| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 270 |
Indeed, on the small evidence I can present in this narrative, you are obliged, in all honesty, to reject my testimony or at the very least to suspend judgment. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 946 |
In Gorean courts her testimony would normally be exacted only under torture. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 18 |
"Let the testimony of slaves be taken," said the judge. |
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| 6 | 20 |
The testimony of slaves, in a Gorean court, is commonly taken under torture. |
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| 6 | 66 |
"Let the testimony of the second slave be taken," said the judge. |
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| 7 | 91 |
The judge, on the testimony of Ibn Saran, and that of two white-skinned, female slaves, one named Zaya, a red-haired girl, the other a dark-haired girl, whose name was Vella, had sentenced me as a criminal, a would-be assassin, to the secret brine pits of Klima, deep in the dune country, there to di... |
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| 7 | 313 |
Often I had to force from my mind the look on the face of the second slave, she called Vella, of triumph, as she, small and lovely, luscious, freed of the rack ropes, had sat up on the knotted ropes, after her testimony had confirmed that of others, of Zaya, the other girl, and Ibn Saran, sending me... |
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| 7 | 318 |
Then, her testimony done, she, as the other wench had been, was put to the side, out of the way, near the racks, chained there by the neck to a ring, her hands bound behind her. |
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| 7 | 470 |
"But I assured her that there was no escape from the pits of Klima, and, thus encouraged, it was with enthusiasm that she rehearsed her testimony". |
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| 7 | 581 |
And how pleased she was to give her testimony in the court, confirming that you would be sent slave to the pits of Klima. |
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| 14 | 290 |
"You remember, perhaps," said Hamid, looking up, "the delicious slave, Vella, whom the Kurii found of much use, who testified against you in the court at Nine Wells, who, by her false testimony, assisted in having you sent to the pits of Klima?" "I recall the slave," I said. |
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| 24 | 104 |
I had seen her smile, when taken from the rack, after her testimony. |
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| 24 | 329 |
"At Nine Wells," I said, "following your testimony, falsely accusing me, when removed from the rack, you looked upon me, and smiled". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 100 |
They may also, occasionally, though seldom, be utilized to obtain testimony. |
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| 24 | 101 |
This testimony is invariably extracted under torture. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 96 |
She had sought to have a woman's vengeance on me, rendering false testimony in a court, in virtue of which I had been condemned to the brine pits of Klima. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 577 |
"Is this not a testimony to my value, to my attractiveness, to my desirability to men?" "I must answer such questions in the affirmative," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 123 |
Too, prominent among those on the rise were two I had known even to the pledge and testimony of the knife, even to the touchings of wounds, even to the comminglings of blood, my friends, my brothers, Hci and Cuwignaka. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 77 |
Witnesses will give testimony. |
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| 33 | 223 |
"As this girl is the property of Miles of Argentum," said Claudius to Drusus Rencius, "you may move that her testimony be discounted or be retaken, under torture". |
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| 33 | 224 |
In Gorean courts the testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture. |
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| 33 | 226 |
"I will withdraw her testimony," said Miles of Argentum. |
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| 33 | 231 |
I saw that Miles of Argentum did not wish to have Susan subjected to judicial torture, perhaps tormented and torn on the rack, even though it might validate her testimony and strengthen his case. |
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| 33 | 234 |
"I do not ask that her testimony be discounted or withdrawn," said Drusus Rencius, "only that it be clearly understood". |
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| 33 | 356 |
In that fashion, even if Publius can be encouraged to testify, his testimony could do no more than confirm that she here chained is the same as she whom you then brought to the house of Kliomenes. |
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| 33 | 360 |
"We do not require the testimony of Drusus Rencius in this matter," said Claudius. |
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| 33 | 885 |
It is possible we may have need of you for further testimony, asseverations germane to our proceedings. |
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| 33 | 901 |
"This woman," said Claudius, pointing to Sheila, "has been proved by evidence and testimony, both written and oral, to be the former Tatrix of Corcyrus. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 883 |
From the testimony of Sheila, and other sources which seemed to corroborate it, we gathered that the Kurii might now be turning to the patient stratagems of piecemeal subversion, the control of cities and their eventual linkages in networks of power, to win a world by means theoretically within the ... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 45 |
It was here, too, that witnesses, and such, might wait, before being summoned to give testimony on various matters before the courts. |
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| 19 | 55 |
It is legal in Gorean courts for the testimony of slaves to be taken under torture. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 342 |
In Gorean courts the testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture. |
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| 20 | 265 |
Who could prove that he had been involved in these things? My own testimony, even if it were dragged out of me on the rack, would be only that of a slave; his men would presumably not betray him; and he could always claim that his tavern, the basement, and such, had been used without his knowledge. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 314 |
The testimony of slaves, incidentally, is commonly taken under torture. |
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| 21 | 549 |
Too, of course, Lady Claudia, still a free person, who could render free testimony, not even extracted under torture, for example, had been present. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 62 |
On the other hand, your more powerful fellows, I suppose, would not wish to risk the results of your testimony being taken in court". |
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| 47 | 68 |
"As you know," I said, "the testimony of slaves is taken under torture". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 178 |
"I will say anything you want," said the shopkeeper, looking up piteously at the officer, "anything! I will render whatever testimony you desire. |
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| 14 | 262 |
"Let her testimony be taken under torture," said another. |
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| 14 | 263 |
The testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture in Gorean law courts. |
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| 21 | 329 |
In the case of the free woman, it is an affront to her dignity; in the case of the slave it is a testimony to her desirability. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 97 |
Testimony from a metal worker, one traveling from Besnit to Brundisium, one who had been engaged in the manufacture of the wares in Besnit, seeing such articles in Harfax, and noting them marked as they were, in a way he knew false, alerted the house of William. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1448 |
Will her hunter be satisfied with anything less than to lead her back to his camp, naked, back-braceleted, and leashed, and, now, of course, collared? What woman does not hope to inspire such lust? What woman does not wish to be so beautiful that she could inspire such tempestuous, raging desire? Wh... |
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| 27 | 2671 |
"The testimony of slaves is commonly taken under torture," said the officer. |
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| 30 | 650 |
Too, the testimony of slaves in Gorean courts is commonly taken under torture. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 9 |
The testimony of Peisistratus, taken through translators, had made it clear that Lord Pyrrhus had intended to take the human, Tarl Cabot, hunting in the sport cylinder, which seemed upon the surface, if tasteless considering some of the game available, at least sufficiently innocent. |
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| 20 | 10 |
Other testimony had made it clear that Lord Pyrrhus had returned from the sport cylinder without Tarl Cabot, and that, later, a hunting party of eight Kurii, three of whom were womb brothers, and two of whom were egg brothers, to Lord Pyrrhus had entered the sport world with sleen, and had been arre... |
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| 20 | 26 |
"We have ample testimony," said the prosecutor, whose movements suggested anger, though the translator spoke without passion, "that in the time of your location your life was in great jeopardy". |
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| 20 | 59 |
The aberration of a witness, or the obscurity of its testimony, must not be permitted to distract your attention from either the charges or the indisputable and incontrovertible evidence on which they are based. |
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| 20 | 94 |
"Your testimony clouded matters for Agamemnon. |
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| 20 | 101 |
"But his party will doubtless remember your testimony". |
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| 20 | 229 |
"That is perhaps wise, considering my testimony," said Cabot. |
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| 21 | 9 |
Perhaps to protect you, lest some here be displeased with your testimony at the trial". |
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| 25 | 3 |
Cabot had returned to the villa which had been earlier assigned to him, from which he had fetched a tunic, some supplies, and a pouch, into which he had thrust the strings of rubies given to him earlier, before the trial of Lord Pyrrhus, in which his testimony had been so ineffective. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 286 |
"That is clear from the records, from the testimony of Tolnar and Venlisius!" "I was her master," I said. |
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| 38 | 286 |
If so, and if Lord Nishida had cared to do away with me, it would have been easy enough for him to extract incriminating testimony from a harried body which would beg to babble whatever might be wished, if only the pain would cease, or the welcomed knife plunged mercifully to the heart. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2003 |
"But, Master," I said, "is the testimony of slaves in courts not taken under torture, that they will not dare to lie?" "It would be better," said Menon, "for the testimony of free women to be taken under torture, for they are famous for saying whatever pleases them". |
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| 35 | 25 |
I did know that testimony from a slave, at least in a court of law, is commonly taken under torture. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 162 |
"By your own testimony the female is a contrivance, a biological artifact, a monster, and is doubtless, in her own way, as hideous, as gross and repulsive, as my dear friend, Lord Grendel, himself. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 171 |
This was attested to by a plethora of testimony. |
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| 42 | 99 |
"Do not let your bodies rot for months on impaling spears, raised on the walls of the city, a warning to others, a testimony to the displeasure of the Men of Port Kar!" Amongst these voices I recognized that of Florian, and perhaps of Miles, and surely others. |
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