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Book 1. (1 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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5 19 The soldiers, and the Council of his city, had succumbed to his blandishments, his promises of wealth and power for Ar.
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Book 2. (2 results) Outlaw of Gor

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11 45 "Is it thus, Stranger," she asked, her tones cold, "that you expected to carry from the city the wealth of Tharna?" I was puzzled, my body was racked with pain, my vision was blurred with sweat.
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17 72 These mines are tortuous networks of tunnels worming themselves inch by inch irregularly through the rich ores that are the foundation of the wealth of the city.
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Book 3. (3 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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3 59 If one had encountered him in the eighteenth century, one might have taken him for a jolly, snuff-sniffing, roisterous country squire, knowing himself the salt of the earth, not above twitting the parson nor pinching the serving girls; in the nineteenth century he would have owned an old book shop a...
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5 137 I thought that the Priest-Kings possessed great wealth and that I, with my beauty—" she turned and looked at me and threw back her head—"for I am beautiful, am I not?" I looked at her.
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8 142 If the issue was grain, of course, there would be little point in going to Thentis, for she imports her own, but her primary wealth, her tarn flocks, is not negligible, and she also possesses silver, though her mines are not as rich as those of Tharna.
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Book 4. (4 results) Nomads of Gor

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9 175 There had been no surviving male heir and the considerable wealth of Tethrar of Turia was now that of his daughter, Aphris, who would assume control of these remarkable fortunes upon attaining her majority, which event was to occur this spring.
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9 204 I barely noticed, as Aphris of Turia made her way toward the head of the table, that she did not speak to nor acknowledge in any way any of the women present, though their robes suggested they must be of wealth and position.
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26 223 "I do not know," said Saphrar, "but I know that there are men who will pay half the wealth of Gor for this—" "I," said Kamchak, "would not give a copper tarn disk for it".
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27 25 "Whose is the wealth of Turia?" he asked.
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Book 6. (5 results) Raiders of Gor

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10 79 I despised, I discovered, neither power nor wealth.
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10 178 This is not to say that they would have any objection to being rich; it is only to remark, in effect, that it has never occurred to them, no more than to most Goreans, to take very seriously the pursuit of wealth as their universal and compelling motivation; being ignorant, it seems, they, like most...
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11 115 Could he come to be the one Ubar of Port Kar, it would constitute a considerable element of his wealth, indeed, the major one.
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15 9 I was Bosk, a simple, but shrewd man, who had come from the marshes to startle Port Kar and dazzle and shake the cities of Gor with my cunning and my blade, and now my power and my wealth.
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15 35 Had there ever been triumph such as this in Port Kar? I brought with me fifty-nine ships: the flagship of the treasure fleet, Vivina bound at its prow, the Dorna, the other twenty-nine ships which had composed my original fleet, and, as prizes, laden with wealth which might have been the ransom of c...
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Book 7. (8 results) Captive of Gor

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6 436 But I was Elinor Brinton, of Park Avenue, of Earth! She had been rich, beautiful, smartly attired, tasteful, sophisticated; she had been well educated and traveled; she had been decisive, confident; she had carried her wealth and her beauty with élan; and she had deserved her position in society;...
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7 307 Moreover, he was a Gorean male, and would see me, Elinor Brinton, not in terms of my antecedents, background, education, sophistication, wealth, dignity and refinements, but in terms of the collar, and pleasure! Moreover, if he bought me, I would have to serve him, and perfectly, as what I would the...
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7 414 I suddenly understood, as I had not before, how on Earth my position and my wealth had created an aura about me, that made lesser people respect me and move aside when I wished to pass, that made them deferential to me, eager to please me, fearful should they fail to do so.
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8 525 There was no penthouse here, no Maserati, no wealth, no mighty buildings, no roar and drone of engines, no scream of planes, no clouds of choking smoke.
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11 93 The piercing of the ears of women, only of slave girls, of course, was a custom of distant Turia, famed for its wealth and its nine great gates.
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11 131 Indeed, I had heard that it now stood once again, much as before, the sovereign city of the southern plains, and that much of its wealth, by exchanges and trading, had been regained.
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17 62 Sometimes I would be a new girl, frightened, young, much fearing him, as Techne might have been; sometimes I would be as though of the scribes, much as Inge might have been, refined, dismayed at her fate; sometimes as a fine lady, of wealth and position, of high caste, as Rena had been, who now must...
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18 10 I have much for which a man might wish, the beautiful Telima, considerable wealth, a great house, wines and allegiances, and before me, gleaming Thassa, the Sea.
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Book 8. (4 results) Hunters of Gor

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19 164 Island ubarates, with their relatively stable populations, over a period of generations, tend to develop concentrations of wealth and power among successful families, which wealth and power, first producing oligarchy, becomes gradually invested with the prestige of dynastic tradition, at which point...
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9 320 With my wealth and power we might have been as Ubar and Ubara.
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11 657 No longer did she have position, wealth and power.
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12 33 My ventures in merchantry had secured me wealth.
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Book 9. (6 results) Marauders of Gor

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1 236 She removed a pin from her hair, and, with a small movement of her head, shook loose the wealth of her sable hair.
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2 192 Here in the far north, of course, in Kassau, to have any such boys, properly trained in the archaic hymns, indicated some wealth.
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10 89 In the crowd, too, much in evidence, were brazen bondmaids; they had been brought to the Thing, generally, by captains and Jarls; it is not unusual for men to bring such slaves with them, though they are not permitted near the law courts or the assemblies of deliberation; the voyages to the Thing we...
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18 465 The Forkbeard looked at many of the boxes and chests, and sacks, of wealth.
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21 110 Knee deep in the riches waded Ivar and, laughing, hurled untold wealth to those in the hall.
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22 269 Incredibly, perhaps, the values, wealth and power, which had driven me in the forest, when I had sought Talena, no longer seemed of much interest to me.
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Book 10. (4 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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7 369 It is useful to our purposes, in infiltrating houses, in obtaining secrets, in seducing officers and important men, and, of course, to reward our followers and, naturally, as a simple item for exchange, a form of currency; the slave girl is usually in demand, particularly if beautiful and trained; a...
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10 378 One tries different girls until one finds her, or those, who are the most exquisite, the most pleasing; one tends then, to keep them; this tends, too, to work out to the advantage of the women, the female slaves, but few, except themselves, are concerned with them, or their feelings; men, it is clea...
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24 566 "No!" she cried, frightened, suddenly lifting her bound wrists toward her luxurious wealth of long, cascading, dark, glossy hair.
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24 1029 Here, on the different, alien, exotic, perilous, primitive, cruel, beautiful world of Gor, she was no more than a collared slave, an item of lovely merchandise, at the mercy of the wealth and steel of powerful, lustful men.
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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3 543 When a girl is bought, of course, it is commonly because the man wants her, she, the female, and is willing to put down his hard-earned money for her and her alone, for she is alone; all she brings from the block is herself; she is a slave; she cannot bring wealth, power, or family connections; she ...
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4 170 Its purpose may be to humiliate or brazenly and publicly display the girl, to discipline her, to keep her humble, to remind her that she is nothing, only a wench in bondage; it may be to reveal her beauty, of which he is proud, for the eyes of all, or for his own pleasure and that of his peers; it m...
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5 188 I might have to be half naked in a bond girl's Ta-Teera but she, I expected, despite the wealth of her robes and jewels, was in her way as slave as I.
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9 2145 These things, the wealth of sensations and realities, bring her alive and stir her belly.
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19 47 I sensed in him intelligence, vanity, wealth, cruelty and power.
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22 24 Further, I knew she would wish me to be a demure girl, a fitting serving slave for a lady of wealth and rank, one whose status and image requires that her girls be paragons of shy, perfect obedience, humility and modesty, that they reflect not the least dishonor upon her.
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22 356 The first is that the slave's limbs and body are likely to be vital and shapely, for she is trained, exercised, dieted and rested, to keep her in prime condition for her master; she is, after all, a lovely animal and thus is subject to a management and care which, while appropriate for an animal, wo...
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Book 12. (5 results) Beasts of Gor

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11 488 I looked at her kneeling in the snow at my feet, her small, trim figure, her soft, sweet exquisite curves, her delicately beautiful throat and face, the pleading blue eyes, the lush wealth of auburn hair loose behind her naked shoulders.
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15 858 As far as that goes, a girl of wealth and high caste, who is beautiful, is not out of danger.
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35 443 These women then, natively well trained in the unspoken principles of prestige and gain, of self-seeking and egotism, are easily lured by promises of wealth and power.
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38 143 "All my wealth on Earth," she said, "could not buy me a collar, or a brand.
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38 198 Another is, "I was found beautiful enough for a Warrior to brand!" Girls compete, so to speak, with one another in many ways, the quality and nature of their brands, the comfort, lightness, and attractiveness of their collars; at whose command they were branded and collared, the quality and texture ...
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Book 13. (3 results) Explorers of Gor

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12 626 I did not think Msaliti, truly, whom I took to be a shrewd, clever fellow, and one concerned with matters of wealth and power, would wish to give a girl away.
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18 154 Aware of the wealth and mighty projects of the ubarate we desire to arrange the apparatus for commercial interaction with your state.
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53 40 "It can bring wealth and power," I said.
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Book 14. (2 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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18 89 "She is, for all her wealth and freedom," he said, "only a woman".
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22 44 In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food.
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Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor

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4 135 It might not well serve their purposes to be recognized, as perhaps men of wealth or position, now in difficult straits.
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Book 16. (6 results) Guardsman of Gor

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8 468 To be sure, I could think of one for whom, had I such wealth, I would have been pleased to pay that much, to have her in my collar.
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20 1582 Many have the run of cities and fields; they meet with friends, who, too, of course, will be in tunics and collars; they enjoy wandering about, frequenting the parks, at least those in which they are allowed, and long, winding, colorful streets; too, they are frequently, as they are women, as one mi...
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21 271 I looked at her, from her small feet, to her ankles and calves, her sweet thighs, the sweet belly of her, her waist, and marvelous breasts, her shoulders, and arms and hands, her fair throat, chained, her lovely lips, her sensitive, delicate features, her deep, vulnerable eyes, and the marvelous wea...
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21 589 Whereas there are wealth discrepancies on Gor which would dwarf most of those on Earth, for example, merchants who own ten thousand slaves and a hundred villas, and whose resources can raise armies and intimidate cities, most Goreans are economically pretty much of a muchness.
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21 600 Even Gorean merchants, whom no one in his right mind could accuse of being immune to the allurements of wealth, will, almost invariably, choose honor over profit.
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21 602 In any event, wealth seldom enters into the master/slave relationship, except that richer fellows, obviously, are able to bid more, if they wish, for the lovely nude animals—often exhibited writhing in the torchlit markets—who might best please them.
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Book 17. (2 results) Savages of Gor

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13 842 They use it to further careers, to buy wealth, and to belittle other women".
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13 1691 And thus was the former Miss Millicent Aubrey-Welles, once of Earth, once a debutante, once a lesser scion of position and station, of wealth and power, once an element ensconced within an economic and social elite, once a lovely occupant of society's highest tiers, now a property on a beautiful, sa...
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Book 18. (4 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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2 278 I supposed the women understood clearly that they, like the silver pendants tied in the manes, like the coins fastened on the reins, like the saddles inlaid with gold, with golden wire wrapped about the pommels, were being displayed as portions of the wealth of the Isanna.
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7 84 Accordingly, the red savages enjoy showing them off, exhibiting them, displaying them, as signs of their prowess, their success, their wealth.
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7 968 Its wealth, for example, in both kaiila and white females is well known on the plains.
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12 477 "I discovered he was interested only in my wealth," she said.
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Book 19. (11 results) Kajira of Gor

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2 53 These men, it seemed, were rich, or, at least, had access to considerable wealth.
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4 387 How extraordinary and marvelous this was! Too, I was not insensitive to the emoluments and perquisites of this office, to the esteem and prestige that might attend it, to the glory that might be expected to be its consequence, to the wealth and power which, doubtless, sometime, would prove to be its...
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9 14 I myself, of course, a woman of wealth and position, a Tatrix even, was above such tasks.
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29 22 No longer did one have to have a household filled with slaves to mount such a feast or the wealth of a "Mintar" to arrange for musicians, caterers, serving slaves and dancers.
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31 60 Wars, and such, are fought for territory, for mineral wealth, for geopolitical advantage, for ports, for mines, for treasure, for arable land, for slaves, and such, and for reasons of insult and honor.
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31 481 It is a way for a man to demonstrate his wealth, taste, success or fortune.
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33 677 "It seems likely to me, thus," said Menicius, "that such forces might bring wealth and barbarian agents, perhaps, with no Gorean allegiances, to our world, laboring in their behalf.
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33 804 By means of the wealth of beasts and the influence of Ligurious, the first minister of Corcyrus, I was brought to power in Corcyrus.
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33 805 There, supported by the influence and wealth of beasts, and abetted by Ligurious, I ruled.
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33 809 I became ambitious to expand the sphere of Corcyrus's influence and, in particular, to obtain, if possible, for my own wealth, the mines of Argentum.
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35 11 "She is too vital and healthy, and has too much, and too strong, a wealth of drives to be different," said Publius.
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Book 20. (3 results) Players of Gor

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5 371 Too, I think I may count on your having independent stores of coins and notes, and, given your apparent wealth and elegance, a suitable measure of costly cloths, gems and jewelries.
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6 720 "An extensive wardrobe, wealth, significant family connections, a high place in society?" "No!" she said.
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10 652 "I have had wealth, and power.
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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2 146 They represent a form of wealth.
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6 39 That was, as I recalled, the sum total of the monetary wealth which Hurtha had brought with him to the supply train, that or something much in its neighborhood.
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18 131 "The caravan in which I was found was by all accounts," she said, "one of immense size, and presumably of great wealth".
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18 148 "Does that not bespeak station and wealth?" I shrugged.
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18 173 I cannot wait until I get to Ar, to claim my glory and wealth!" I did not respond.
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21 329 One might be ostentation, a simple display of wealth, for good tharlarion are generally more expensive than male slaves, particularly draft slaves.
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27 212 "I was the Lady Lydia, she of the High Merchants, she whose wealth was in gems and land, she of the Tabidian Towers!" she said.
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Book 23. (4 results) Renegades of Gor

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2 459 They all begin the same, regardless of previous distinctions, such as position or wealth.
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8 282 She must now be experiencing a wealth of new sensations, for example, kneeling on damp stone, and feeling the air upon her body.
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21 461 Similarly, it is not her fault if other women are not as favored as she with intelligence and wealth, and perhaps beauty.
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21 1290 It is a portion of their biological wealth.
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Book 24. (4 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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19 139 On Gor, women are relished as goods and prizes, and are understood as a familiar form of loot and wealth.
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21 112 "Doubtless the occupant of the barge," I said, "was a high-born woman, of wealth and station, of sophistication and refinement, used to traveling in the highest and most exalted circles in Ar, a woman perhaps even of some power".
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26 182 Indeed, her acquisition, like that of other wealth, gold, and such, may be one of the primary objects of such sackings or raids".
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32 65 To be sure, she was thousands of pasangs from Ar, and if she ever returned to Ar presumably she would do so only as a scantily clad slave, her former wealth, identity, station and position irretrievably removed from her, no different from other such slaves in the city.
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Book 25. (4 results) Magicians of Gor

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8 227 I also recalled a blond free woman acquired later in the same place, the Lady Lydia, of the High Merchants, whose wealth had been in gems and land, a tenant even of the Tabidian Towers.
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18 538 "And you do not know better than to try futilely to force this wealth upon me, even against my will?" asked the fellow.
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24 122 Owning a large number of beautiful slaves is a mark of wealth on Gor, as would be, say, automobiles, boats, houses, or such, on Earth.
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26 173 She then unpinned the dark wealth of her hair, and shook her head, and then, with both hands, lifted it, and then swept it back, behind her shoulders.
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Book 26. (4 results) Witness of Gor

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18 58 They are part of the display of the city, and are exhibited as an aspect of its wealth and abundance, intended to produce a favorable impression.
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29 306 "How quickly she learns! She is clever, no doubt! Oh, yes, she is highly intelligent, but now her intelligence will have a different object, not that of seeking wealth and power, but that of pleasing a master! Scarcely has she been branded and the collar put on her than she hopes to sway me with the...
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34 153 But, alas, some men, I fear, purchase girls largely for self-regarding, social reasons, for example, to impress others with their wealth, good fortune, or taste.
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38 158 I had gathered that her sisters might be loath to pay and, also, now having tasted the wealth and power of the house, might be unwilling to do so.
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Book 27. (23 results) Prize of Gor

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4 107 "I have no money, no wealth, I have no family, no loved ones, nothing, you can get no ransom for me! I mean nothing to anyone! I am a mature, middle-aged, woman.
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11 245 It would not have been surprising to have found such a room in the suburban mansion of a man of wealth and position.
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13 272 "May her walls be razed and her wealth plundered.
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13 596 In such cases a man may bid all his resources, his wealth, his possessions, his life, anything, to obtain she whom he sees at his feet as his own perfect slave.
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16 629 She saw their collars, sometimes almost lost in a wealth of swirling, tossing hair.
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19 440 They have been supported largely by the routine, methodological looting of Ar, but the mercenaries are many and impatient and Ar grows poorer, and there is only so much silver, so much gold, so many women, only so much wealth which can be seized and distributed".
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19 444 "Portions of this wealth will come to Ar, to content the mercenaries," said Portus.
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21 133 No need for him to see his former slave as she was now, now merely another evidence of the victory of his foes, now no more than another article amongst the loot of his enemies, now merely another item in the abounding wealth of Cos.
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25 585 Surely a life of wealth, of luxury and pampering would have done little to prepare her for chains, exposure, degradation, the searing heat of the pressing, held, iron, for the sudden, sharp, instructive stroke of the whip, for the grasping, imperious hands of men, for the sawdust of the sales block.
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25 1000 The garments of Mirus were ample and splendid, robes which might well betoken his wealth and position.
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25 1003 Although the caste of Mirus might be unclear from the particular nature of his garmenture, Ellen supposed him of the slavers, which would be a subcaste of the Merchants, which caste was doubtless the wealthiest on Gor, and one which was often wont to view itself, perhaps in virtue of its wealth, if ...
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25 1004 Goreans respect wealth but tend to value other attributes more highly, and, indeed, to the credit of the Merchants, it should be noted that they usually do so, as well.
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25 1055 And how dare he reveal such wealth, here, in this place, he with no retinue, no men at arms to surround and protect him? Surely in a camp such as this, so open, so populous, there might be thieves, brigands, bandits, murderers, who knew what practitioners of diverse arts predatory and unscrupulous.
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25 1059 Indeed, no rational man, without guards, outside of a caravan, would carry about such wealth! I do not have the coins at hand, but I can give you a note, my note, for more!" There was a roar of laughter from the tiers.
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26 250 "No alarms have been sounded! There has been no attack on us!" All of this made little sense to Ellen, for she had supposed that the confiscated, gathered wealth of a dozen cities, and hundreds of smaller communities, destined for the troops of Cos and Tyros, and the regiments of mercenaries in Ar a...
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26 264 "In the sales last night," said a man suddenly, "a fellow, a drayman or tarnster I think, gave five gold pieces for a slave!" "Where would such a fellow obtain such wealth?" asked a man.
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26 588 Too, with such wealth at his disposal, he might have bought any offered slave, or a great number of offered slaves, in the camp.
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26 940 And as she dealt with him she noted his responses, his twistings and turnings, and struggles, even the smallest movements of his body, and, even though he was gagged, the myriad subtleties and wealth of his expressions, resistant, demanding, furious, startled, disbelieving, helpless.
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26 1118 Too, the possession of women is often taken as an index of wealth, rather as, in other times and places, might have been cattle or horses.
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26 1167 With them I am a fabric spread to the weathers of the world, to its vibrant, vital multiplicity and wealth.
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27 2981 They have untold power and wealth.
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27 3090 But did they understand so little? Did they think she was a free woman, of wealth and title, of placement and connections, who might threaten them, one to whom magistrates would carefully attend? She was only a slave.
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30 370 Much, of course, had to do with the place, the wealth at hand, the number of bidders, the fever of the bidding, and such.
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Book 28. (9 results) Kur of Gor

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1 269 But I do not think her family earned its class or wealth honestly or honorably, for example through the rings, but then that is not unusual amongst humans.
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1 790 He had been a man of wealth and power, even a captain, with many ships, in Port Kar, and had lusted for and possessed many branded beauties, acquiring them and discarding them in the markets as he pleased.
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1 910 Had she not made clear to him her wealth, her standing, her position, her class, her breeding? Too, could he not see that she was fair? She was not such as would be enslaved! She was not such as could be enslaved! Her, in a collar, never! She was not a brown or dusky lass! He then let her lower her ...
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2 235 Due to family position and wealth, we would have had to account her of the English upper classes, though her origins, in actuality, as nearly as we can determine, were not to be traced through traditional aristocratic lines, at least as far as legitimacy is concerned.
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11 96 "If you accept the offer," said Peisistratus, "the medallion of a world's Ubar might be yours, power, hundreds of cities, rivers of wealth, innumerable pleasure gardens, exquisitely stocked with game and slaves".
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32 489 "And she will not bring you wealth and power!" "One might sell her for a profit," said Cabot.
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43 256 Thus she was genuinely rewarded with wealth, perhaps as promised, and then, afterwards, treated as Lord Agamemnon thought appropriate".
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64 91 Greed for significance, importance, power, and wealth is a motivation to which many humans are susceptible, and we must, in all honesty, acknowledge that it is one to which some Kurii, perhaps surprisingly, are not immune.
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77 168 The number of women on a fellow's rope, or a group's rope, would then become a mark of prestige, rather as the number of kaiila in one's herd, or in one's tribe's herds, would become a mark of wealth and status amongst the warriors of the Red Savages.
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Book 29. (25 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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9 13 We completed our part of the work, and now we must be paid, and returned to Earth, with wealth, wealth!" "There is no ship," said Pertinax.
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9 68 Why should she herself not have the wealth which she so ably diverted into the channels of others, an illusive wealth to whose passage she stood so near but from which she was yet so far? She seemed to me little more than an unimaginative creation of her time, a creature of ambition and egotism set ...
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1 56 "They are always valuable, as counters of wealth, and such".
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3 605 "Perhaps one determined and ambitious, and one not too scrupulous, one intending to achieve wealth and success at any cost".
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5 148 Let Kurii be denied Earth, with its wealth of water and hydrogen, be denied such a foothold and platform for their projects, so splendid a staging area for an approach to Gor.
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5 355 Let her, a proud, insolent free woman of Earth, used to the men of Earth, such as Pertinax, men whom she despised and might affront with impunity, and upon occasion, in virtue doubtless of wealth and authority, command, have to behave before me, and before Pertinax, as a mere slave.
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5 481 Could they not heed the plaints of refugees, hear the drums of spearmen, sense the ponderous tread of war tharlarion? It soon became clear to many that conspiracy and treachery reigned within the Central Cylinder, and that the throne itself might now be festooned with the promises and wealth of the ...
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5 496 Meanwhile, of course, the invaders tightened their controls and, for months, either randomly, as it pleased them, or systematically, in accord with the directives of the polemarkos, began to loot Ar of its wealth, its silver and gold, its jewelries and gems, its medical elixirs, its ointments and sc...
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5 873 Almost invariably the submission is accepted, as women on Gor are accounted a form of wealth, at least once they are collared.
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9 44 The free woman was a person; the slave was a property, an animal, and an animal which, aside from matters of social advancement, position, wealth, and status, was commonly preferred a thousand times by men to a free woman.
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9 67 Her ambitions, however, extended well beyond enticing wealth to her employer's firm, and obtaining thereby the routine emoluments of a salary and commissions.
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9 93 When it became clear to her, however, that the offer was to be withdrawn, and her dreams of unusual wealth were fading, she swiftly relented, agreeing that it might be amusing to play such a role, that of a mere slave.
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10 45 Behind Lord Nishida, to his left, stood what I took to be two women of the "strange men," each lovely, each fully clothed, neither veiled, unlike most Gorean free women, particularly of wealth or high caste, in what I supposed, on Earth, would be spoken of as kimonos.
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10 61 They are a display of wealth.
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10 97 As many companionships are arranged between families, with considerations not of love, or even of attraction, paramount, but of wealth, prestige, status, and such, and the young people often being scarcely considered in the matter, this is, I suppose, understandable.
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10 500 "All that remained then," said Thrasilicus, "was to waft the fantasy of wealth before the greedy, unscrupulous, shapely Miss Wentworth.
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10 628 "You have been unwittingly a slave for months, even for some weeks when you were still engaging in your petty, deceitful games on behalf of your firm, plying your wiles and charms, seemingly so innocently, to wheedle and coax wealth from clients, pathetically dazzled males as you saw it, men whom, g...
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11 30 How far she was now from the seats of commercial power, far from the treasure houses of wealth, far from paneled board rooms, long corridors, marshaled desks, and bright offices.
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11 31 This was a world other than that to which she had been accustomed, and which she had thought to leave behind only for a life of wealth and leisure.
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18 172 If this is the case, it seemed they may have overestimated the rationality of the human species, or underestimated the lengths to which it might go to acquire land, wealth, women, and other valuables.
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22 113 How could they, free women, hope to compete in interest with a slave? A slave, of course, came with no companion dowry, no land, no wealth, no social or mercantile connections, but men, nonetheless, somehow, enjoyed having them at their feet.
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26 156 Such wealth, if any man might possess it, might purchase a fleet, a city.
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33 6 "One of great wealth and power," he said.
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33 90 Too, these barbarians had at their disposal considerable wealth, abetting that which had been sent with us from our home, not only from our camp, but apparently from elsewhere, as well, perhaps even from the stores of our enemies.
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33 92 Doubtless they were much displeased, at the loss of gain, and perhaps the mysterious loss of much of their own wealth, as well.
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Book 30. (29 results) Mariners of Gor

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1 380 "It is the secret wealth of Talena herself, her own illicitly amassed wealth, which is put up to have her returned to Ar".
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7 255 "But there would be wealth enough for all, great wealth".
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37 606 Of what value is wealth to one on the impaling spear? And if my master does not want me, what matters the manner of our separation? Why not the impaling spear?" "I want you," said Callias, "more than all the wealth in the world.
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1 325 Muchly was the wealth of Ar destroyed or carried away, to be bestowed abroad, and many were its beauties consigned to foreign collars in the name of decency and justice, to right the wrongs of supposedly guilty Ar.
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1 328 Hundreds of others were reduced to slavery merely that their wealth might be confiscated by the state.
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1 329 Talena relished not only the powers permitted to her by the occupation forces, exercised at their discretion, and often in accordance with their direction, but filled her coffers in the Central Cylinder with abundant, secret wealth.
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2 17 Thus are the farther islands sheltered, protected from illicit trade, and the wealth of Cos and Tyros conserved.
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2 50 I went first to Jad, city of my birth, city of great Lurius, our Ubar, where I had been enlisted and trained, but swords were plentiful there, and I was scorned, for my blade, with helmet and gear, was gone, having been bartered, in part, together with my last tarsk, for passage, for life, from the ...
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3 164 "I was of high caste, of high family, of position and importance, of influence, wealth, and power, and now," she sobbed, "I have this!" Her eyes filled with tears, and she put the fingers of her right hand to the flat, sturdy, metal band which closely encircled her throat.
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3 909 The myth of Flavius was to dissemble before your men, for why should you share great wealth with them? Rather reserve it, secretly, for yourself.
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3 912 ' 'You have holdings, wealth, family, in Brundisium?' he asked.
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3 976 'Name your family, its members and their wealth.
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3 978 'I do not have family in Brundisium, but I have great wealth, placed with coin merchants!' 'Name them,' he said.
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3 1033 I no longer had the wealth which I had brought with me, with which I might have hired men and brought myself again to power, and, without the key, I could not remove the collar.
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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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3 1104 My affection for the Ubara had, of course, been cunningly feigned, to achieve power and wealth, but this might not be believed, and, even if it were, this pretense might not be seen as redemptive, or counting in my favor.
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3 1106 Who would not? She was then no longer the key to wealth and power in Ar; indeed, even to have been acknowledged by her, let alone to have been a member of her inner circle, was now a dangerous liability.
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3 1262 Too, had he not, already, in his pouch, a wealth of precious stones? 'My apologies,' said the leader.
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5 162 Who would act upon such intelligence? To whom would one remand Seremides of Ar? How would one petition for, or collect, the bounty? Who is there to pay, or act in this matter? Information which might mean wealth and power on the continent, information which might put armies on the march, which might...
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7 130 The free woman has much to bargain with, her wealth, her position, her caste, her possessions, but once enslaved what has she but her beauty, and that does not even belong to her.
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8 22 I had wondered, from time to time, of the hints of Tyrtaios, those of untold wealth for all.
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9 66 Too, of course, such women are a form of wealth, as they may be sold, traded, bartered, given as gifts, and such.
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17 95 Many masters, in their pride and vanity, and as evidence of their wealth, good fortune, or taste, enjoy displaying their slaves, much as owners of various goods, of various sorts, enjoy displaying other sorts of properties, statuary, rare coins, artworks, fountains, veminium gardens, classical czeha...
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20 7 The wealth in the lockers, gleaned from the derelicts in the Vine Sea, was counted, and recounted.
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21 399 Such men usually have more on their mind than slaves, such things as their kills, as wealth, as power.
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25 355 You would line your purse with gold and your station with power! No opportunity for wealth, for influence, for self-aggrandizement was neglected! We glorified our offices and despoiled the city, ruined our enemies and enriched our favorites, our pets and hirelings!" "But all did not continue to go w...
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31 11 Most of the men, given the identificatory markings on sacks and boxes, carefully checked and recorded, accepted this explanation, and even welcomed the removal of their wealth from the ship, and its storing closer at hand, under conditions of greater security.
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31 18 Some had dared to voice their objections, and had been well switched, across the backs of the calves and ankles, by the Pani warriors charged with the care of the coffle, in this instance, as indicated, a treasure coffle, one used to transport carefully sealed, and marked, sacks and boxes from the s...
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37 1415 "Well," I said, "she was once a free woman in imperial Ar, a high lady, a woman of importance and power, of wealth and station.
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Book 31. (43 results) Conspirators of Gor

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10 637 Had the aforementioned ruby been their last? They had no new source of income of which I was aware, lest it might be from investments in the Street of Coins, but I knew of no such investments, and I suspected they would not wish their principal to be tethered to a particular location, nor, perhaps, ...
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4 97 I think there was no girl in our house who did not derive from a background of refinement and great wealth.
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4 112 To date one of us was a coup for the lucky fellow, and one of our common pleasures was to disdainfully refuse such dates, unless, of course, requested by young men whose wealth and social position was superior to ours.
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4 113 What is the point of beauty, if not to open doors, to bargain, and to enhance one's prospects? Were we not prostitutes, in a way, ready to sell ourselves, high-priced merchandise, for power, position, station, and wealth? You have probably guessed the nature of the "inappropriate literature" discove...
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4 282 You are very special young women, young women of high intelligence, education, refinement, wealth, taste, and breeding.
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4 420 "Where is their wealth, their power?" "The personal physicians of Ubars do well," said Mrs.
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4 425 "Wealth is power," I said.
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4 435 Of what value, for example, was the Scarlet Caste, the caste of Warriors, if not to protect the gold, the wealth, of the Merchants? "None of you," said Mrs.
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5 387 "Are my resources, my wealth, truly gone?" I asked.
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7 326 How can free women compete with her? The free man may find the free woman of interest, for example, in matters of family, position, power, and wealth, but is it not the despised, meaningless slave to whom he turns for pleasure? Is it not the slave which his biological heritage demands? I sensed the ...
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7 430 I was derived from a class of women who did not think in terms of love, but in terms of advancement, in terms of practicality, in terms of position, station, prospects, power, and wealth.
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8 84 At that time, hooded, I did not realize the striking beauty of a Gorean city, how so many of its buildings, the lofty towers and graceful bridges, the spacious porticoes, the splendid colonnades, and such, were bright with color, nor was I aware of the wealth of colors in clothing, both that of men ...
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8 138 Sometimes the wealth of a city has been transferred from Jad to Ar, or Ar to Jad, in the form of a piece of paper, sewn into the lining of a robe.
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8 139 In such a way wealth can be exchanged, even back and forth, without a tarsk-bit changing hands.
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8 226 A casteless society, an open society, in which elevation, wealth, and success is supposed to depend, or does depend, on the outcome of merit and free competition will obviously generate an enormous amount of frustration, jealousy, envy, and hostility.
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8 684 It is not unknown, of course, even on my world, for a girl to barter her beauty for gain, for access to exclusive, desirable precincts, to use it in such a way that it might obtain for her advantages and advancement, to win for her wealth and position, and such.
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8 1462 At the sorority my sisters and I, as thoughtful, informed individuals, had set ourselves to increase our wealth and advance our station in life.
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8 1464 The route to these ends, the assurance of a future of comfort and influence, was obviously to contract a match with a suitable young man, one of wealth and family.
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8 1827 But she is, too, a city in which poverty and wealth, surfeit and want, cleanliness and dirt, may be juxtaposed.
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8 1894 "I think that certain relationships, involving certain intentions, prospects, efforts, plans, ambitions, and such, would have been typical for a young woman of my background, position, wealth, and class".
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8 1905 We were to be sought by men, and would make judicious choices amongst them, seeking thereby our advantage, bartering our beauty for advancement, for greater wealth, more secure position, more power, such things".
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8 2028 We were selected, at least in part, to enhance the reputation of the sorority, as an established avenue to wealth and power.
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8 2051 I could make my choice judiciously, finding a fellow both handsome and strong, and, in such a place, quite possibly one of wealth.
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9 140 But the sumptuous raiment she wore surely suggested wealth, if not high caste.
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10 853 "A Ubar might companion a Ubara from another city, a coveted city, one of wealth and power, or companion the daughter of another Ubar, of such a city, such things".
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10 856 "Occasionally," said the beast, "a Ubar may companion the Ubara of a captured city, forcing companionship, however unwelcome, upon her, making of her free spoils, so to speak, thereby, as she is then companioned, entitling himself legally to the wealth of her treasury and the allegiance of her subje...
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10 877 "I suppose there are others of wealth and power," she said, "other than Ubars, in a city such as this".
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12 85 "Muchly so, in power and prestige, and, if he had been interested in such matters, and wished it, might have become so in wealth, as well".
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18 952 Do you not enjoy such games? And are you not, as much as we, prepared upon occasion to put your beauty to use, to barter it for position and wealth? For example, it is my supposition that, in the markets, and on the boulevards, and elsewhere, handsome slavers, perhaps disguised in the robes of rich ...
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20 191 "He suspects we are projecting a rendezvous, perhaps with others as rich as we, or that we may lead them to a cache of concealed wealth.
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21 80 I suspected Trachinos was unwilling to bring his enterprise, his band in the hills, to a premature closure, thus perhaps precluding an access to a greater wealth, one which might await a more patient man.
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25 56 "Is there wealth ahead, Lady?" inquired Trachinos.
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25 58 "Great wealth".
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25 64 "I am not interested in wealth," he said.
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25 82 "With sufficient wealth," said the Lady Bina, "you may buy several such women".
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31 106 "Who," he asked, "would reject untold wealth, and almost absolute power?" "They threatened to torture and kill the Lady Bina," I said.
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33 113 His motivations, made clear to me, were wealth and power.
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37 12 She served his purpose as a pretext for hesitation in allying himself with Kurii, to win himself a more estimable offer of wealth and power.
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48 182 "I know secrets of great power, and the location of great wealth," came from the container on the left.
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48 205 "You may reveal to me secrets of power, the location of great wealth".
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49 163 It might also be noted in passing, that considerable wealth had been amassed by Kurii and their agents in the Cave, by means of which mercenaries were to be paid and subversion purchased in various cities.
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49 165 Indeed we have mentioned how those of the gangs which had formed in the Cave after the onset of anarchy had made it a point to acquire and defend portions of this wealth, each gang as much as possible.
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49 177 Grendel placed this wealth, in its several sealed sacks, in the sledge in the keeping of Trachinos and Akesinos.
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Book 32. (14 results) Smugglers of Gor

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4 115 To me that seems strange, given the heartless, barbaric complexities of her world with its scramblings for wealth and power, the competitions to control the weaponry of states, that one may apply such ugly resources, under the pretense of legality, to the ends of one's own aggrandizement, a world of...
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4 203 They had attracted attention, for their apparent wealth, for buying slaves and hiring ships, and taking men into fee, many of them refugees, armed mercenaries, escaped from Ar, given the sudden, devastating, bloody restoration of Marlenus, Ubar of Ar, sometimes spoken of as the Ubar of Ubars.
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6 103 Could honor be retained in the face of defeat, even rout? If the stories were true, of triumph, and such, where was their wealth, their spoils? Surely, for whatever reason, or reasons, justified or unjustified, an inhospitable reception not unoften awaited them Some, even regulars managing to return...
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6 331 Let them lie about their sales price, the wealth and position of their master, the loftiness of their former station, and such.
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7 52 During my training, how often I had sneaked little glances about me, at the guards, the visitors, prospective buyers, trainers, physicians, and attendants, hoping to see him! I knew myself too poor a slave to be of interest to such a man, perhaps one of skills, position, and wealth, but, still, I ho...
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7 279 I had gathered that many might resent the Merchants, envying their wealth.
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7 288 But now she was a portion, a negligible portion I would suppose, of the wealth of another.
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8 577 Some men reckon wealth in terms of tarn disks, others kaiila, others bosk, and some in terms of slaves.
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14 95 "And where is the wealth, the silver, the jewels, the women, the gold?" I asked.
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14 276 In passing, one might mention that the offerings in the slave house were often flavored with former tree women of Ar, often once of high caste, importance, power, and wealth.
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15 165 It was, of course, a powerful caste, given its wealth, and even Ubars might court its favor.
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17 113 Why then do free men court the free woman and buy the slave? Why do they yield their place in the theaters and concert halls to the free woman, and drag the slave by the hair to a tavern's alcove? When the free woman is courted, she may be uncertain if it is she, or her wealth, her influence, her fa...
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50 468 Might I not make my companioning, if I were interested in such, a prize in a game many might play, and from which, at my whim, I might withdraw? Might I not sell myself, on my own terms, as I saw fit, to the highest bidder, for station, and wealth? But there is no hurry in such matters.
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51 17 "Would you not wish untold wealth, the command of fleets and armies, your choice of women?" he asked.
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Book 33. (12 results) Rebels of Gor

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1 164 Was this not a possible place of wealth, and power? From such a place might not one command, govern, and rule? Might one not find here a suitable aerie for tyranny? From such an ensconcement might one not descend with fire and sword, and to such a place might one not withdraw, with immunity, laden w...
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1 484 She, dazzled by the prospect of considerable wealth, easily and securely acquired, had agreed to act in the interests of certain unspecified forces.
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6 37 The motivations of Lord Yamada, greed and ambition, power and wealth, were clear enough, and familiar enough, as were the responses of Lord Temmu, who was, perhaps, not really so different from Lord Yamada himself.
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9 44 At the height of the trail lay the holding with its wealth of gold, silver, silk, sake, vessels, jewels, screens, hangings, perfumes, weapons, robes, instruments, ointments, oils, and such, the treasure and loot of generations amassed by the house of Temmu.
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12 37 Saru, the former Miss Margaret Wentworth, now far from the mahogany corridors of wealth and power, those which she had once frequented, in her small, manipulative way, in a far city on a distant world, wore a silken kimono, and obi, and figured sandals.
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20 6 "Such trinkets, such trifles," said Lord Yamada, "are but tiny tokens of my esteem, and of the wealth of the House of Yamada.
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27 57 "Too," said Haruki, "villages are sources of wealth.
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30 406 What of slave shelves, public cages, sales racks, sales wagons, exhibition poles, and such? Is not any slave in a coffle or on a rope exhibited? What of leashed slaves on promenade? What of those chained to the throne of a Ubar? Is not any girl fastened to a public slave ring exhibited? What of the ...
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61 338 Wealth can be earned by the sword, but blood and misery, weariness and cold, want and danger, are more common pay.
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61 727 Such wealth would buy fleets, armies, and cities.
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61 956 Many clients and much wealth did she secure for her superiors.
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61 1197 "I could scatter the wealth to multitudes in the street.
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Book 34. (13 results) Plunder of Gor

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6 416 "Your wealth no longer rules," said the former maid to she who had worn the torn gown.
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9 307 The richer the robes, I reasoned, the more likely the wealth.
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23 106 "Would you like to see him profit, wax important, and come into great wealth?" he asked.
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26 157 Indeed, the number and quality of slave girls is taken as evidence of a city's taste, success, power, wealth, and prowess in warfare.
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26 255 "Surely one of the dark caste would be a strange agent for one to choose," he said, "to deliver to another prestige, power, glory, honor, and wealth, such things".
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33 165 "Consider women," said Kurik, "small, slight, lovely, desirable, an exciting and ideal form of wealth.
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33 683 I watched, in horror, as the beast spread this oil like a fuse about the floor, and into the midst of crates and bales, which fuse, a moment later, took fire, and, ignited, coursed its way like a swift, burning snake through the stored wealth it would claim as its tinder.
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34 176 "So," he said, "humans are many on Gor, at least in places, but few, it seems, given the wealth of land, muchly unexplored, at their disposal".
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35 91 "I think the master wishes to display his wealth".
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36 34 "Then I am not surprised," he said, "for the wealth and taste of Decius Albus, high counselor to the Ubar, trade advisor to the Ubar, are well known in Ar, as is the quality of his display slaves.
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43 77 "She, however naively, intends to acquire fame, wealth, and power on Gor, an open world, one with many humans, through the weapons of her intelligence and beauty.
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45 181 Needless to say, the serving of this beverage at our small collation, or feast, was an indication of the formidable wealth, and widely ranging connections, of Decius Albus, trade advisor to the Ubar of Ar, a man named Marlenus.
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49 72 It controls much of the wealth on this world.
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Book 35. (12 results) Quarry of Gor

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14 182 What do they understand of the feelings, hopes, needs, and desires of a lowly agent, an obscure, neglected, unimportant hireling, one afflicted with want, one impoverished, one deprived, one lonely and miserable, one laboring in the midst of gold she cannot touch, one encircled by the wealth of othe...
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1 72 It is interesting, that even a beautiful girl from my former world, one whose beauty might have led to wealth and position, may, on this world, be owned by a poor man.
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2 123 Why, I wondered, should she fear being sold in Ar, and from such a famous block as the central block in the Curulean? Might not thousands of slaves dream of such a sale? Too, I had gathered that the wealth of Ar, hub of trade in the northern hemisphere of this world, was being recouped.
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15 177 Should such wealth not suffice to purchase cities? At least it might form fleets and raise armies.
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22 43 "The capture of untold wealth," she said, "offers consolation for the loss of a Silver Mask, even a Golden Mask".
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22 63 Presumably there would be some sort of recompense or reward for her return to the Street of Coins, but I did not understand the reference to "untold wealth".
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25 56 I wish to return her to her family, one incidentally of wealth and standing, that she be returned to the bosom of loved ones and sheltered within the protection of her Home Stone.
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25 65 And, too, doubtless to enlist my aid, counting on the naivety of a barbarian, he was pretending to search for his quarry to free her and return her to station and family, perhaps even wealth.
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29 39 The passengers were diverse in attitude and mien, and varied in apparent wealth and status.
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45 105 Who shall gainsay that? What are two or three gold staters, even of Brundisium, compared to the wealth I suspect you seek, for which you risk so much, for which you strive and gamble?" "Great lady," said Seremides to Talena, "to the longboat! Now!" "Surely not, Captain," said Talena.
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47 179 Who would expect the former Ubara of Ar to be in a tunic and collar? Surely most would search for an elusive free woman, hidden somewhere, one of wealth and power.
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47 362 "With such wealth," said Addison Steele, "you could buy cities, hire armies, build fleets".
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Book 36. (18 results) Avengers of Gor

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1 57 One may wish to return, for new fruit, return when there is a slowly accumulated, renewed wealth, when there is a declined vigilance, when the prey thinks itself safe, when there is a new harvest, freshly reaped, to be gathered in, a new generation of females to be fastened in chains, ripe for deliv...
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3 104 In Sybaris there is much luxury and wealth, broad, prosperous streets, many of which are lit at night, colorful bazaars and variegated, well-stocked markets, ample inns, and hundreds of shops, restaurants, and taverns.
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12 10 Though there are some silver mines on Thera, presumably contributing to the wealth of Sybaris, the Farther Islands were not noted for their mineral resources.
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13 105 But then you would receive no share of the unaccountable wealth to be derived from The Village of Flowing Gold.
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17 177 "On Earth," I said, "were you well-fixed, say, affluent?" "Yes, Master," she said, "so much so that I was indifferent to wealth".
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17 178 "When one has wealth," I said, "it is easy to be indifferent to it".
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17 286 "And then trade, and shipping, the wealth of the seas, would accrue to your party".
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21 69 "I am sure that the pirate, Bosk of Port Kar, or his spies, will be at the fair, to assess the wealth of villages, to note the cargos of what ships are bound where, and so on.
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22 141 "And why would our 'Three Ubaras' seal their tent, turning their presumably lovely backs on such a rain of wealth?" "I do not know," said Sakim.
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40 11 Why should they risk the loss of possible wealth? Take what you can of value with you, away from the town.
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43 74 "Keeping independent looters from the tunnel, who might hope to sneak into Mytilene and seize wealth prior to the general gathering and division of the spoils".
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46 9 The great hall of Mytilene, where indoor markets, public meetings, and expositions were often held, had lost a wall and a portion of its roof, but the loose plaster, stone, wood, timbers, rafters, boards, and paneling had all been swept, or carried, aside and five long tables, two of them improvised...
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48 5 The wealth, valuables, coins, rings, jewelries, garments, cloaks, weapons, helmets, shields, and such, of the slain enemy would be considerable.
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58 217 "You learned in Sybaris that the corsair fleet would attack Mytilene, naturally enough to seize the wealth accrued from the fair," said Sakim.
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62 43 "It is my conjecture," I said, "that the resources of the corsairs were considerable, in both wealth and ships".
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62 62 "I can understand," I said, "why Lurius of Jad, fat with avarice, insatiable for wealth, corpulent with greed, would secretly organize, support, and protect marauders, that some percentage of loot would find its way to his private coffers, but why this pointless, extravagant hoax of attributing thes...
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62 109 "With such wealth," said Thurnock, "Lurius of Jad could not only build fleets but hire armies to ravage the continent".
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63 172 "Surely you see the hideous irony here," I said, "a piteous fugitive, widely sought for torture and impalement, living in terror, fearing each small, unexpected sound, each unfamiliar step, for months, and then, suddenly, she is given hope, senses the bright beacon of refuge, is promised asylum, pro...
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