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Balance

Book 1. (5 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	40	"Kazrak of Port Kar," said Mintar, "do you agree to surrender the balance of your hiring price to Tarl of Bristol if he takes your place in my service?" "Yes," responded Kazrak.	10
10	129	Kazrak, as he had promised, turned over the balance of his hiring price to me—a very respectable eighty tarn disks.	10
12	148	The pack also contained, and more importantly from my point of view, the balance of my supplies, intended for the home flight to Ko-ro-ba.	10
17	49	The second major condition requested by the Initiates was that the city be garrisoned by only ten thousand chosen troops, and that the balance of the horde be allowed to enter the gates only unarmed.	10
19	137	I supposed what he said was true, but it may have been a calculated remark, something to put the enemy off balance, like announcing an unseen mate in chess to provoke an opponent into making an unnecessary defensive move, causing him to lose the initiative.	10

Book 2. (9 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	112	Slowly, every muscle straining to keep my balance, the cords in my legs and back like tortured cables, I reached out my hand to Ost's and, struggling in agony to keep my balance, added the weight of his yoke to mine as I drew him to his knees.	10
12	22	Two small hands caught it, and, struggling, managed to swing it back, keeping my balance.	10
13	105	Once, twice, he charged, but pulled up short, seeing if he could bring me forward, off balance to meet the charge.	10
17	101	But most managed to stand upright, catching their balance, and, almost as one man, that wretched degraded huddle of slaves turned its frightened, empty eyes upon me.	10
20	105	But each time we attained a certain altitude, the eyes of the tarn would seem to lose their focus, and the unerring balance and coordination of the sable monster would be disrupted.	10
20	117	The tarn had struck a field of some sort, which perhaps acted on the mechanism of his inner ear, resulting in the loss of balance and coordination.	10
22	168	The balance of mutual regard is always delicate and, statistically, it is improbable that it can long be maintained throughout an entire population.	10
22	212	He caught his balance there and, earrings swinging, turned to regard me as though I might have lost my senses.	10
23	42	What could I balance against her—my honor, my thirst for vengeance, my curiosity, my frustration, my fury? I put my arm about her shoulder and led her down from the hillock.	10

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

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
12	184	Before the other could regain his balance, I had leaped to him and seized him in my hands and lifted him high over my head and hurled him on his back to the stone flooring of the long chamber.	10
22	160	I tried the balance, and dropped the steel back into its sheath.	10
28	1	Gravitational Disruption We were in the fifth week of the War in the Nest and the issue still hung in balance.	10

Book 4. (10 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	24	I had left the vicinity of the Sardar Range in the month of Se'Var, which in the northern hemisphere is a winter month, and had journeyed south for months; and had now come to what some call the Plains of Turia, others the Land of the Wagon Peoples, in the autumn of this hemisphere; there is, due ap...	10
3	6	Not a rider was thrown or seemed for an instant off balance.	10
8	470	She was off balance but righted herself and with an angry cry sped from the circle.	10
8	492	Her hands were out, trying instinctively to maintain her balance; the bola weights were still snapping about her ankles in tiny, angry circles; in an instant she would fall to the grass; racing past I seized her by the hair and threw her over the saddle; scarcely did she comprehend what was happenin...	10
9	336	His hand drew back but the blow never fell, for with a cry of pain he reeled away, the hilt of a quiva pressed against the inside of his forearm, the balance of the blade emerging on the other side.	10
10	551	Kamras lunged and it looked like Kamchak threw up his arm at the last instant as though he had lost balance, and indeed he was now tottering on one boot.	10
10	554	Kamchak was nearly stumbling over backward and kept trying to regain his balance.	10
10	555	In this chase, rather undignified, Kamras had struck a dozen times and each time, astoundingly, the off-balance Kamchak, holding his sword now like a physician's pestle, had managed somehow to meet the blow.	10
11	341	She threw back her hand with the knife to rush forward and thrust it into the heart of Kamchak but the coil of the whip lashed forth and I saw its stinging tip wrap four times about the wrist and forearm of the Turian girl who cried out in sudden pain and Kamchak had stepped to the side and with a m...	10
23	84	When, on the whole, the long-term balance of battle would seem to lie with them, there would be little point in their undertaking the risk of darkness.	10

Book 5. (2 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
13	375	I examined the knife, the balance of it, the hilt, the tapered blade.	10
17	83	With a laugh the long-legged girl reached for the tin cup, at which point I seized her wrists and sprang to my feet, swinging her off balance and, not releasing her, whirled her about, tangling her in the ropes, preventing them from being drawn tight.	10

Book 6. (6 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	23	She stood well in the light, slightly shifting skiff of rence, moving almost imperceptibly, unconsciously, to maintain an easy balance.	10
14	151	By this time, of course, the balance of my fleet, eighteen ram-ships, would have struck the treasure fleet, now protected only by some ten ram-ships, from the northwest.	10
15	481	This afternoon I had presented her, with her maidens, in the chains of slave girls, together with portions of the treasures of the treasure fleet, and accountings of the balance thereof, before the Council of Captains of Port Kar.	10
17	38	The balance, the great majority of ships in the joint fleet, thus, would remain, at least for the time, unengaged, apart from the battles.	10
17	178	And simultaneously with the initiation of the pincers attack the balance of my fleet, the reserves, fifty-five tarn ships, should draw within signal distance of the Dorna.	10
18	19	"Set the storm sail!" Men hastened to do what I had told them, and, as they did so, I sent signals to reserve ships, to be conveyed to the balance of the fleet, that they might save themselves while they could.	10

Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	18	The balance of one hundred and fifty gold pieces would be due when the consignment was delivered.	10

Book 8. (2 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
18	89	Behind her came the balance of her girls, in panther skins, and behind them, concluding the coffle, slave girls who had belonged to Marlenus and had served him, and his men, in his camp.	10
21	164	As soon as the men of Marlenus, sixty-seven of them, and the balance of my men, eight, had been freed, they had trekked to the beach followed by the women, with the slave chain.	10

Book 9. (8 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	76	It is not actually a dance, of course, but it is an athletic feat of no little stature requiring a superb eye, fantastic balance and incredible coordination.	10
7	68	"Yes, my Jarl," she said, seizing the rope handle of the keg and, leaning to the right to balance it, hurried from the churning shed.	10
10	241	With a cry of rage the shield bearer of Bjarni of Thorstein Camp rushed at me, to thrust me back, stumbling, hopefully to put me off my balance, for the following stroke of his swordsman.	10
14	251	Hand over hand I crawled up the chain; then the chain shook, wildly; I struggled to hold it; the fire at my right sleeve snapped back and forth; I lost my breath; I feared my neck would break; blood was on the chain; I held it; Kurii howled beneath me; I moved further up the chain; then the chain st...	10
15	379	Crying out I lost my balance, turning, and plunged from the peak.	10
17	56	The balance was apt.	10
18	622	She cried out, startled, sobbing, and stumbled more than a dozen steps before she regained her balance.	10
22	67	They walked slowly, bent over, placing each step carefully, that they not lose their balance, heavy skins, bulging and damp, across their shoulders.	10

Book 10. (9 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
16	65	Its organ of balance, or hidden "ear," is also unusually large, and is connected with an unusually large balance center in its brain.	10
3	5	With the light rein I pulled my kaiila to the left as we passed, and the man, trying to reach me, was, startled, off balance.	10
7	197	His right, booted foot stamped forward, his body turned to the left, minimizing target, his head to the right, maximizing vision, his rear foot at right angles to the attack line, maximizing leverage, assuring balance.	10
11	374	She almost lost her balance.	10
14	8	I lost my balance and fell.	10
14	12	I recovered my balance.	10
19	174	We crouched down, trying to keep our balance, the ditch between us and the standing beast.	10
21	325	I held to the fur at its arm, fighting to keep my balance.	10
21	431	He tried to hold his balance.	10

Book 11. (2 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	25	If the cities of Saleria should multiply and grow strong, their power might balance or exceed that of great Ar itself.	10
8	56	Outside the low walls, several individuals observed the proceedings, the balance of the men of Clitus Vitellius, some villagers, including some peasant boys, and Melina, veiled, the slack, fat companion of the huge Thurnus.	10

Book 12. (2 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
16	16	Bracing the knife permits force from the leg to be applied, whereas balance and control are not sacrificed, because the point is subtly guided by the movement of the fingers.	10
30	75	It had good balance.	10

Book 13. (6 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	252	They had returned then, exhausted, to the balance of their party and boats, which had been waiting for them at the eastern shore of Ushindi.	10
6	204	Ulafi, it seemed to me, struck this sort of balance well with his men and ship.	10
24	272	Ayari moved toward the bow of the canoe, half standing, to try to balance the weight.	10
33	31	There must have been in the neighborhood of a hundred, oared river galleys, the balance of the fleet which had been prepared for Shaba's originally projected penetration of the Ua, and perhaps again as many canoes.	10
46	1	The Balance of the Talunas have now been Captured; I Hear of the Marchers "There they are! We have them now!" cried the slender-legged, dark-haired girl.	10
53	152	Bila Huruma, with the balance of his ships and supplies, had followed him.	10

Book 14. (4 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
19	21	It is important to maintain one's balance.	10
25	177	Such an action puts a man off balance.	10
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".	10
25	194	He grunted savagely trying to hurl me off balance into the palings.	10

Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
23	108	With one foot I moved aside the low table, watching Kliomenes, that he not attack me as I step upon the table, maintaining an uneven balance.	10
27	133	I waited until he was upright, in the moment he had caught his balance.	10
31	6	The gate is raised by muscle power, abetted by two heavy, drumlike weights which partially balance its weight, transmitted to the windlass by means of metal windlass poles, or bars, these being used to rotate the windlass.	10
31	161	There are two counterweights, as I have mentioned, which partially balance the weight of the gate.	10
32	205	He then took his sword back, and, with a slash or two in the air, tried its balance.	10
32	226	I stumbled backward, off balance.	10
32	267	He was off balance and I reared upward, close to him, within his guard, seizing him and half turning him in the crook of my right arm, the blade in that hand.	10

Book 16. (2 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	82	While vessels followed our putative course, and the balance of the pirate fleet, regrouping and repairing injuries, waited upon their return, we sped, in alternating shifts, day and night, toward the holding of Policrates.	10
11	171	There are few garments which, in their cunning balance of concealment and exposure, better impress upon a woman, and on all who gaze upon her, her bondage, than the common camisk.	10

Book 17. (5 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	1035	This maximizes balance, control and impact.	10
1	1076	In particular, it tends, on the whole, to arrange social hierarchies in such a way that the society is oriented toward aggressiveness and warfare, features which tend to protect and preserve, in an almost natural harmony and balance, delicate relationships between food supplies, territories and popu...	10
8	592	I caught his wrist and, twisting it, jerked him forward and off balance, at the same time kicking forcibly upwards.	10
19	63	He held momentarily to the lance, his head down, keeping his balance.	10
19	608	He picked up the lance, using it as a staff to maintain his balance.	10

Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
24	51	Then he swung the lance down and against the side of the kaiila and Cuwignaka lost his balance and the lance, rolling under the paws of the beast.	10
28	308	From the point of view of the target, of course, which may even be off balance, it is difficult, in the interval involved, to set itself for a second evasive action.	10
34	308	I then replaced the balance of the rope on the travois, securing it in place.	10
37	458	"Get on your feet," I cried, "Slave!" Unsteadily, trembling, her head lifted, she rose to her feet, her hands out to help her maintain her balance.	10
43	402	It landed, happily, on a Yellow Knife who was charging from the side, causing him to lose his balance and fall.	10
44	834	We divided the balance of the pemmican and water between us.	10
56	22	I hoisted her to the back of a kaiila and she, to keep her balance, momentarily frightened, clutched at its mane, fastening her fingers in it.	10

Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
30	177	If I were to remove a hand from the wall I would fall against it; from such a position, so awkward and helpless, it is difficult to regain one's balance quickly and smoothly.	10

Book 20. (2 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	1742	I caught my balance.	10
10	415	She clutched the wagon wheel to keep her balance, now again facing me.	10

Book 21. (5 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	198	He was also the initiator of the oblique advance in Gorean field warfare, whereby large numbers of men may be concentrated at crucial points while the balance of the enemy remains unengaged.	10
3	200	Too, if the attack fails, the advanced force may fall back, knowing that the balance of their army, indeed, its bulk, rested and fresh, not yet engaged, is fully prepared to cover their retreat.	10
4	252	It had good weight and balance.	10
25	1445	She was skillful at this type of game, it seemed, to provoke a male response, and then to claim she had been misunderstood, and was offended, thus confusing the male, keeping him off balance, and, in general, thusly guaranteeing, with a glance or tear, that she would have things her own way.	10
26	1529	She looked up at me, puzzled, I then, after regarding her for a time, suddenly, with the back of my hand, struck her fiercely back from the mat, she twisting and falling back, flung to the side from her knees, almost half on her feet for an instant, then losing her balance, then falling back into th...	10

Book 22. (4 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	71	I suddenly jerked, and almost fell, uttering, startled, a stifled sound, my head moving, the gag straps pulling at the back of my neck, the girl in front of me almost off balance, the snap of the lash, too, had startled me, the lash had stung my calves, sharply, cruelly.	10
6	123	I was thrown off balance a little to my left as the vehicle began to move.	10
11	723	By the leashes, pulling up and twisting, to my surprise, handling me quite easily, with surprising expertness, she and Sita pulled me up, half on my feet, and then brought me back, gasping, off balance, and lowered me to my back.	10
14	61	I regained my balance.	10

Book 23. (5 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	680	"It is more appropriate for a woman on tarnback to ride differently, to be tied across the saddle on her back or belly, or, say, if she is one of a brace, perhaps wrist-tied to one end of a shared rope thrown over the saddle or, say, tied to a ring at the side, this, too, providing a balance with th...	10
15	108	At that instant I lunged forward and the nearest guard had barely time to turn his head before I caught him, and his fellow, taking them together, striking them with great force, I sprinting, thrusting, they off balance, and blasted them back, one loosened, sprung quarrel skittering about the room l...	10
17	252	I hoped to use his own fear against him, his unwillingness to release the ladder, but before I could push back enough, past the center of balance, he released one hand and twisted, hanging to a rung with his free hand.	10
17	417	She caught her balance.	10
17	440	It was important to me to coordinate the withdrawal of both wings, to keep balance in the positions, to prevent flanking movements.	10

Book 24. (4 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	304	Surely he did not seriously think I was going to encumber myself with a pack, not descending the hill, not regaining my balance at its foot, not carrying it to the road.	10
7	13	He held to his spear, his eyes closed, using it like a pole, to keep his balance in the soft bottom.	10
9	26	I regained my balance.	10
32	83	Presumably the balance of Cos' northern forces, mostly mercenaries, would have retired to that city, for mustering out, or reassignment.	10

Book 25. (7 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	81	He who manages to balance on it for a given time, usually an Ehn, wins both the skin and its contents.	10
3	83	It is extremely difficult, incidentally, to balance on such an object, not only because of the slickness of the skin, heavily coated with grease, but even more so because of its rotundity and unpredictable movements, the wine surging within it.	10
3	281	I wondered if I could balance on the greased wineskin.	10
3	904	I wondered if I could balance on the skin.	10
7	180	There is often a delicate balance in such things, and sometimes in such situations even a small action, even a seemingly insignificant stimulus, can trigger a sudden, massive response.	10
7	355	Gnieus Lelius, then, former regent of Ar, in the motley rags suitable to a comedic mime, his ankles shackled, his upper body wrapped in chains, bent far over, held in this fashion by the short chain between his neck and ankles, trying to keep his balance, taking short steps, was dragged by Cosians f...	10
8	922	Again he drew back, this time staggering, off balance.	10

Book 26. (10 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	443	Already I was within the throes of the helplessness, that helplessness which precedes the yielding, which heralds its proximity, which warns of its imminence, that helplessness which sometimes seems to hold one fixed in place, where one, as though chained to a wall, knows that there is no escape, wh...	10
10	293	I stumbled, frightened, I regained my balance, I hurried on again, crying.	10
10	786	Several times I lost my balance, and must struggle, stumbling, to regain it.	10
10	808	At best, unconfined, under duress, I might have tried to inch across it on my belly, trying to balance upon it, clinging desperately to it.	10
12	509	I lost my balance.	10
12	511	I recovered my balance.	10
13	294	What if I should lose my balance? How could I protect myself? "Closer!" said the brunet slave.	10
38	277	Some games are such, that the outcome depends not on the pieces of power, which may balance one another, but on the smallest move of the most insignificant piece on the board.	10
40	138	He put out his hand, but he was afraid to approach her, for fear she might leap down, or he might, inadvertently, cause her to lose her balance.	10
46	187	I lost my balance, and fell to my side, to the stones.	10

Book 27. (19 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	16	Behind her, as she sought to keep her balance, hands outstretched, she heard a sound, as of the closing of a gate.	10
12	123	She could not maintain her balance, but fell to her right side.	10
13	656	You can also steady it with one hand, and, if you become skilled, balance it on your head alone, without using your hands".	10
16	815	This jerked against the collar of the woman behind her, pulling her collar tight against the back of her neck, causing her to stumble forward, which movement was reflected in the motion of the third and fourth members of the small coffle, who must make hurried, awkward adjustments to retain their ba...	10
16	1316	It is hard for a woman to move from this position and she must be concerned with her balance.	10
16	1317	The subtle adjustments and tenseness required to maintain her balance keep her even more helplessly in place, and these adjustments and this tenseness will also be expressed in her posture, providing body-language cues bespeaking obedience and servitude.	10
17	1073	Sometimes, on a pronounced declivity, she feared she would again fall, losing her balance, hurtling headlong downward, and, at other times, given an ascending steepness, she struggled, gasping, legs aching, to climb, the leash taut, mercilessly, impatiently, against the ring, drawing her relentlessl...	10
18	433	She cannot easily move without losing her balance.	10
19	586	She looked up, struggling to keep her balance, at the ropes, the harness, the dark, majestic body of the winged titan above her.	10
20	502	Do you think I do not know a slut slave when I see her?" Quickly Ellen recovered her balance, turned, and knelt before them in the water, muchly where she had fallen, her knees widely spread.	10
25	890	She tried to regain her balance.	10
27	74	The captor may, of course, upon occasion, balance out a multitude of features, aspects, qualities or attributes.	10
27	161	Then she struggled to her knees, and then to her feet, trying to hold her balance in the wagon.	10
27	1002	She feared that the smallest movement, the tiniest sound, the most diminutive influence, might prove critical, like the smallest jarring, or jostling, like a small thing which might tip a balance, a carelessly dislodged pebble that releases an avalanche, the particle of static electricity which trig...	10
27	1629	The animal suddenly lost its balance and went wildly to its side, Ellen being thrown free, rolling to the turf, and then the beast, a moment later, rose up, scrambling, and squealing, and rushed away, out into the grasslands.	10
27	2985	The slave, she fears, screamed and tried to rise, but, restrained, frightened, losing her balance, fell into the grass.	10
27	3205	"To his feet," snapped Mirus, "lick and kiss them, now! Render obeisance, slut! Appropriately! To your new master!" Frightened, distraught, weeping, Ellen scrambled on her knees the pace or two to Mirus, and lost her balance and fell to her side, and then got to her belly, and, wrists braceleted beh...	10
29	132	She almost lost her balance.	10
29	252	She must challenge his affections, appeal to his pity, confuse him, take him off balance, force him to acknowledge his undoubted feelings for her.	10

Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	1237	If not, she was sure she could soon make him so, by turning his own strength against him, by dividing him emotionally, and by arranging self-conflicts which would bring him, his own confused enemy, to an uncertain and anxious balance, where she might, by as little as a breath, so to speak, move him ...	10
21	523	The champion, Rufus Magnus, shifted the great ax about, easily, from paw to paw, testing its balance, and then, satisfied, he looked across the sand, to where Grendel stood, waiting.	10
25	78	She stumbled, and then caught her balance.	10
34	42	How helpless are even we in the face of such masses and forces! "Ai!" said Cabot, nearly losing his balance.	10
60	25	"In their numbers they could balance the very forces of Agamemnon, which are intent upon their destruction".	10
77	142	"That cast was flung to a wall by a drunken rowdy, to test the balance of a throwing blade, offered to him by another rowdy, another drunken ruffian, for a coin, both killer humans.	10
79	442	"Long ago," she said, "I read of something like this, in an Asian philosophy, a harmony, a rightness, a propriety, a balance and reciprocity, a way of the world.	10

Book 29. (8 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	140	One might balance, say, freedom, misery, and death, against bondage, happiness, and life.	10
5	364	Indeed, if she knows herself to have been negligent or omissive, which sometimes occurs, she may beg to be punished, that she may feel that the balance, harmony, and order of her existence, of her very world, has been restored.	10
14	31	The Pani seemed to feel in such a case that something was out of balance, however slightly, and an adjustment was in order.	10
14	219	"There must be balance, harmony," I said, "and so I offer something in return".	10
25	123	A scabbard, hooked to a buckled waist belt, or slung across the body, might be seized in combat, discommoding its wearer, perhaps pulling him off balance, or into the blade of a waiting knife.	10
28	31	In this way it was easier for them to keep their balance in the mire.	10
38	588	They could not use their hands, either to break their fall or to assist in maintaining their balance.	10
38	589	I think that in that clumsy, agonizing ascent, there was not one who did not fall, and more than once, upon the steps, thence to struggle frantically to regain its feet, only sometimes, drawn unexpectedly, off balance, by the chain again, to fall yet again, and some were unable to regain their feet,...	10

Book 30. (8 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	194	A misstep or loss of balance must be reported to the master, and is commonly met with a stroke of the switch.	10
9	271	I brandished it, sensing the heft, the weight, the balance.	10
12	35	After two or three days of the high watch one's body, one's belly, one's sense of balance, and such, are likely to adjust to the motion.	10
12	227	She turned arrogantly about, but cried out, dragged backward, off balance, half falling, my hand in her hair.	10
14	194	In the water Durbar, the water red about him, gasping, confused, extended his hand to Seremides, who did not accept his hand, perhaps fearing the loss of balance, but motioned him closer.	10
15	82	Tereus kicked the crutch out from under Seremides and he fell sprawling to the deck, and could not regain his balance.	10
21	108	The continental custom, on the other hand, makes it possible to draw the other off balance, and, obviously, if one is right-handed, one is more at risk from a fellow who might favor the left hand.	10
23	115	Our men, who are mercenaries, and hired as such, save for the Pani, prefer to choose their wars intelligently, to weigh odds, to balance gold carefully against blood, to fight for a presumed victory, with loot and pay in the offing, not for defeat, not for the chains of a slave, not for a likely dea...	10

Book 31. (5 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	168	How could such a world exist and not be known, or, I thought, is it known? Perhaps it is known, but as a guarded secret, official or governmental, to be kept from the general public? Is it the will of the Priest-Kings, the alleged lords of this world, I wondered, that the existence of their world be...	10
10	890	I supposed the Gorean free woman was entitled, as with her veils and concealing robes, to balance concealment with revelation, mystery with the hint of possible abandon, even rampant disclosure.	10
37	221	"Yet," said Kleomenes, "if two mountains were balanced in the scales, the smallest weight might tip the balance".	10
37	224	"And what small weight might tip so great a balance?" asked Kleomenes.	10
42	37	I feared to be pulled off balance.	10

Book 32. (5 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	134	I drew her backward, up, and off balance, and threw her on her back before me, at my feet, and turned to the proprietor.	10
9	295	In the house, I had been taught to balance and carry objects in this fashion, generally bundles or baskets.	10
10	11	But Tyrtaios was neither an idealist nor fanatic; he was well aware of the balance between means and ends, between resources and their limitations.	10
43	52	I was puzzled by these things, though I had gathered, long ago, from Tyrtaios, that titanic forces might be involved in these matters, and that one, or more, worlds, in their way, might hang in some delicate balance.	10
52	517	"But, if it should, a strange cargo, contraband, may tip the balance in the scale of war, the stakes perhaps two worlds".	10

Book 33. (10 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	27	Might they not, too, perhaps by the recruitment of mercenaries, assuming the requisite voyage could be made, manage to achieve a military balance with the numerically larger forces of Lord Yamada? Perhaps, particularly if a new arm were incorporated into their arsenal, an unprecedented arm, unpreced...	10
25	106	Will there be a next, uncertain, fearful step, or has the board ended? Perhaps his balance is in jeopardy, and he might not even prolong his life to the end of that narrow, wooden, fateful path, might not even reach the end of the board, and how long is the board, he does not know, and how many step...	10
25	155	She struggled to retain her balance.	10
29	211	She caught her balance, and stood before us, frightened, bent over.	10
40	35	I would have preferred a Tuchuk quiva, for its weight and balance, but one must make do with what may be at hand.	10
45	77	"To balance the matter," I said, "foreign mercenaries, and, more importantly, tarns, hitherto unknown in the islands, were to be supplied to Temmu".	10
45	93	For example, though the iron dragon clearly incorporates the technology of Priest-Kings, it just as clearly violates the laws of Priest-Kings, and would thus, in countering the effect of the cavalry, seem to tip a balance in favor of Yamada".	10
47	275	How can one adjust that delicate balance of muscle and time, how sustain so long, unwavering, that patience, that alertness, that intentness, that intensity of focus, how long manage to survive that indefinite season of uncertain readiness? Lightning was kindled, unhurried, waiting, in the dark sky.	10
59	257	A fine companion sword, with its balance and edge, is a masterpiece of the smith's craft.	10
61	525	"It was feared," said Lord Nishida, "that you might be reluctant to join our cause, and we had much need of a tarn cavalry, that required to balance the numerical superiority of the troops of Lord Yamada".	10

Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	417	I stood, unsteadily, fighting to keep my balance.	10
7	111	I rose to my feet, and caught my balance.	10
21	13	Were the beautiful lines of the leaping, fleet tabuk not fashioned by the artistry of the larl, its claws and fangs; did the same blind, nameless gods not balance the swirling school of parsit fish against the strike of the swift-swimming shark; the keenness of the hawk's eye against the tiny urt's ...	10
26	224	I was once leaned toward a wall, the palms of my hands on the wall, to keep my balance, and switched across the back of the thighs.	10
53	109	One human would accompany Surtak, presumably to report back to Decius Albus, and Lord Grendel, in turn, in balance, would be seconded by a human, as well.	10
64	132	I might have shaken on my feet, even lost my balance.	10
69	93	Slitting the garment at the right side, as well, is presumably done for a variety of purposes, to achieve balance, symmetry, and such.	10

Book 35. (17 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	243	So one understands the importance of scales, and, as one might expect, the occasional charges and countercharges having to do with the accuracy of the weights used to balance the scales.	10
6	278	I am anxious to collect the balance of our fee".	10
7	71	"We now claim the balance of our fee," said he whom I took to be chief amongst my abductors.	10
7	92	That aid to balance, that support, in itself, might have constituted a formidable weapon.	10
8	245	I cried out, shocked, startled, in pain, and stumbled forward, almost losing my balance.	10
8	251	I caught my balance, and hurried forward.	10
17	121	I caught my balance.	10
21	101	If not, I would have time to flee before he could reach me or strike me with that stout crutch, that formidable aid to his balance and locomotion.	10
24	47	A balance is commonly sought; effectiveness is the desideratum; normally one wishes to do, but not overdo.	10
27	49	He seemed to struggle to maintain his balance and leaned a shoulder against the wall.	10
27	150	I could be behind you so swiftly, you could not turn without losing your balance, falling, being at my mercy".	10
31	49	Bruno of Torcadino seemed to slip for a moment, and then recover his balance.	10
31	80	Scarcely had the bright note of the light hammer on the small bar rang out than Bruno of Torcadino apparently lost his balance and fell at the feet of the acceptor of his challenge.	10
33	7	"But maintain your balance carefully," he said.	10
40	28	Many slaves, it must be understood, love their masters with a love that few free women, with their concern for status, self-image, self-containment, balance, commensuration, and proportion, could equal.	10
41	201	The men who had followed Addison Steele, including Florian and Miles, fell like beasts of prey on the laden crowd of intruders who fell against one another, stumbling, losing their balance, buffeting and impeding one another.	10
43	249	Vas of Anango lifted me, carried me, unsteadily, almost losing his balance, to the canopy, and deposited me within its folds.	10

Book 36. (10 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	109	"Captain?" he cried, catching his balance.	10
16	47	But I had already vaulted over the rail and, catching my balance, unsteady for a moment, stood upright on the shore.	10
16	50	Thurnock eased himself over the rail, had his feet on shore, gained his balance, and was beside me.	10
19	15	Some fishermen sometimes feign an awkwardness or loss of balance to lure the opponent within range.	10
28	22	She lost her balance and she fell to its surface, her knees in the water.	10
28	33	"Take us back aboard!" screamed Melete, rising to her feet, struggling to keep her balance, steadied by her fellows.	10
51	208	"It may have already led the balance of the corsair fleet, four ships, to the Dorna," I said.	10
56	13	"The observation ship of the corsairs, forward from the balance of the fleet, is closer now," said Clitus.	10
57	59	Simultaneously, strings of men who, behind shields, were hauling on the grapnel ropes, lost their balance and spilled backward onto the deck of the corsair.	10
57	192	Some lost their balance and fell backwards into the sea.	10