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Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)

It was a white face, but heavy, greased; the epicanthic fold of his eyes bespoke a mixed origin. - (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #165)
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2 165 It was a View more quotes about white">white face, but heavy, greased; the epicanthic fold of his eyes bespoke a mixed origin.

Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)

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2 162 "I am Hakimba of the Kataii," he roared.
2 163 He pulled aside the wind scarf with one hand, and his face, though black, bore the same marks as the others.
2 164 Now the rider in front of me lifted the colored chains from his helmet, that I might see his face.
2 165 It was a white face, but heavy, greased; the epicanthic fold of his eyes bespoke a mixed origin.
2 166 I was looking on the faces of four men, warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
2 167 On the face of each there were, almost like corded chevrons, brightly colored scars.
2 168 The vivid coloring and intensity of these scars, their prominence, reminded me of the hideous markings on the faces of mandrills; but these disfigurements, as I soon recognized, were cultural, not congenital, and bespoke not the natural innocence of the work of genes but the glories and status, the arrogance and prides, of their bearers.
"I am Hakimba of the Kataii," he roared. He pulled aside the wind scarf with one hand, and his face, though black, bore the same marks as the others. Now the rider in front of me lifted the colored chains from his helmet, that I might see his face. It was a white face, but heavy, greased; the epicanthic fold of his eyes bespoke a mixed origin. I was looking on the faces of four men, warriors of the Wagon Peoples. On the face of each there were, almost like corded chevrons, brightly colored scars. The vivid coloring and intensity of these scars, their prominence, reminded me of the hideous markings on the faces of mandrills; but these disfigurements, as I soon recognized, were cultural, not congenital, and bespoke not the natural innocence of the work of genes but the glories and status, the arrogance and prides, of their bearers. - (Nomads of Gor)