Results

Speech

Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	89	It apparently translated sound impulses, below my auditory threshold, into the sounds of human speech.	10

Book 2. (2 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	88	He would speak little himself, being unskilled in speech, and being too proud to form sentences which he knew would most likely be stumbling and ungrammatical, but would sit by the fire until dawn refusing to let me sleep, wanting me to talk to him, to tell him stories, to recount adventures, to giv...	10
20	59	These, however, like the other expressions, usually occur in speech only as En'Var and Se'Var, or The First Resting and The Second Resting.	10

Book 3. (4 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	38	Probably her caste had been that of the Builders or Physicians, for had her people been Scribes I would have expected a greater subtlety of inflections, the use of less common grammatical cases; and had her people been of the Warriors I would have expected a blunter speech, rather belligerently simp...	10
7	39	On the other hand these generalizations are imperfect, for Gorean speech is no less complex than that of any of the great natural language communities of the Earth nor are its speakers any the less diverse.	10
7	42	This sweet, fierce, liquid speech is the common bond that tends to hold together the Gorean world.	10
10	25	Their number is, of course, potentially infinite, as would be the number of possible phonemes in English, but just as we take a subset of sounds to be English sounds and form our utterances from them, so they take a subset of odors as similarly basic to their speech.	10

Book 5. (1 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
15	237	I learned independently, from Ho-Tu, that this particular form of speech defect was, however, no longer in style; perhaps if it had been Sura would have been more adamant.	10

Book 7. (4 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	58	He perhaps had difficulty following the natural speech of the other.	10
6	176	There seemed something, however, that was familiar about his speech.	10
6	198	In English, that accent had marked his speech as foreign.	10
15	983	I became exact in my speech, and, though I did not much express myself, quite critical of others.	10

Book 8. (1 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	122	Their speech reminded me of that of Ar.	10

Book 9. (3 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	11	My accent might not have fooled one of Ar, but it was not bad, and to those not often accustomed to the swift, subtle liquidity of the speech of Ar, melodious yet expressive, it was more than adequate.	10
11	116	The Kur had heard and understood their speech, though he stood far from us, and above us, on the platform of the assembly, that platform cut into the small, sloping hill over the assembly field.	10
17	164	Kurii, unlike Goreans, do not subject bondmaids to heavy labor; it toughens their meat; the bondmaids are separated from the males, that they be deprived of leadership; furthermore, the technique of keeping prisoners in single file, separating them by some feet, and preventing speech between them, t...	10

Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
24	495	My speech was unguarded.	10

Book 11. (3 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	62	I could not understand their speech.	10
5	189	Yet I did not feel sorry for her, for I had heard from Eta that she was a pretentious, haughty girl, one bold in speech and cruel to her slave maids.	10
9	2118	And sight is not permitted to us when we are blindfolded, nor is speech permitted us when we are gagged.	10

Book 12. (5 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
29	75	He was then a ship Kur, trained in the apprehension of a human mode of speech.	10
31	70	If you have heard the noises made by great cats, such as the Bengal tiger or the black-maned lion, and can conceive of such noises articulated with the subtlety and precision of a civilized speech, that will provide you with an approximation of what I heard.	10
31	75	To hear these noises, and know they are a speech can be initially very frightening.	10
34	125	I had little doubt but what, eons ago, on the native world of the Kur, that cry had antedated speech and fire.	10
35	540	Slave girls are incredibly alert to the subtlest and most delicate nuances of a master's speech.	10

Book 13. (22 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
20	109	The speech of Kisu was closely related to the inland speech, and Ayari had no difficulty in communicating with him.	10
12	440	Msaliti, in the speech known to the askaris, spoke briefly.	10
16	21	"Away! Away!" shouted the askari, in the inland speech, brandishing his torch.	10
16	51	The inland speech had been spoken in the home.	10
16	52	It is estimated that some five to eight percent of the people of Schendi are familiar with the inland speech.	10
16	55	More impressive to me was Ayari's capacity to read the drums, though, I am told, this is not difficult for anyone who can speak the inland speech fluently.	10
16	56	Analogues to the major vowel sounds of the inland speech are found in certain of the drum notes, which differ, depending on where the hollowed, grooved log is struck.	10
16	57	The rhythm of the drum message, of course, is the rhythm of the inland speech.	10
18	143	"Are you armed?" asked Msaliti, both in the inland speech, some of which I had learned from Ayari, and in Gorean.	10
19	118	"Do you speak the Ushindi speech?" asked Bila Huruma of me.	10
19	123	I spoke the inland speech very poorly, but, as would be expected, thanks to Ayari, I could follow a reasonable amount of what was going on.	10
20	110	It was harder for me, of course, for I was not that familiar with the inland speech.	10
20	111	The inland and Ukungu speech, I suppose, would have been regarded linguistically as two dialects of the same mother tongue.	10
20	113	In a series of villages, each village may be able to understand those proximate to it, but perhaps those in the first village cannot understand at all the speech of the tenth village.	10
24	140	If I had spoken Ushindi more fluently I could probably have made out their discourse, as Ayari did, for the Ukungu speech is a closely related language.	10
31	36	"Of course," said Ayari, "and doubtless Shaba and his men set themselves to learn something of the speech of this village".	10
34	651	It is rather like the human being's ability to acquire speech, which also does not follow a normal learning curve.	10
34	652	It seems reasonably likely that facility in acquiring speech, which would have enormous survival value, has been selected for.	10
48	163	Indeed, a common way a slave girl may inquire of another slave girl the name of her master is to ask, "Who whips you?" To be sure, this is usually no more than a figure of speech.	10
48	168	He will have perfection from his slave, in movement, in position, in speech, in dress, if it is permitted, in obedience, in deference, in docility, in manifold service, and, in the furs, in the vulnerable, zealous application of her skills, those of an amorous slave hoping to please her master, and,...	10
48	337	There are few things which so impress her slavery on a woman as the control of her speech.	10
49	4	"The drums have the rhythm of neither the Ushindi nor Ukungu speech," said Ayari.	10

Book 14. (2 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	682	My emotional conflicts and frustrations, my warring motivations, expressing themselves in inconsistencies in speech and behavior, had terrified her.	10
13	543	I do not think this was simply because we feared to irritate or offend passing Goreans, who tend to view languages other than their own as barbarous, or because slaves are expected to use a speech intelligible to their masters, but because, for most practical purposes, Gorean had become our language...	10

Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
21	291	Certain modes of speech are expected of her and certain gestures and postures.	10

Book 16. (1 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
19	1108	In this form of slavery, which is commonly used for disciplinary purposes, or for the amusement of the master, the woman is not permitted to rise from all fours; similarly she is not permitted human speech, though she may signify needs and desires by such means as cringing, and moaning and whimperin...	10

Book 17. (6 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	559	It had been disconcerting to hear human speech, or something resembling human speech, emanating from such a source.	10
1	446	"It seems to have been an ancient belief among such creatures," I said, "that thought was a function of the blood, rather than of the brain, a terminology which has apparently lingered in their common speech.	10
1	544	The speech of such creatures resembles a succession of snarls, growls, rasps and throaty vibrations.	10
1	581	The intonation contours, as well as meaningful tonal qualities, pitches and stresses, from which one can gather so much in living speech, unfortunately, tend to be absent or only randomly correlated in such a formal, desiccated output.	10
5	107	"Our clearest speech," said the officer, "will be with steel".	10
13	1464	"It is thus that pathological conceptions, ingrained in common speech, can produce distorted notions of reality," I said.	10

Book 18. (11 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	182	Indeed, is it not that in dreams one may even enter the medicine world itself? In dreams is it not the case that one might sit about the fires of the dead, conversing with them? Is it not the case that in dreams one may understand the speech of animals? And is it not the case that in dreams one may ...	10
1	357	Bold speech, incidentally, is commonly accepted from free females of their own people by the red savages.	10
1	359	Bold speech, on the other hand, is not accepted from female slaves among the red savages.	10
9	173	This is expressed in a thousand lovely ways, in speech, in gesture, in expression, in movement.	10
12	78	"In the herds they are not permitted human speech," said one of the boys.	10
12	111	"After that, you are returned, once more, to the linguistic condition of the herd, that condition in which, without the permission of a master or masters, or one acting in such a capacity, you may not use human speech.	10
12	259	You may not use human speech without permission".	10
12	260	I had taken it for granted, mistakenly, as it had turned out, that the prohibition against human speech imposed on the herd girl would cease to obtain when, say, as in the present context, she had clearly been removed from the vicinity of the herd.	10
12	263	One would not expect human speech from a she-kaiila, for example, even if she were not in her herd.	10
12	266	"I wonder if I should give you permission to use human speech," I mused.	10
12	267	"Perhaps, rather, I should feed, train and use you as a mere curvaceous brute, not bothering to complicate our relationship by according you human speech".	10

Book 19. (2 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	407	Again I did not understand the nuances of his speech.	10
8	348	Similarly your speech has been inadequately deferential.	10

Book 20. (3 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	771	Speech is one of the glories of the human female, and she loves to express herself, as she does so well, frequently and at length, eloquently and lyrically.	10
1	772	Few things so impress her bondage upon her then as the understanding that her very speech is contingent on the will of the master, and his permission, whether this be implicit, or explicit.	10
18	22	His limp was distinctive, as well as his demeanor and manner of speech.	10

Book 21. (13 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	358	We would, similarly, in deference to her feelings, keep Feiqa and Tula under the blanket for a time, lest their eyes suddenly, inadvertently, meet hers, and women read in one another's eyes truths which might be deeper than speech.	10
16	1165	"It is only a figure of speech," I said.	10
16	1513	In this discipline the female is forbidden human speech.	10
16	1525	After some time, sometimes as little as a few Ahn, in this discipline, she begs mutely, pleadingly, as eloquently as she can, to be permitted to serve her master in fashions more typical of the normal female slave, fashions in which her bondage, because of the greater complexities and latitudes of d...	10
23	92	I know you are not of Ar, or do not think you are of Ar, for that seems clear from your speech.	10
26	2011	Speech is one of the houses of her beauty.	10
26	2016	Her speech denied she is grievously disarmed.	10
26	2018	Denied speech she is deprived of her most formidable defenses, and her will of its most troubling, manipulative weaponry.	10
26	2019	Denied speech she is much at your mercy.	10
26	2020	Without speech she knows herself substantially powerless.	10
26	2021	Few things so let her know how much she is in your power as removing from her the power of speech.	10
26	2027	When the master tires of this, he may simply revoke from her the privilege of speech.	10
26	2031	And there are few things which more impress her bondage on a slave than realizing that her speech is ultimately at the discretion of free persons, that she may not speak without the permission, either implicit or explicit, of free persons.	10

Book 22. (4 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	44	When she had been used before my kennel she had been under "gag law," as is common when the guards use a girl, forbidden speech, save for moans and whimpers.	10
6	596	I had noted, with interest, that although they were from different worlds, they, in the throes of their intimate employments, at first submitting to and enduring, then accepting, then reveling in, and, at last, kneeling and licking, mutely begging and pleading for their ravishments, in their whimper...	10
29	852	But then, in a moment, I realized that their capacity at least to understand human speech had surely been suggested by the small fellow's admonition, and by the one beast's response.	10
34	752	And the speech of deeds, the vocabulary of action, I thought, is redolent with its own eloquence.	10

Book 23. (9 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	413	They might even deny you speech.	10
21	173	"On that of their speech," she said.	10
21	174	"Their speech?" he asked.	10
21	176	"Does my speech have an accent?" asked Calliodorus, interested.	10
21	179	He, like most people, was not accustomed to thinking of his own speech as having an accent.	10
21	523	"And, of course," he said, "there are several associated considerations, such as arrogant speech, speaking without permission, and failure to use the proper forms of address".	10
21	1300	Denied the use of speech she is as though naked and bound.	10
21	1301	Conceive of her frustration, and her sense of helplessness! And vulnerability! How now shall she fare? Few things more impress upon her that she is his slave than this restriction of her speech.	10
21	1315	And this control of her speech, as few things else, reassures her that her subjugation is, as she wishes it, actual and complete.	10

Book 24. (4 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	30	To be sure, if your speech is thought insufficiently respectful, or too bold or forward, or you have been recently warned not to speak, or it is obviously not a time in which he wishes to hear you speak, or such, you might be beaten.	10
12	144	"As I understand it," she said, "you were, though a prisoner, earlier displeasing in speech".	10
28	401	"I do not think so close that they might overhear soft speech," I said.	10
28	590	It is unusual for a free female to be gagged or put under a device of speech impedance, of course.	10

Book 25. (3 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	549	She is then, after the application of such a judicious and calculated deprivation, likely to perform eagerly on the block and, if permitted speech, to beg piteously to be purchased.	10
22	271	There are some differences in speech, that is, in accent, but even they tend to be negligible.	10
22	272	For example, whereas Marcus' speech would have attracted immediate attention in Tyros or Cos, or even in the western Vosk basin, it attracted little, if any, attention in Ar.	10

Book 26. (11 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	66	Perhaps it was the lack of diffidence, the lack of apology, in their speech, which struck me.	10
4	152	One's speech generally tends to retain a foreign flavor.	10
4	155	That his speech might be intelligible to me was, perhaps, quite sufficient for him.	10
7	153	Sometimes, of course, we would be denied human speech.	10
7	862	She had not been permitted speech.	10
11	439	Slave breeding usually takes place in silence, at least as far as speech is concerned.	10
13	124	I supposed it would be impossible for me to ever completely eradicate the "slave accent" from my speech.	10
24	769	The lash ceased its whistling speech.	10
37	653	I thought that perhaps she might by now have developed some sensitivity to the possible indiscretion of unsolicited speech.	10
42	116	Human speech does not pass between us.	10
45	54	My speech had, however, over the months, been heavily influenced by my time in Treve, and, in the past weeks, doubtless, by that of this city itself.	10

Book 27. (19 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
27	2181	Do you understand?" They gave no obvious sign that they could comprehend speech, but from one, Kardok, it seemed there might have emanated some small, scarcely audible bestial sound, a half-heard growl, something which, if it were speech, could have been constituted by no more than two or three syll...	10
10	144	Some slaves are permitted a liberty of speech by their masters which is not obviously inferior to that enjoyed by a free woman, until a stern look puts them to their knees, reminding them of what they are.	10
13	95	She might be denied speech; she could be silenced at a word.	10
13	102	Too, interestingly, she found that being denied speech, being frustrated, and such, excited her sexually.	10
16	72	The noise about her, the sounds, the language, the speech, now seemed even more obtrusive.	10
16	368	Perhaps they relish this tincture or soupçon of foreign flavor in the speech of their chattels, finding it charming.	10
16	383	And even if a girl knows, or suspects, that she is not being taught normal Gorean, she is unlikely to know precisely in what subtle and numerous ways her speech will betray her as slave.	10
16	875	The Gorean will often tend to be courteous and refined in his speech, and yet, in action, direct and forceful, sometimes even ruthless and brutal.	10
17	167	It is my conjecture you wish to ascertain something in my speech.	10
17	175	It is not like the speech of the hated Cosians, for example".	10
17	176	"Is accent so important, father?" "No," said his father, "particularly as some of these barbarians eventually become so fluent in Gorean, so skilled, that you could not detect, from their speech alone, that they were not native to our world".	10
18	656	And then she had thought, as well, but is that not what we all want to do, please men? Too, she had sometimes marked various changes in their behavior, such as a self-conscious awkwardness, a sudden uneasiness, a stumbling of speech, unfamiliar gestures, of a surprisingly, rather obviously feminine ...	10
19	516	And what if the narrow ropes by which the basket was suspended from the harness should break? She would not have dared to protest, of course, even if she had been permitted speech.	10
25	137	You may be much as you like here, even permitted gentle speech, but you may not rise to your feet without permission".	10
26	848	His speech had a foreign flavor, almost as though his Gorean had the trace, impossibly enough, of an English accent.	10
27	662	"At one time, long ago," said Mirus, "on another world, for this is not my native world, as you have probably conjectured from my speech, I thought there might be something to such suppositions, suppositions pertaining to Priest-Kings, and even repeated conjectures pertaining to such matters".	10
27	2199	She nodded, pitifully, understanding, in acquiescence, her eyes wide over the weight and firmness of the oppressive hand by means of which she was denied access to articulate speech.	10
30	621	Are there any left upon you now who can think for themselves? Must truth and reason be forever denied; must honesty be always outlawed? How strange it is to hail free speech and then make certain, simultaneously, that it shall not exist.	10
30	757	See, of course, that she cares for her person and appearance, and is suitable in her demeanor and speech.	10

Book 28. (16 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	368	They dress for them, they concern themselves with their appearance, their posture, their speech, and behavior.	10
1	444	It never occurred to her that he might have speech, for only the masters, the Kurii, had language.	10
1	702	He did not understand, of course, at that time, that she, whatever might be her native intelligence, which was surely considerable, lacked speech, and for a very obvious reason.	10
1	940	In any event there are considerable differences between the Gorean free woman and the Gorean slave girl, for example, in attitude, speech, garmenture, and behavior.	10
2	159	She is not an exotic, denied speech.	10
3	167	"Even if this is not Gor," he said, "and I am not sure it is, if there are humans here, humans who have speech, it is probably the language they would speak.	10
6	50	Surely they would prefer for their humans, their pets, their cattle, and such, to remain without speech, to remain simple speechless animals.	10
10	21	"She is not permitted speech".	10
16	77	She awkwardly scrambled to her feet and lifted her face to him, uttering tiny, pleading sounds, that he might free her of the heavy, obdurate packing and straps which so effectively denied her speech.	10
21	32	How much is cultural, and how much is indexed to a different physiology, to a different hearing, a different speech, even a different sense of touch, is difficult to tell".	10
21	271	"And in what speech?" asked Cabot.	10
21	278	"And to what speech are most translators set?" "Gorean," said Peisistratus.	10
24	171	"No, no!" "She is speeched," said Cabot, "and speech enables betrayal".	10
44	60	Those from the forest world, it might be noted, were also being taught speech.	10
47	17	Those from the forest world, as noted earlier, were being taught speech.	10
55	218	The two killer humans were not unaware of his arrival, and they, exchanging cries, something between speech and signals, ceased to prosecute their passage through the herd, and made their way back, almost as though through chest-high water, to the company of their colleagues, nearer the exit of the ...	10

Book 29. (9 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	323	She is likely to find herself instantly under the switch or whip, put in lock-gag, be forbidden human speech, be put in the discipline of the she-tarsk, or worse.	10
10	286	It does, however, share one virtue with the common gag, of course, which is that it makes articulate speech impossible.	10
10	310	A small gesture from Lord Nishida, a lifted finger, indicated that the embarrassing impediment to her speech might be removed.	10
10	371	"He struck me, he denied me speech, by means of the humiliating object fastened in my mouth, and he put me to my knees before him.	10
10	543	"If you persist in this matter," said Tajima, "it may be necessary to once again restrict your speech".	10
12	286	Human speech, even a soft crooning, can settle a restless tarn.	10
27	71	Too, they are often forbidden speech in coffle.	10
38	583	I supposed, however, that the figures would have been forbidden speech.	10
40	71	Therefore, there must be no slurring of speech, or mumbling.	10

Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	418	I had been an excellent Mistress to the slaves, not merely in demanding a meticulous perfection in their many duties as a lady's serving slave, which is to be expected, but in regulating and supervising their behavior, demeanor, speech, posture, and such.	10
3	480	To be denied speech is a torment for them.	10
3	481	Indeed, the control of their speech, as that of their food, and garmenture, muchly impresses on them what they are.	10
3	904	The lesson of suitable speech, of deference, and such, for a slave is quickly learned.	10
12	502	There are many ways to encourage speech in a reluctant slave.	10
24	199	And I supposed she would now be silent, appropriately so, perfectly so, forbidden speech.	10
26	285	"Why do you share speech with so lowly, so worthless, a slave?" "Do you object?" I asked.	10

Book 31. (18 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	262	How helpless a woman feels when speech is denied her! Too, he was a powerful man, and I did not doubt that even the suspicion that I might cry out might earn me a blow which might render me unconscious.	10
7	252	Is not language the art, and joy, of women? To be sure, the intensity of the instruction, and the immersion in the speech world of Gor were doubtless relevant.	10
7	389	"You think of punishment," said one of the instructresses, "in terms of the switch, the whip, close chains, the denial of clothing, the affixing of a collar with points, a reduction in rations, being sent naked into the streets, being denied speech, being put in the modality of the she-tarsk, such t...	10
7	473	The instructresses, of course, could be aware only of attitudes, postures, behaviors, speech, and such.	10
8	217	I had some difficulty in even understanding the speech about me.	10
8	454	It is a bit like speech.	10
10	73	I knew that some individuals can follow a language which they do not care to speak, or are not adept at speaking Too, how could a beast such as this articulate the phonemes of a human language, presumably no more than we could recreate the sounds of its own speech.	10
17	432	I was not permitted speech! On the tier, I writhed in helplessness, and fury, back-braceleted and on the short ring chain, and then the race began, and I could not see it.	10
18	99	It was in no way unusual, after the brief indulgence accorded us, consequent upon the curiosity of the Lady Bina, who was apparently curious as to the nature of our native speech, that we had been abruptly silenced.	10
18	767	Her clothing, like her speech, is at the discretion of the master.	10
18	772	What Jane had in mind, of course, were the usual formulas by means of which a slave, denied speech, may request to speak.	10
18	805	We are different, so different! What have we, in our collars, what means, to win our ways? We have our slightness, our softness, our wit, our beauty, and our speech.	10
18	806	Is not our speech our delight, our pleasure, our joy, our recreation, our weapon, our instrument, our gift? Is it not that whereby we can make known our feelings, our hopes, and fears; that whereby we can express ourselves, plead our causes, make known our wants, needs, and desires, that by means of...	10
19	72	I then, helpless, was well reminded of my hatred for this brute who could deny me speech, who could punish me, who could do much what he wished with me, and would, and to whom I suspected I belonged.	10
20	4	Now that I was permitted speech I, as Jane and Eve, was employed about the wagons.	10
26	92	Her speech cannot make the sounds.	10
29	211	In the night, at their camps, it was easy to overhear their speech.	10
45	211	I stood there, shaken, trembling, while speech in Kur passed between Grendel and Tiresias.	10

Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
33	18	How often her speech, with her submissive posture, her tearful eye, her extended hand, her trembling lip, serves to placate, to divert wrath, to enable her to escape the switch and whip! Then suppose she is denied speech.	10
5	68	And so I gave attention to my figure, with diet and exercise, gave attention to my hair, improved my makeup, enlarged my wardrobe, and made it a point to dress flatteringly I was careful now with respect to my posture, my speech, and demeanor, and carried my head high, as might a lofty, frigid free ...	10
7	318	"You can tell from her speech".	10
8	431	Remarks, as well, suggestions, and such, were addressed to the slaves, but they could not speak, as they were forbidden speech in cofifle.	10
35	134	We took ourselves then to be in the common modality of the slave, subject to no more than the usual restraints on our speech.	10
35	136	Masters and mistresses do not always care to hear the speech of slaves.	10
52	649	Accordingly few things more impress our bondage upon us, and with greater keenness, than the fact that our speech, as other aspects of our being, is subject to our master's will.	10

Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	72	He was sensitive to, and well aware of, the difficulties attending his speech.	10
6	79	This had impaired, or, perhaps better, changed, his natural speech.	10
7	32	Being denied an upright posture or speech are others.	10
7	233	"A figure of speech," he said.	10
11	72	And this strange, short, thickly built man, so unprepossessing, so commonplace in appearance, so ragged in garments with hair so unkempt, this man so solitary, and lonely, so shy, so quiet, so dignified in speech, sought a kindred perfection, but it had to do with a finely honed blade, with skills, ...	10
19	209	She had not been taught any human speech, Gorean or otherwise, and could understand little of Kur, probably no more than a miniature sleen, her name, and some simple commands.	10
50	165	It was often fascinating to me, to hear Gorean, or any other suitable language, depending on the device, transformed into an alien form of speech.	10

Book 34. (16 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	144	I would later learn that there were several varieties of slave bits, which differ considerably, aesthetically, and in comfort, while being uniform in their efficiency, that with respect to rendering a slave incapable of speech.	10
4	6	We were not permitted speech.	10
6	112	We looked at one another, and then, suddenly, gratefully, words and cries, and sobs, like the issuance of hitherto blocked fountains suddenly freed, rushed forth, cascades of speech, torrents of confusion, fears, tremblings, threats, pleas, lamentations, and protests.	10
9	336	"A figure of speech," I said.	10
27	14	"May we not pause, may we not rest, Master?" "Do you wish to be denied speech?" he asked.	10
33	68	I was reminded of what noises might be emitted by beasts of my own world, large cats, lions, lords of the African veldt, tigers, sleek and silent-footed, moving like shadows, lords in the Asian jungles, and yet these noises, alarming me, had about them an unusual modulation, an articulation, a subtl...	10
33	92	Once again a stream of sound, whose phonemes, if it were a form of speech, seemed unfamiliar, and unintelligible, emanated from the throat of the creature.	10
33	222	One does not understand a mode of speech, or an accent, and then, suddenly, one does.	10
33	353	Surely they need no translator, a device for deciphering alien speech, to understand you.	10
41	156	You might not understand its speech".	10
43	54	Without speech, what is a human but another beast?" "She spoke well," I said.	10
48	52	"My speech, as I understand it," said Paula, "will be at least delivered to one known as Lord Grendel".	10
50	217	"I could not stand," said the Lady Alexina, "you bound me, you used my clothing to blindfold me, your leather bands denied me speech! You placed me, helpless, on the floor of the wagon bed, on the floor!" "Forgive me, Lady," said Kurik, "had I thought, I would have provided cushioning".	10
61	6	Dangling about the broad, thick neck of the guard was a translator, and, momentarily, I realized it had been activated, for I could hear, relayed, and translated, speech from the box in the stands.	10
67	96	One is denied human speech.	10
68	204	I would later learn that the phrase most often functions as a figure of speech.	10

Book 35. (9 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	121	We were denied speech.	10
6	92	As we were hooded, we did not have too clear an idea of what was going on, but we knew, surely, about the fire, and were aware of the speech and movements of men about us, some milling, mostly coming and going.	10
13	279	The slightest discrepancy in speech or behavior would be instantly apparent to them.	10
24	25	I had hoped my voice would soon return, that the effect of whatever had been done to me in the apartment which might have robbed me of speech might wear off, but, as yet, I was as helplessly unable to speak as before.	10
24	26	I feared I might be permanently deprived of speech, on a world where I was illiterate.	10
29	51	They were playing "speech kaissa," or "boardless kaissa," announcing to one another their moves and countermoves.	10
32	61	I do have some sense as to how speech could be restored to you, that is, under what conditions it could be restored to you, but, again, I understand very little of the mechanics involved".	10
33	527	"She is bereft of speech".	10
42	276	I could no longer articulate speech.	10

Book 36. (5 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	13	Too, I struggle to correct his speech".	10
11	19	"Paga, paga," I said, head down, speech slurring.	10
19	118	The control of her speech is one of the mightiest and most effective of controls to which a woman may find herself subject.	10
37	139	If he is truly an agent, uninformed as to the designs of his principal, his speech is likely to be frank and unguarded".	10
46	95	"The suppression of free speech and thought, aside from its implicit claim of infallibility, restricts change and limits progress".	10