| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 51 |
The machine, however, according to my father, retained the advantage that its mistakes would not be intentional, and that its translations, even if inadequate, would be honest. |
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| 8 | 198 |
I cursed her, for she took unfair advantage of the Warrior Codes of Gor. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 8 | 50 |
Besides, as they did not know that I knew they followed me, this gave me a certain advantage in the matter. |
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| 13 | 104 |
And so Kron and I began to circle one another, slightly bent so that the projections on the yoke might be used to best advantage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 22 | 164 |
Another advantage was that it could be moved with greater swiftness than a longer blade. |
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| 22 | 165 |
The primary advantage I supposed was that it allowed the Gorean warrior to work close to his man. |
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| 27 | 151 |
I knew the unusual strength of Priest-Kings and I could well imagine the stresses and pressures that throbbed in the frames of those locked creatures as they rocked back and forth, to one side and another, each pressing and seeking for the advantage that would mean death to the other. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 5 | 62 |
The sides of the wagon box, incidentally, are, here and there, perforated for arrow ports, for the small horn bow of the Wagon Peoples can be used to advantage not only from the back of a kaiila but, like the crossbow, from such cramped quarters. |
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| 14 | 10 |
The bosk are hitched up and slaves, who might otherwise take advantage of the tumult, are chained. |
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| 15 | 10 |
In the field the Tuchuks would counter the tarnsmen by breaking open the Hundreds into scattered Tens and presenting only erratic, swiftly moving targets; it is difficult to strike a rider or beast at a distance from tarnback when he is well aware of you and ready to evade your missile; and, of cour... |
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| 23 | 83 |
It was now near nightfall and I was confident the Paravaci, who greatly outnumbered us, perhaps in the order of ten or twenty to one, would wait until morning before pressing the advantage of their numbers. |
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| 23 | 102 |
As soon as our men were through the barricade they leaped from their kaiila, bow and quiver in hand, and took up prearranged positions under the wagons, between them, on them, and behind the wagon box planking, taking advantage of the arrow ports therein. |
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| 25 | 330 |
She was seeing how the nose ring might be displayed to most advantage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 2 | 242 |
Matters might well work out to our mutual advantage". |
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| 3 | 97 |
This, of course, was an advantage, permitting the Vintner to choose his own opening, an opening he may have studied for a lifetime. |
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| 12 | 102 |
Possession of the inside perch is regarded, of course, as an advantage. |
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| 16 | 216 |
It is to the advantage of any given faction that there should be a small number of factions in competition and so the riders of an older faction, if unable to win themselves in given races, will often attempt to prevent a good race being flown by the riders of the new faction. |
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| 21 | 285 |
I pretended to stumble and the center man rushed forward to press his putative advantage. |
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| 21 | 293 |
As a Warrior, though it was not to my advantage, I found this satisfying. |
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| 22 | 132 |
I noted that Mip had been following Menicius, and when Menicius had swerved Mip had taken advantage of the opening thus presented and, like a knife, had plunged for the heart of the ring. |
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| 22 | 135 |
Menicius, I saw, savagely dragged his bird back to the center of the flight path, cursing, realizing how Mip had waited to take advantage of his momentary surrender of the center. |
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| 22 | 164 |
Mip took advantage of this cutting in closely, following now the rider in blue silk. |
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| 22 | 396 |
It is small, double-curved, about four feet in length, built up of layers of bosk horn, bound and reinforced with metal and leather; it is banded with metal at seven points, including the grip, metal obtained from Turia in half-inch rolled strips; the leather is applied diagonally, in two-inch strip... |
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| 8 | 41 |
* * * * Silently, swiftly, with the stamina and skill of the rence girl, Telima, unerringly taking advantage of every break in the marsh growth, never making a false thrust or motion, brought our small craft soon into the vicinity of the heavy, slowed barges, hampered not only by their weight but by... |
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| 14 | 304 |
They can, generally, sail satisfactorily to windward, taking full advantage of their lateen rigging, which is particularly suited to windward work. |
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| 17 | 71 |
This strategy, however, we expected would work, under the present conditions, to our advantage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 11 | 315 |
Indeed, if I could find an attractive pair, or pairs, I was confident I could wear them to my advantage, to please a master, to perhaps obtain my way, to perhaps help me dominate him. |
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| 16 | 232 |
I did not expect it would be drunk by all of the panther girls, but, if I could deprive the men of Tyros of more of their dangerous, beautiful allies, it would be to my advantage. |
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| 21 | 202 |
It was little to me that they, too, taking advantage of the confusion, had slipped away. |
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| 22 | 711 |
Natural selections suggest that a woman who wished to belong to a man, who wished to remain with him, who wished to have children, who wished to care for them, who loved them, would have an advantage, in the long run, as far as her genetic type was concerned, of surviving, over a woman who did not c... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 331 |
It has, too, the advantage that it is more manageable in close quarters than the peasant bow, resembling somewhat the Tuchuk bow of layered horn in this respect. |
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| 5 | 110 |
"When I engage Thorgard of Scagnar," said Ivar Forkbeard, "I shall do so to my advantage, not his". |
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| 7 | 37 |
"Then we will find another post!" There are many tricks in the use of the ax; feints are often used, and short strokes; and the handle, jabbing and punching; a full swing, of course, should it miss, exposes the warrior; certain elementary stratagems might be mentioned; the following are typical; it ... |
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| 7 | 159 |
The latter whip, commonly used on females, punishes terribly; it has, however, the advantage of not marking the victim. |
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| 15 | 213 |
I had not suspected, however, that the Forkbeard was taking advantage of a previously wrought path, and one which, in part at least, he had made for himself in years past. |
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| 18 | 214 |
"Regroup! Spears to the second line!" A hedge of spears, projecting from the lines of men, men with axes between them, waited for Kurii, should they try to press their advantage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 784 |
This was the major advantage which we now held. |
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| 2 | 117 |
An advantage of this municipal organization, of course, though it is scarcely a matter of intentional design, is that the water is in the most protected portion of the city, its center. |
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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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| 12 | 112 |
On the other hand, Hassan and myself had a certain advantage, I supposed, in freshness and novelty. |
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| 15 | 31 |
An advantage of the double-pipe system is that only a single tap well need be drilled. |
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| 16 | 84 |
The upright posture in men delivers a similar advantage, visually, in increasing scanning range, this being useful not only in the location of prey, but also, of course, in the recognition of dangers while remote, hopefully while yet avoidable. |
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| 25 | 666 |
She extended her right leg, looking at him over her right shoulder; her toes were pointed; her leg was flexed, revealing to its best, delicious advantage, the curve of her calf. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 23 |
I had been in his power, completely, and he had not pressed his advantage; he had not exploited his opportunity. |
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| 5 | 148 |
If a village markets in a given city, that city, by Gorean custom, stands as its shield, a relationship which, of course, works to the advantage of both the villages and city, the city receiving produce in its markets, the villages receiving the protection of the city's soldiers. |
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| 18 | 107 |
In it, a clever slave girl, taking advantage of just such a diversion as now rocked the Chatka and Curla, neck-thonged a free woman from behind and dragged her, helpless, to an alcove. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 4 | 215 |
The gambit is playable both ways, but not with the hope of retaining the captured spearman for a material advantage. |
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| 11 | 253 |
Both would now have to compete in absolute equality, beginning at the same point, neither with an advantage, as pure females, and as slaves, for the favor of men. |
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| 15 | 939 |
If he does not wish to take advantage of the public laundries, she must do his washing and ironing. |
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| 30 | 137 |
I did not take advantage of it. |
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| 31 | 223 |
"It is to your advantage that there be native Kurii," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 13 | 18 |
Another advantage of this position is that it makes the slave decidedly uneasy, for she knows it is more appropriate for her to be kneeling or lying in the presence of free men, unless she is engaged in serving them. |
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| 13 | 70 |
Too, I thought that it might be to the girl's advantage to be broken in by me, one more aware than would be most Goreans of the limitations of Earth girls. |
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| 34 | 17 |
Even in the open, as I was, in a clearing among trees, it is hard to use one's spear to its best advantage, the animal stays so close to you and moves so quickly. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 11 | 351 |
I will not take advantage of you". |
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| 19 | 22 |
This permits maneuverability and reduces the opponent's opportunities to take advantage of a misstep or a momentary clumsiness in the distribution of one's weight; too, it provides greater impact for the blows which one strikes. |
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| 25 | 131 |
I did not pursue my advantage. |
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| 25 | 146 |
I did not, again, pursue my advantage. |
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| 25 | 180 |
"Do you think you can dare to put yourself so off balance with me? Do you think to shame me? Next time I will press my advantage with severity". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 47 |
"Are you going to press your advantage?" "Do you beg it?" I asked. |
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| 10 | 93 |
"I will not take advantage of you, nor abuse you, nor exploit you. |
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| 23 | 14 |
"Their foolishness in this respect," I said, "should redound considerably to our advantage". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 71 |
At the least we would wish to garner a large force, one sufficient to exploit any possible advantage which might accrue to us in virtue of our possession of the documents stolen from the Tamira. |
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| 19 | 1002 |
What woman does not wish to be claimed by the mighty, by the bold and strong, by the master? The fashion plate, so to speak, of course, may be astonished that she does not sell for as much as many other women, but the fellow who buys her thinks of this as an obvious advantage. |
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| 20 | 592 |
But then what does a man know about such things? An advantage of this cumbersome arrangement is the protection of the hose and slippers in foul weather. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 582 |
In their way, given my lack of knowledge in these matters, they had been trying to take advantage of me. |
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| 8 | 925 |
An advantage of the first sort of coffle arrangement is that the chain may, as girls are added or subtracted, be shortened or lengthened. |
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| 8 | 927 |
An advantage of the second arrangement is that girls can be easily spaced on the chain, more or less closely together. |
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| 13 | 515 |
I am sure she received much pleasure from putting me to such labors, ordering me about, and so on, despite the difference in our social strata, a difference certainly not to her advantage. |
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| 13 | 838 |
"Slaves such as you, on Earth," I said, "not legally embonded, often use their beauty to their own advantage. |
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| 13 | 955 |
"Remember," I said, "it will be to your advantage to be a hot slave, and, indeed, the hottest slave you can be. |
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| 13 | 1581 |
"An advantage of this tie," I said, "is that a girl may kneel in it comfortably for hours, perhaps beside a master's chair, while he works, and is not yet ready for her". |
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| 17 | 259 |
"Taking advantage of the confusion, momentary, among the red savages, following their failure to break the line of the infantry, Alfred ordered his men through his own infantry lines, and led them again to the southeast. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 16 | 37 |
"And he, the marvelous monster, in my control, takes liberal advantage of that ambiguity!" "Oiputake," I said. |
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| 28 | 113 |
An additional advantage of long hair in a female slave, incidentally, is that it gives the master additional power over her, for, as he is the master, it is his decision whether or not she shall be able to keep it. |
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| 28 | 134 |
Similarly, slaves are to be absolutely unable, even if they wish, to interfere with the defense or abet the attackers, in any way; similarly, they are to be precluded from attempting to take advantage of the confusion, perhaps in order, foolishly, to attempt to escape. |
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| 28 | 146 |
An advantage of this coffle arrangement is that women may be easily taken from it, and added to it. |
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| 28 | 149 |
An advantage of the chains over the thongs, of course, is that the chain cannot be chewed through. |
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| 30 | 138 |
The Yellow Knife, the advantage of surprise lost, pulled back on the jaw rope of his kaiila. |
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| 33 | 4 |
The fact that we did not have kaiila had, it seemed, worked to our advantage. |
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| 37 | 492 |
You have a great advantage, you see, in that you are expecting it". |
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| 40 | 27 |
One advantage of such lodges, and of communal living, generally, is that it makes it easier to impose social controls on the members of the community. |
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| 42 | 87 |
Whatever adjustment is made to meet the point rider will presumably provide at least one of the following, flanking riders with an exploitable advantage. |
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| 54 | 29 |
The lad and Grunt had decided to go into partnership, this being thought to be to the advantage of both. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 150 |
Or was it the act of a natural prostitute, a worthless slut, who would think nothing of bartering flesh for an advantage, however negligible? Or was it an act sprung from a woman's deepest being, of mind and body, a revelation of her most secret and profound latencies, a cry from her core, from the ... |
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| 26 | 364 |
"I shall show you one advantage of the mills," said Aemilianus. |
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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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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 84 |
In such relationships another advantage of the mask is clearly demonstrated, its provision of anonymity to the wearer, should he or she desire it. |
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| 4 | 119 |
While there, of course, she had taken advantage of carnival to expeditiously accomplish her captures, among which I, like a fool, must be counted. |
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| 4 | 171 |
One advantage of the more southern route is that it passes through less rough terrain, terrain which provides less cover for highwaymen. |
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| 6 | 378 |
"Five thousand? One thousand!" "Oh, curse my poverty," cried Boots, "that I cannot take advantage of so golden an opportunity!" "I must have it," she wailed to the audience, "but I do not know what to do!" Many then were the suggestions called out to the bewildered Brigella from the audience, not al... |
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| 6 | 1095 |
The advantage of a girl pit, from the point of view of the seller, is that the merchandise cannot be seen unless one comes to the edge of the pit, perhaps standing behind the railing, and looking down. |
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| 6 | 1359 |
"One advantage to getting her," I said, "is that I think that she, being a relatively new slave, may be fairly cheap. |
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| 7 | 287 |
Worse, perhaps, two of his company had joined another troupe, taking advantage of an opportunity at the fair, the fellows who commonly played the comic father and the comic pedant. |
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| 12 | 21 |
"Out of the several times we have played," I said, "never have I enjoyed so great an advantage in material". |
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| 12 | 22 |
"Do you have an advantage?" he asked. |
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| 12 | 24 |
"More importantly I enjoy an immense advantage positionally". |
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| 12 | 70 |
Then with my superior, even overwhelming, advantage in material, it would be easy to bring about the conclusion of the game in short order. |
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| 12 | 103 |
Had I dared to take advantage of that misplay I might not have had to wait until now to win a game with him. |
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| 14 | 374 |
This secret, in the successive generations, might have been lost to the urt people, or, perhaps, it had been deliberately allowed to vanish in time by the discoverers of the secret, that others could not reveal it, or take advantage of it, to their detriment. |
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| 16 | 44 |
Another advantage of choosing a distant city is that there are not likely to be citizens of that city in the audience, who might take exception to the performance, though, to be sure, most Goreans understand what is going on and tend to enjoy the farce immensely, even if the captain is supposed to b... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 33 |
In moving back I had also tended to reassure the figure in the doorway that I meant no harm; this movement, too, of course, had the advantage of ensuring me reaction space; in moving toward the center of the hut I made it possible for her to see me better, this tending, too, one supposes, to allay s... |
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| 4 | 291 |
I blocked blows, not wishing to take advantage of his recklessness. |
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| 13 | 278 |
This was their one advantage, albeit under the circumstances one which did not appear likely to shift the scales much in their favor. |
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| 16 | 846 |
"Do you think any true man would let a curvaceous, luscious beauty like you, a mere prisoner set out for pleasure, a future slave, circumvent his whims in a situation like this, that he would not exploit his advantage, so to speak," I said. |
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| 16 | 874 |
She might profit from this lesson, carrying it to her advantage into slavery with her. |
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| 18 | 84 |
And as she, with her high intelligence, is swift to learn how to move as a slave, with a slave's beauty and grace, and to serve and kneel, and perform obeisance, and to wear revealing tunics and silks, appropriate to her status, so, too, she is quick to learn how to wear chains, and move in them, an... |
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| 25 | 334 |
It is an advantage of the auction that in it one is likely to obtain the highest price for a given item, certainly if there is active bidding. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 473 |
I pulled my wrists up, in their linked rings, taking advantage of the space at the small of my back. |
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| 11 | 1427 |
He had been kind to me, and the first thing I had tried to do was to take advantage of him, to bend him to my will. |
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| 19 | 91 |
It was a question of overcoming his inhibitions, connected with my supposed station, that of the free woman, my caste, his own, and perhaps some reservations about seeming to take advantage of my presumed straits. |
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| 19 | 118 |
"I must not take advantage of you". |
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| 25 | 215 |
He had taken advantage of me, even warning me to silence! Was it not my master's fault, for letting me go out of the tent in what was little more, in effect, than a collar and a G-string? To be sure, I did yield well, but what was I to have done? What did Aulus expect? I was a slave! Surely in his o... |
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| 27 | 292 |
Not only had he seemed apprised of the human female's reflexive scream reaction, her tendency to cry out with fear, but he had taken advantage of it, exploiting it expertly, using it for the convenient opportunity it afforded for her effective gagging. |
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| 27 | 295 |
How expertly he had taken advantage of my female reflexes! He had also, in his way, tricked me. |
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| 29 | 1555 |
It there was an initiative here, or some advantage, oddly enough it seemed to lie on the side of the stranger, not the pair of them. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 87 |
This may be a particular advantage early in her training, when she may not yet fully understand her new nature and its meaning. |
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| 9 | 88 |
Another advantage of the body hood is that it is intriguing and attractive on a woman, baring her legs but usually, unless the arms are also intriguingly bared, concealing the rest of her, this sort of thing exciting male interest, and yet, in virtue of the predominant concealment afforded, making h... |
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| 9 | 400 |
Its advantage, of course, is that it may be easily undone, by anyone. |
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| 15 | 579 |
"Does it seem fair to you," I asked Lady Claudia, "that Lady Publia should have such an advantage over the other women of Ar's Station?" "I do not know," said Lady Claudia. |
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| 17 | 311 |
The advantage of the left shoulder carry, the sheath at the left thigh, is the ease of discarding the belt and sheath, thereby ridding oneself of a possible encumbrance. |
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| 18 | 190 |
Naturally it opened inward, to the advantage of the citadel. |
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| 18 | 339 |
I took advantage of this to pull in the flanks and send them back over the walkway, and then drew the fellows before me closer, freeing some, the lines then being shortened, to follow their fellows back. |
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| 21 | 322 |
"The charges, if you are a free woman," he said, "are several, such as the intent to deceive with respect to caste, the jeopardizing of fellow citizenesses by discarding traditional concealments and modesties, to your own advantage in the event of the taking of the city, for example, going barefoot ... |
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| 21 | 330 |
"It is also believed that you carried much gold with you, in your purse, presumably, again, to improve your chances of persuading victorious Cosians to spare you, resources incidentally much beyond the reach of most women of Ar's Station, thus, again, supplying you with an advantage over them. |
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| 21 | 377 |
Am I to be blamed, too, for being more beautiful than many women of Ar's Station, for I am certain that I am, and for thus having some additional unfair advantage over them?" "Why did you not donate your hair to the defense of the city?" asked Aemilianus. |
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| 21 | 484 |
For example, in the present case, a judge would be expected to decide whether or not the behaviors of the sort performed, for example, the seeming misrepresentation of caste, the baring of certain portions of the body, perhaps violating codes of decorum, the adoption of exciting habiliments, with th... |
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| 21 | 761 |
Also, Lady Claudia was to be well fed that morning, and so this put sustenance in my way, of which I took advantage. |
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| 21 | 986 |
Another supposed advantage of the sheeted technique is that the girls are frightened and disoriented, and this increases their slave fears. |
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| 21 | 1018 |
A supposed advantage of the normal-coffle practice is that the women, being marched naked into a strange city look about themselves and feel themselves especially vulnerable and helpless. |
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| 21 | 1328 |
She had attempted to take advantage of the fact that she had not yet been branded and collared. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 527 |
A quarter of an inch, where hundredths of an Ihn are involved, can be a considerable advantage. |
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| 3 | 162 |
We had thus arranged that the courier, if his own sweat and dirt, and the miseries of a hangover, were not enough, thinking himself at fault, would wish a bath in the morning, a circumstance which I turned to my advantage as he later bathed, making away with the fellow's uniform, belongings, tarn an... |
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| 8 | 21 |
To be sure, the men of Ar, in their numbers, in their haste, with the relentlessness of their pursuit, only lately slowed, had not been in a position to take advantage of it. |
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| 13 | 253 |
"We must not allow them to press their advantage," said the officer. |
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| 17 | 339 |
The advantage of this form of gag is that the prisoner cannot remove it, even though his hands are free. |
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| 18 | 151 |
"It seems to me a trade to your advantage," I said, "a bit of metal, on a string, for your fellow". |
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| 21 | 43 |
An advantage of the blindfold, of course, is that it enables the mouth of the female to be seen, and to be kissed, and such. |
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| 26 | 168 |
"I can think of an interesting advantage the free woman has over the slave," I said. |
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| 26 | 178 |
"On the other hand," I said, "similarly, I can think of an obvious advantage which the female slave has over the free woman". |
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| 32 | 92 |
To be sure, it might be to her advantage, in such a case, to make certain that men are not watching, lest she must then redo the work, again and again. |
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| 46 | 80 |
I could not well get at more than one or two of them, and the others could then withdraw, or, indeed, more likely, take advantage of the opportunity to make off with, or kill, the slave. |
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| 47 | 22 |
But she, taking advantage of this moment of distraction, had crawled behind the side curtain of the next booth. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 926 |
A major advantage of sleeping the girl at your thigh is that you can easily reach her and, by the hair, or the chain, if one is used, pull her to you in the night. |
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| 5 | 104 |
I did not think that quarrel fire from the walls would be much to our advantage. |
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| 8 | 734 |
One advantage of shaving a girl's head, incidentally, is the duration of the punishment. |
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| 10 | 220 |
Too, of course, such costumes can intimidate weaklings, which some would undoubtedly rate as an additional advantage. |
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| 11 | 395 |
"That the bodies were not put outside," said Marcus, "makes it seem as though Cos feared the Delta Brigade, and did not wish that the effectiveness of its work be known, and that is much more to the advantage of the Brigade". |
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| 14 | 286 |
I did, of course, wish to accord her the recourse of pretending to forgetfulness, if she cared to take advantage of it. |
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| 22 | 230 |
"If true, that will give you an advantage," I said. |
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| 22 | 467 |
This is not simply because of the Gorean's typical reverence for tradition but because it is thought to have some military advantage, as well. |
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| 22 | 657 |
Obviously the scabbard attached to a belt is not only an encumbrance but it is something which someone else might seize, cling to, and perhaps use to his advantage. |
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| 24 | 289 |
A major advantage of this, of course, is that it entitled us to go abroad openly armed. |
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| 25 | 163 |
It is natural enough for a male slave to have an eye for female slaves, and it is not unusual for a female slave to occasionally, say, find herself taken advantage of by such a fellow. |
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| 26 | 529 |
I can make him see, I assure you, what is to his advantage! This is all some preposterous mistake. |
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| 27 | 52 |
"On an artificial world, conditioned to approve of negativistic ideologies, with determination and organization, and techniques of psychological manipulation, taking advantage of antibiological antecedents, they may be easily accomplished". |
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| 27 | 927 |
It was indeed a world in which, in many ways, the unnatural had well contrived, to their advantage, to deny nature to the natural. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 54 |
It had a lovely pattern in its marbling, but this pattern, through the glare of the sun, could not be seen to its advantage. |
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| 10 | 623 |
That is another advantage of the long leash, of course, that one, if the rights holder wishes, may be punished while still upon it. |
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| 11 | 249 |
If there is a consolation or advantage in this it is that they are almost certain to find that they are exactly, or almost exactly, what someone wants. |
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| 11 | 514 |
An advantage of having the girl's name on the collar is in tracing her. |
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| 11 | 719 |
So, too, surely had been the blanket, and even the wastes vessel! Had I understood such things as evidence of a special status, of special treatment, of special consideration, either of myself personally, or, more generally, of my sort of woman in this place? Had I interpreted such things as signs o... |
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| 12 | 72 |
The free woman does have one advantage, of course, over the slave, in eluding capture, which is that she is not a domestic animal. |
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| 12 | 390 |
But it was unthinkable, of course, that he might press his advantage, perhaps even to the alarming extent of touching his lips to my shoulder. |
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| 19 | 1209 |
This gave him much the advantage over me. |
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| 23 | 186 |
I did not think that the scarlet-clad figure, who seemed a man of honor, as seem most Gorean males, would take advantage of the lovely, slavelike creature. |
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| 37 | 507 |
This new arrangement, that of five groups, made possible a more diversified deployment of the men, presumably an advantage on the walkway about the urt pool. |
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| 37 | 996 |
That loses him his advantage. |
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| 37 | 1064 |
But it might have been to his advantage had he paid closer attention to the figure in the water for suddenly the thing behind Abnik rose up in the water and, at the same time, we saw the quarrel of a bow emerge and the cable snapped forward and the quarrel took the lieutenant in the side of the thro... |
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| 38 | 275 |
He with the advantage had apparently been overconfident, or careless, in the endgame. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 236 |
At her first opportunity, the next day, she hurried to her training room, to take advantage of the mirrors there. |
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| 12 | 172 |
An advantage of a lock-gag is, of course, that the slave, while totally unable to speak, may yet attend to whatever other duties her master may set her. |
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| 13 | 390 |
"I have waited for days, for there to be a raid I could use for cover, a raid I could turn to my own advantage," he said. |
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| 17 | 1160 |
Though it had surely been with pleasure that she had discovered the bowl within the reach of her chain, and she was grateful for the relief of her distress, it was shortly thereafter that she considered the simplicity, rudeness and directness of this arrangement, adequate it seemed for a lowly slave... |
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| 18 | 8 |
She presents herself, as goods, to her best advantage. |
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| 19 | 356 |
One advantage of this carry is that the slave cannot see to what device, or accommodation, or destination, she is being borne. |
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| 22 | 145 |
And certainly amongst human females there was a disposition to attempt to present themselves to advantage before an attractive male. |
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| 30 | 495 |
And what of the calculating free woman, as well, she, ensconced in veils and customs, despising men as weaklings, exploiting them, though sheltered and protected by them, viewing them as conveniences, as little more, at best, than sources of social and economic advantage, save, of course, for the gr... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 561 |
Her beauty she had always until now bartered to her own advantage, utilizing it, with its smiles, and gestures, and turnings, to obtain the perquisites of Earth. |
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| 5 | 166 |
"I think it will be much to her advantage to come to a realization of this as soon as possible, particularly if she should be outside the stable". |
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| 21 | 276 |
If the battle is team war the speeched side has an advantage". |
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| 21 | 453 |
Whatever the clue might have been, a pressing of a paw into the sand to gain leverage for a blow, an intake of breath prior to striking, a tiny sound of harness, perhaps even the slick, shifting of a grip, to take advantage of a less-moist, drier surface, Grendel threw himself to the side and the mi... |
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| 23 | 172 |
To be sure, they have a considerable advantage, as they may simply make use of slaves, in the taverns, and such". |
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| 26 | 172 |
"Certainly his small, well-formed companion, the small, sleek beast of which he is so unconscionably fond, has the coin of advantage and survival well in hand, information of importance to Agamemnon, and would spend it instantly to procure not only her life but his favor". |
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| 34 | 257 |
"That gives us something of an advantage, does it not?" asked Cabot. |
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| 36 | 37 |
This is particularly to one's advantage if one is faced with a given foe, as in single combat. |
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| 36 | 107 |
Yesterday evening, taking advantage of the darkness, Lord Grendel had exited the cave, taking with him a knife, the ax, one of the bows, and a sheaf of arrows. |
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| 61 | 203 |
This is a brief moment of advantage, which may never occur again. |
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| 67 | 49 |
One moves with some stealth, naturally, often taking advantage of cover, and one tends to be very alive to one's surroundings, as the smallest suggestion of something perhaps seen, the tiniest sound perhaps heard, the faintest odor perhaps discerned, may be burdened with significance. |
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| 70 | 155 |
"The exchange is obviously much to your advantage," said Flavion. |
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| 77 | 148 |
The killer humans, then, had this additional difference, or advantage, that they might, out of a pool of women, buy she who might most please them. |
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| 79 | 572 |
The city, betrayed by many within, who sought advantage, fell to foes, and the former daughter, a conspirator as well, was brought forth by the traitors and victors and placed as a puppet on the throne". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 54 |
Obviously a skilled swordsman would have an advantage in such matters, which it would be inappropriate, and perhaps dishonorable, to press. |
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| 4 | 49 |
Or had such things to do with Priest-Kings, and their plans? And were Kurii here intent on turning something to their own advantage? From the shelter of the trees, I looked across the water. |
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| 4 | 162 |
"And I doubt you have ever looked on anything," I said, "without considering how it might be put to your advantage". |
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| 9 | 70 |
Here was a female, however, who would not only look well in shackles, but, first, might be turned to the advantage of purposes extending far beyond the coins she might bring when taken from the block. |
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| 10 | 525 |
"And your practice always wore the veil of mutual interest, of the earnest exploitation of timely opportunities, of the utmost business efficiency, of the highest standards of commercial professionalism, but, underneath, was concealed an agenda of unilateral advantage, for your firm and yourself, an... |
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| 14 | 78 |
It is a formidable weapon on the ground, but, on tarnback, in resisting an aerial tarn attack, I thought that the light, slender temwood lance, favored by the Tuchuks, would be more formidable, being quicker, with its lightness, and longer, as well, giving the advantage of a greater reach. |
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| 16 | 63 |
One advantage of the scarf, it seems, is that it might be removed, or changed, depending on the fortunes of war. |
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| 16 | 137 |
On the other hand, given the usual proximity to targets in both cases, the rate and duration of fire of the short bow supplies it, in this sort of warfare, as it would in Tuchuk warfare, with a clear advantage. |
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| 16 | 187 |
In such cases there is not unoften a killing, and sometimes a woman, most often a slave, sometimes a seductive, manipulative, conniving slave who would, for her perceived advantage, or sense of power, set masters against one another. |
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| 16 | 262 |
There are always jealousies, resentments, hatreds, and factions in cities, and the clever will exploit them to his own advantage. |
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| 18 | 27 |
Engage, if possible, only when it is to your advantage, I had cautioned them. |
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| 18 | 30 |
Too, some of our fellows, still on tarnback, their tarns on the ground, used their arrows to advantage. |
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| 20 | 79 |
In the Gorean phalanx the field commander leads the right wing, which tends to drift to the right, this resulting from the natural tendency of each man to take advantage of the protection of the shield of the man on his right, as well as his own shield. |
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| 22 | 18 |
To be sure, a woman might be less innocent, and might partake of, say, wine, with a stranger, one on whom she hopes to employ her wiles to her profit, one from whom she might hope to win some favor or advantage; perhaps she regales him with some contrived tale of hardship or woe, designed to elicit ... |
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| 24 | 168 |
"I have the advantage of them, for I know that in one of five places before me, at my own table, tiny, curled in one of five cups, there lurks an ost". |
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| 26 | 201 |
More than one battle was lost when an infantry took advantage of heavy rainfall to attack a foe, a foe temporarily deprived of the support of its tarn cavalry. |
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| 30 | 67 |
The advantage of having the ram above the waterline is that it increases the speed of the ship, particularly if the ram has a flared collar. |
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| 30 | 79 |
"We will have here," said Aëtius, "a fortress, a floating city, with hundreds of defenders, swordsmen, spearmen, archers, and such, who will have the advantage of height". |
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| 38 | 294 |
I had given him, perhaps unwisely, given his treachery and crime, an opportunity for escape and freedom, an opportunity which, as it turned out, he had been unable to turn to his advantage. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 22 |
The ideal, of course, is to engage the enemy only when it is to one's advantage, not to his advantage. |
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| 2 | 115 |
Such ships are less likely to engage a medium- or heavy-class galley than support such larger sisters in their altercations, perhaps hovering about, like a small sleen, awaiting an auspicious moment to take advantage of an otherwise distracted foe. |
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| 3 | 628 |
It seems that a group of mercenaries, perhaps fifteen or twenty, with some women in tow, roped together by the neck, had determined to take advantage of the distraction my presence had brought about at the perimeter. |
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| 4 | 33 |
Might that not be to her advantage? Yet, in his haste to make a swift, unencumbered escape, she had been abandoned, left on the roof of the Central Cylinder. |
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| 8 | 478 |
What a fool one would be, not to advantage oneself of such an opportunity. |
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| 12 | 112 |
One advantage of the high watches, as opposed to deck watches, corridor duty, stores guarding, work in the sail room, and such, is that it is difficult to be approached. |
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| 12 | 179 |
Similarly, the scantiness of common slave garb, though its principal purpose is to display the slave's beauty, has the additional advantage that it tends to render the concealment of a weapon impractical. |
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| 21 | 403 |
What in one man might seem pointless or gratuitous, in another, such as Tyrtaios, might be the result of sober calculation, a move on the kaissa board of advantage. |
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| 22 | 227 |
Four bodies were placed before Cabot and Lord Nishida, held by four men, and I, as they, took advantage of this shelter. |
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| 26 | 25 |
Statistically, two men are likely to vanquish a single man, one engaging, one killing, with the result that there is not likely to be one survivor, one of the two men, but rather two of the two men, the two who held the numerical advantage, slender though it might have seemed. |
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| 29 | 61 |
Although the Pani on the ship would be much outnumbered, they would have the advantage of position. |
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| 32 | 16 |
The trail, with its tortuous twisting, taking advantage of the side of the mountain, was better than a pasang in length, but, it seemed in a moment, I saw the wharf. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 575 |
A week would not pass without my declining several offers for outings, afternoons or evenings, with such, while I would select from amongst such offers those few which I deemed suitable, those which might prove eventually to be to my advantage, those from suitably positioned young men, young men wor... |
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| 8 | 692 |
Still, it is commonly to one's advantage, as noted, to present oneself well on the block, hoping thereby to obtain a richer master, a better house, lighter duties, and such. |
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| 8 | 1403 |
In this respect a Gorean woman enslaved had an advantage over me. |
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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 | 2011 |
Surely a girl is entitled to look out for herself, avail herself of opportunities, improve her place, take advantage of things, and so on. |
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| 10 | 57 |
Additionally, they are instructed in various responses to various bindings, for example, how to exploit them to their advantage, how to wear them attractively, how to move seductively within them, how to utilize them to enhance their desirability, how to use them in such a way, by movement and expre... |
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| 10 | 145 |
This I might turn to my advantage. |
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| 10 | 274 |
One advantage to having a slave who cannot read is that one may use the girl to carry messages amongst friends or associates, messages which she cannot read. |
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| 14 | 49 |
The advantage, of course, lies with the stallsman. |
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| 15 | 74 |
I took advantage of what cover might be available. |
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| 16 | 46 |
One advantage of a private male master is that they are commonly rather proprietary where their slaves are concerned, even jealous. |
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| 35 | 208 |
"To be sure," he said, "this advantage is not likely to be of long duration. |
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| 35 | 233 |
"Presumably," he said, "those gambling on behalf of the house would wish to have some advantage in the matter". |
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| 35 | 237 |
"And how," he asked, "does the house obtain its advantage? Are there apertures in the ceiling through which an accomplice, perhaps with a glass, might somehow signal the house's player, are there loitering observers nearby, in a position to read cards, and convey signals?" "I do not think so," I sai... |
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| 35 | 238 |
"The advantage then," he said, "lies in the cards themselves". |
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| 42 | 53 |
It seems thus that in nature an organ which may constitute a danger or increased hazard in one respect may in another respect confer a significant advantage. |
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| 49 | 121 |
Moreover, he had the advantage that Lucius and his cohorts were not aware of this intrusion into what they took to be their private domain. |
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| 49 | 195 |
Too, might not another steel world bring Agamemnon to one of its own laboratories and there restore and rearm him, that he might further pursue, perhaps now to their own advantage, planetary imperialisms? Desmond of Harfax had wanted to kill Agamemnon. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 135 |
But to whom, and where? Certainly a lovely female makes a splendid gift, and, in many situations, can be bartered to one's advantage. |
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| 11 | 102 |
Who is accountable for the tragic routes leading to misery and want, to unhappiness and deprivation? Whence the monstrous distortions which would turn an animal against itself, and teach it to suspect, repudiate, and lacerate its own being? Who spoke to their own advantage, and proclaimed as truths ... |
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| 13 | 155 |
The Gorean woman may have an advantage in some ways, for she is familiar with the culture; indeed, she may have owned her own slaves, male or female. |
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| 41 | 57 |
Had not Master Genserich or Master Aeson kicked my knees apart, that I might understand I was, in that camp, a pleasure slave? We have our power, our beauty, our wit, our intelligence, and may use it to our advantage. |
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| 43 | 139 |
Once it does so, there would no longer be point, or advantage, to our report". |
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| 43 | 523 |
This would not be wise to do without the advantage of numbers, and the numbers, I gather, are not clear". |
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| 44 | 62 |
With what diligence and pleasure I had employed the soft arsenals at the disposal of a slave, her closeness, her breath, her smiles, her expressions, her lips, her postures, her attitudes, her words, and touch, to my advantage. |
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| 48 | 9 |
I saw no advantage in delaying my crossing, supposing that I could manage it. |
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| 49 | 190 |
"Master has the advantage over me," she said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 52 |
I saw little advantage in them, save to lure in intruders, which might then, after attacking empty bed rolls, be fallen upon. |
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| 7 | 331 |
In this case your suspicions, if suspicions they be, worked well to my advantage. |
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| 9 | 47 |
In the field manuals the common lesson is to pursue an advantage to the end, to follow up on the victory, never to stop with an incomplete victory, but the field manuals are written with the care and leisure which might accompany kaissa. |
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| 13 | 154 |
Had Lord Temmu not had the mighty, nigh-impregnable holding of the house of Temmu at his disposal I suspected that this war would have been concluded long ago, and not to his advantage. |
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| 13 | 176 |
Thus, given the legerdemain of ambiguity and obscurity, abetted by occasional, reassuring nuggets of augured gold, it would be possible to convince a gullible patron to pursue courses of action which were less to his advantage than to that of another, in this case, Lord Yamada. |
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| 14 | 129 |
"Most of the readings are stupid ambiguities and obscure nonsense, things which might be interpreted in several ways, one of which is likely, from time to time, to bear some resemblance to something or other which might actually occur, but I take care, naturally, to supply the content now and then, ... |
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| 15 | 68 |
"Which is a splendid advantage". |
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| 17 | 14 |
One advantage of the bow's construction is that despite its length it may be fired from a kneeling position, this allowing the archer to avail himself of lower cover and expose less of his body in firing. |
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| 21 | 56 |
It seemed clear to me that Lord Yamada had arranged with Tatsu to reveal a reading to his political advantage, which would then be relayed to the holding of Temmu, sooner or later, by Tajima and Pertinax. |
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| 21 | 464 |
"I take advantage of the privileges accorded a guest," I said. |
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| 32 | 35 |
An enemy's suspicions, and fears, often work to one's advantage. |
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| 37 | 36 |
"I am also sure, of course," I said, "he would be willing, as would the shogun, to sacrifice her instantly for political reasons, but why do so, if there is no advantage in doing so?" "Where is she now?" asked Haruki. |
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| 47 | 291 |
This choice of weapons gave him the advantage of length of blade, as well as heaviness of stroke. |
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| 49 | 102 |
"You sought to achieve an advantage over your sister slaves," I said, "who must display themselves as commanded, uniformly". |
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| 54 | 189 |
In such a situation, of course, the enveloping forces are likely to have the advantage, given the extent of their logistical base and the openness and stability of their supply lines. |
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| 57 | 62 |
One expects the wise commander to press an advantage, allowing his foe no respite. |
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| 57 | 65 |
Who would choose to hold ground or counterattack under a sky in which might suddenly appear the stern, beating wings of fate's implement, a gigantic dragon sprung alive from legend and myth, capable of palpable arson and destruction, appearing in a world where the canvas over one's head might burst ... |
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| 57 | 76 |
It remained unclear at this point, of course, whether or not Lord Temmu would seize the tempo of war and invest troops in consolidating his advantage, and, if so, in what numbers. |
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| 57 | 315 |
"We will have an advantage," I said. |
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| 59 | 260 |
This was an advantage, of course, which one seldom has in dealing with a foe. |
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| 60 | 89 |
Nodachi, in the rhythms of combat, in its tides, in its alternation of offense and defense, had now elected to withstand this storm of steel rather than penetrate it, and seek in it some advantage. |
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| 60 | 97 |
But Lord Yamada had not pressed the advantage. |
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| 60 | 254 |
He would have the advantage of height, striking down, with the uplifted faces of the enemy almost within reach. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 129 |
It could be exploited, to my advantage. |
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| 7 | 323 |
That will be to your advantage. |
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| 8 | 274 |
Goreans, male and female, are not conditioned to dread and fear nature, to abet the agendas of the weak, strange, and ill-constituted, those who would seek power by means of imposing values and disvalues, those who would strive to instill and manipulate guilt to their own advantage. |
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| 9 | 536 |
I gathered, from the context, that it was not to a woman's advantage to resemble one. |
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| 15 | 107 |
In this way an animal might escape a larger, more formidable animal entering its burrow, or, more frequently, utilize the additional opening to withdraw from its lair unnoticed, which may be of advantage in deceiving watchful prey, in surprising an enemy, and so on. |
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| 18 | 35 |
"But, if not, a delay might ensue, which would work to my advantage". |
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| 40 | 91 |
His proposal is so contrived as to assure him an untoward advantage, and he fears, doubtlessly justifiably, that he would be scorned, and beaten from the shop". |
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| 42 | 89 |
I then told them of the supposed gratitude of a supposed Lord Arcesilaus, seemingly a Kur, spoken of as the Twelfth Face of the Nameless One, entitled "Theocrat of the World," or, at least, I supposed, of one world, a particular steel world, a gratitude that was to find expression in a gift, a gift ... |
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| 49 | 104 |
One advantage of extending a campaign to the early fall is that, at that time, the enemy's sa-tarna is ready for harvest. |
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| 61 | 744 |
"If you feel men are reluctant to go about slaughtering slaves," she said, "why do you not take advantage of that?" "We tried," said Drusus Andronicus. |
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| 66 | 7 |
Is that not to the advantage of those who fear nature, who regard it as threatening their ambitions? But why should the goals of one be imposed as demands on others? Why is prescription superior to need and desire? If one desires to submit, to kneel, to serve, and love, why should one not do so? Who... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 |
Is it so strange that a lightly-clad, collared, owned animal, sexual and beautiful, exciting and needful, her slave fires kindled by the will and doings of men, might be found, however undeservedly, of interest to men? What man would wish, save for social or economic advantage, to indefinitely pursu... |
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| 7 | 66 |
Chance bestowed upon us a signal advantage, as, delightfully, an independent fire broke out on the wharves, originating in the house of Flavius Minor. |
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| 7 | 67 |
It was easy to take advantage of this felicitous coincidence. |
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| 8 | 726 |
"To our advantage!" cried another. |
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| 12 | 1 |
I Cannot Forget Addison Steele; I am Hooded; I Discover that I have been Reserved Seven days had passed since Addison Steele, a free man, a former acquaintance from Earth, unexpectedly, amazingly, encountered on Gor, in Port Kar, on the Thieves' Way South, had taken advantage of me, a helpless slav... |
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| 18 | 77 |
We thought things turned out more to our advantage. |
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| 27 | 141 |
Clearly he contemplated flight, pondering declining to participate even in a contest so ostensibly to his advantage. |
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| 31 | 75 |
This is an advantage in First Blood contests, where a light touch may be sufficient for a win. |
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| 31 | 77 |
This can be an advantage in Last Blood contests, particularly if more than one contestant is involved. |
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| 41 | 203 |
The advantage of surprise was with the new arrivals. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 126 |
Heavily then the advantage is on your side. |
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| 9 | 16 |
"They would lose the advantage of numbers. |
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| 14 | 10 |
Too, if raiders or allies of raiders managed to muster a ship or ships, we might always, well warned by lookouts posted, depart or, if it seemed to our advantage, meet them at sea. |
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| 20 | 65 |
That you will be defenseless and at her mercy! Every tyranny wishes to deprive the tyrannized of the means to resist! What tyranny would not seek to do so, what tyranny would not struggle to bring about a situation so much to its advantage? And meanwhile, the docile verr, so proud and jealous of the... |
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| 30 | 33 |
"Our advantage at the moment," I said, "is that the enemy does not know our strength". |
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| 37 | 117 |
An advantage to being a free laborer is that one can simply walk off the job. |
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| 41 | 172 |
"That is a great advantage of siege towers," said Clitus. |
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| 44 | 9 |
It is similar to defending a bridge or narrow pass, in which a single man, or a handful of men, may slow or stop the advance of far greater numbers, save that the defender of the wall has the additional advantage of, so to speak, a higher ground. |
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| 44 | 10 |
Walls reduce the advantage of numbers. |
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| 44 | 66 |
As a consequence of such lethal hoaxes the enemy's audacity was soon diminished, with the result that he sometimes failed to exploit opportunities that might have been much to his advantage. |
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| 49 | 153 |
"They scorn honor themselves, but recognize it in others, and seek to exploit it to their advantage". |
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| 53 | 40 |
"That is perhaps to our advantage," I said. |
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| 54 | 80 |
"Why should you concern yourself," said Clitus, "if the enemy entertains a mistaken notion?" "Such might work to your advantage," I said. |
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| 59 | 34 |
The Theran fleet under Nicomachos, anticipating land action on Chios near Mytilene, had embarked with numerous Cosian regulars aboard, which allowed frequent shifts of oarsmen, an advantage which the corsair fleet had itself hitherto exploited, this now, however, enabling the Theran fleet to equal, ... |
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