasants, and peasants from different villages, suspicious, grasping fellows, wary of men of quality, working together, joining in such a common effort?" "I told them, noble one," said Haruki, "that they were the ox on which the Home Stone rests". |
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| 38 | 153 |
"I do not think so, noble one," said Haruki, "but they were pleased". |
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| 41 | 1 |
We Rendezvous; Notes are Exchanged; Haruki Misses his Garden "I am pleased to see you alive, noble ones," said Haruki. |
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| 41 | 45 |
"Patience, young noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 41 | 61 |
"I agree, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 41 | 67 |
"I think so, young noble one," said Haruki, "but I am not sure". |
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| 43 | 35 |
"Do not fear, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 44 | 123 |
"Tal," they said, "noble one". |
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| 45 | 6 |
"I do not understand such things, noble one," he said. |
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| 45 | 128 |
Could it be done, and well? And there is commonly little to choose from, when one considers warring factions, in both of which are likely to be found the plausible and the implausible, the worthy and the unworthy, the noble and the base, the honorable and the dishonorable. |
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| 45 | 237 |
"I am sorry I have failed, noble ones," said Haruki. |
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| 45 | 240 |
"Is there anything of note, gardener san," asked Tajima, "in the towns and villages?" "I do not think so, noble one," he said. |
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| 45 | 242 |
"Nothing of interest to the noble ones," said Haruki. |
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| 46 | 278 |
"This is yours, noble one," he said. |
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| 46 | 291 |
"Tal, noble one," I said. |
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| 46 | 294 |
"Forgive me, noble one," said Haruki. |
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| 46 | 298 |
"Flowers are beautiful and those who love and tend them are themselves of most noble mien". |
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| 46 | 336 |
"Noble one," said the peasant, holding up, addressing the magician. |
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| 46 | 339 |
"The noble one divided a grain of rice on the forehead of this miserable creature, but was paid but once". |
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| 46 | 362 |
How beautiful are women! "She is not pay, noble one," said Eito. |
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| 47 | 329 |
"No, noble one," called Haruki. |
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| 49 | 33 |
"I bring you a girl for your pleasure, noble one," said the voice. |
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| 49 | 35 |
"Yes, noble one," said the voice. |
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| 49 | 39 |
"Yes, noble one," said the voice, "as barbarians go". |
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| 49 | 41 |
"Yes, noble one," he said. |
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| 49 | 43 |
"Yes, noble one". |
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| 49 | 44 |
"But collared?" "Yes, noble one, she is collared". |
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| 55 | 152 |
"Who are 'they', noble one?" I inquired. |
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| 57 | 202 |
"We thank you, noble lady," I said, "for the information you have furnished. |
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| 58 | 72 |
"I do not know where it is, noble one!" she wept. |
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| 58 | 84 |
"Yes, noble one," she said. |
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| 58 | 100 |
"True," I said, "but your fate would be that of a noble free woman". |
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| 58 | 124 |
"Please, noble barbarian?" she said, to Pertinax. |
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| 58 | 154 |
"Regard me, noble one, handsome, blond warrior," said the Lady Kameko to Pertinax, "behold me, helpless and destitute, a high lady of a great house!" "A fallen house," said Tajima. |
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| 58 | 158 |
"Noble one," said the Lady Kameko to Pertinax, "am I not of interest?" "Perhaps to tarsks, to peasants," said Tajima. |
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| 58 | 165 |
"Please, noble one," she said. |
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| 59 | 1 |
What Occurred in the Audience Chamber "Greetings, great and noble lord," said Nodachi, bowing. |
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| 59 | 52 |
"And to your fellows, Tajima san, and the noble barbarian, Pertinax san". |
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| 59 | 220 |
"It is not he, but I who am the quarry of the noble Katsutoshi". |
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| 59 | 226 |
"I shall regret killing so noble a foe," said Nodachi. |
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| 59 | 285 |
You have had a most valuable lesson, at the hands of a master swordsman, the noble Katsutoshi, captain of a great lord's guard". |
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| 60 | 20 |
"You are shogun," said Nodachi, "great and noble one". |
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| 60 | 118 |
"He has come back, noble lord!" said Haruki. |
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| 60 | 175 |
"And the great and noble lord disdains doing so," said Haruki. |
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| 60 | 332 |
"Greetings noble lord," said the officer, bowing to Lord Yamada. |
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| 60 | 346 |
"You, noble Kazumitsu, special officer, trusted servant, are now daimyo," said Lord Yamada. |
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| 60 | 353 |
"To save your life, noble lord," I suggested. |
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| 60 | 389 |
"Where is the noble warrior, Tajima, of the house of Temmu, of the service of Lord Nishida, of the cavalry of Tarl Cabot, tarnsman?" cried Arashi. |
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| 60 | 415 |
"Noble leader," I said to Arashi. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 384 |
"Forgive me, dear Master! Forgive me, dear, noble Mistress!" "Do not mind the slave, noble lady," said the dealer. |
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| 61 | 619 |
"Lord Agamemnon," cried Decius Albus, "Eleventh Face of the Nameless One! Forgive me, dear, noble lady! I did not know! Forgive me! Welcome! How thoughtful of the noble lord to remember his unworthy servants, and how like him to transmit his gift, or gifts, by means of so wise and beauteous a messen... |
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| 61 | 673 |
"Behold, men of glorious Ar, noble defenders of her walls, valiant holders of her gates," cried Kurik, "the beast has struck your leader, your lord, the noble Decius Albus! The blow was treacherous, cruel, and unprovoked! What could be owed to such beasts but vengeance? Prove yourselves worthy of yo... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 195 |
"Yes," cried Glaukos, "all gratitude to our noble benefactor, my dear friend, Fenlon, come from far Ti, who has so generously manifested his approbation of The Living Island, finest of the taverns in Sybaris, and its noble patrons". |
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| 29 | 50 |
"Let these brave and noble men not be deterred from their worthy, noble task". |
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