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Book 1. (4 results) Tarnsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	123	An object fell from the envelope, a ring of red metal bearing the simple crest "C".	10
1	155	I checked my compass to get the bearing back to the highway.	10
1	166	I dropped it into the pocket of my coat and started off on my compass-bearing, trying to make my way back to the highway.	10
12	98	My hair froze as I heard the shrill, angry cry of another tarn; he was an enormous creature as sable as the helmet of Pa-Kur, his wings beating like whips, bearing down relentlessly on my captor.	10

Book 2. (4 results) Outlaw of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	150	It had been mentioned in the account, that simple ring of red metal, bearing the crest of Cabot.	10
6	74	The young man approaches her, bearing a slave collar, its engraving proclaiming his name and city.	10
9	79	I must have seemed strange to them, a scarlet-clad warrior, bearing weapons, suddenly entering, a man from another city unexpectedly in their midst.	10
22	110	"In these dreams I had been proud in my palace surrounded by my council and warriors and then, shattering the roof like glass, a great tarn descended, bearing a helmeted warrior.	10

Book 3. (2 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	22	The simplest and one of the most fascinating is a chemically treated rope of clothlike material which the Priest-King, beginning at an end bearing a certain scent, saturates with the odors of his message.	10
16	226	Misk left the room and I, bearing the torch, followed him.	10

Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	74	* * A consequence of the chronological conventions of the Wagon Peoples, of course, is that their years tend to vary in length, but this fact, which might bother us, does not bother them, any more than the fact that some men and some animals live longer than others; the women of the Wagon Peoples, i...	10
7	19	Kutaituchik lifted his head and regarded us; his eyes seemed sleepy; he was bald, save for a black knot of hair that emerged from the back of his shaven skull; he was a broad-backed man, with small legs; his eyes bore the epicanthic fold; his skin was a tinged, yellowish brown; though he was strippe...	10
9	211	Kamchak turned to the small, fat merchant and his scarred, furrowed face broke into a grin, bearing down on the round, pinkish face of the merchant.	10
10	259	Now the excitement of the throng seemed mostly to course among the warriors of the Wagon Peoples as they rose in their stirrups to see better the swaying, approaching palanquins, each reputedly bearing a gem of great beauty, a fit prize in the savage contests of Love War.	10
15	13	I presume that the mercenaries, being tarnsmen—a proud, headstrong breed of men—made the Turians pay highly for the supplies they carried, the indignities of bearing burdens being lessened somewhat by the compensating weight of golden tarn disks.	10
17	56	This train of observation was interrupted by the arrival of Saphrar's two men-at-arms bearing a wooden barrier of sorts, about four and a half feet high and twelve feet wide, which they set between myself and my captors, and Saphrar, the Paravaci and those with the crossbow.	10
26	560	Again we laughed and, suddenly, we urged the kaiila forward in great bounding strides, eager to reach the wagons, each of us, for waiting in these wagons were three girls, desirable, marvelous, ours, Hereena, she who had been of the First Wagon, the slave of Harold, her master; Aphris of Turia, almo...	10

Book 5. (8 results) Assassin of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	22	These men of Ko-ro-ba, he knew, when their city had been destroyed by Priest-Kings, had been scattered to the ends of Gor but, when permitted by Priest-Kings, they had returned to their city to rebuild it, each bearing a stone to add to its walls.	10
5	191	Those of Ko-ro-ba have come from the corners of Gor, each singing, each bearing a stone to add to the walls.	10
5	735	About his neck he wore a rude ornament, a loose iron chain bearing, also in iron, a medallion, the crest of the House of Cernus.	10
12	313	He indicated Elizabeth's yellow enameled collar, bearing the legend of the House of Cernus.	10
14	159	I turned and saw a female slave, in a rep-cloth kitchen tunic, stained with food, approaching, bearing a tray of fruit with a flask of wine.	10
17	168	He referred to a practice of handing out passes, dated ostraka bearing the print of the House of Cernus, outside the gate of the Slaver's house, which were dispensed on a first-come-first-served basis, a thousand a day, each day of the races.	10
22	286	The platforms, bearing the tarns for the ninth race, were being wheeled onto the track area, approaching the starting perches.	10
22	416	I looked at the poles bearing the twenty wooden tarn heads, signaling the circuits of the track to be made.	10

Book 6. (10 results) Raiders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	232	Accordingly she would follow me bearing the weapon unstrung.	10
9	50	Another girl ran to him, bearing a cup of paga.	10
11	73	We saw some waving banners, bearing the design of the house of Sevarius.	10
11	560	"I am, of course, highly honored," I began, "that noble Samos should think of me, that he should nominate me, doubtless the lowliest of the captains here assembled, for a post of such distinction, that of bearing the peace of Port Kar to her hereditary enemies Cos and Tyros".	10
13	165	He carried, in the crook of his left arm, a helmet, bearing that crest of sleen hair that marks a captain of Port Kar.	10
13	517	But in all this time I had not forgotten the treasure fleet which was due to sail from Tyros to Cos, bearing precious metals and jewels for her coffers, and a lovely lady, Vivina, to grace the couch of her Ubar.	10
14	339	He presented a folio-sized book, bound with golden cord and sealed with wax, bearing the impress of the Ubar of Tyros, Chenbar.	10
15	108	Even now, in my feast of celebration, hours after the meeting of the council, I still wore about my neck the broad scarlet ribbon with its pendant medallion of gold, bearing the design of a lateen-rigged tarn ship, the initials in cursive Gorean script of Council of Captains of Port Kar in a half cu...	10
15	249	I fingered the broad scarlet ribbon and the medallion, pendant about my neck, bearing its tarn ship and initials, those of the Council of Captains of Port Kar.	10
18	197	"At him!" cried Lysias, helmeted, the helmet bearing the crest of sleen hair, marking it as that of a captain.	10

Book 7. (5 results) Captive of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	475	In the yellow circle of light I could see the grass of the field, bearing the marks of my tires.	10
11	1271	The skies remained clear of the thunder and screams of the tarns of Treve, the war cries of her spear-bearing warriors.	10
12	254	A cart was passing, flanked by huntsmen, and slaves, bearing their burdens of gourds, flowers, nuts and fruits.	10
13	209	I then helped her carry our catch, she bearing the fish, and the small birds, to our camp.	10
17	39	About the throats of the girls were locked new collars, again of inflexible steel, but now those of huntsmen, vine engraved and bearing the names of their masters.	10

Book 8. (3 results) Hunters of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	29	I did not, on nearing Lydius, fly the flag of Bosk, that bearing the head of a bosk, black, across a field of vertical green bars, the famous flag of Bosk, from the Marshes.	10
12	130	And I, and my men, would return to our businesses, empty handed, our heads bearing the shaved degradation swath of panther girls.	10
22	6	At their anchors, fore and aft, some quarter of a pasang from shore, swung the Rhoda, in her yellow, now dim in the grayness of the morning, and the Tesephone, on her flag line, snapping, an ensign bearing the following device, the head of a bosk, in black, over a field of white, marked with broad s...	10

Book 9. (5 results) Marauders of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	286	Four huge men of Torvaldsland, in long cloaks, clasped about their necks, heads down, bearded, with braided hair, entered, bearing on their shoulders a platform of crossed spears.	10
6	480	In a moment, through the dark, smoky hall, returned Gunnhild, bearing a great horn of mead.	10
13	154	When the Forkbeard, and I, and other followers, many of them bearing riches, entered the hall we had been given a room to one side, in which we might wash and dry ourselves before the feast.	10
21	107	His men, bearing boxes, trunks, bulging sacks, came forward.	10
22	66	Now came slave girls bearing skins of water.	10

Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	412	Twice I was passed by pairs of guardsmen, in white robes with red sashes, bearing red-sheathed scimitars, the police of Tor.	10
7	624	He turned, cloak swirling, and left the chamber, followed by his men, the last bearing the tharlarion-oil lamp.	10
11	381	Alyena waited for us, bent, face strained, bearing across her small shoulders the weight of the water.	10
16	32	When the retaining vessels are suspended, they are tipped, and the sludge scooped and shoveled from them into the wide-mouthed, ring-bearing lift sacks.	10
25	57	Hundreds of men, including myself, followed him, many bearing lamps.	10
26	480	Soon a derisive, moving gauntlet is formed, through which, constantly, the miserable, whip-bearing girl crawls.	10
26	482	This sort of thing is thought desirable in the Tahari, in encouraging the whip-bearing girl to be more dutiful in the future, and the girls of the gauntlet to resolve, too, to be more dutiful, that it not be they, next, at the mercy of their enemies and rivals, who carries the whip.	10

Book 11. (9 results) Slave Girl of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	41	In the vicinity of the camp, upon our approach to it, my captor had taken his shield from me, which I had been bearing for him.	10
4	904	Another man came, bearing a torch, lit from the stirred ashes of the fire.	10
5	361	Similar considerations may have a bearing on the smaller size and strength of women.	10
5	363	For, in the intricacies, and interplay of both natural and sexual selection, not merely a swiftness, a size and strength would have been selected for in women but an entire set of genetic dispositions; it seems inconsistent to suppose that evolution would select only for the outside of an animal and...	10
12	145	More warriors, eight men from the keep, followed, bearing spears.	10
12	172	He stood proudly between the two beasts, bearing easily the weight of the two stirrup chains attached to his capture collar.	10
12	601	Did they not want me? Was I not suitable for them? Was I to be left free? At the far end of the hall, away from the gates leading to the quarters of slaves, I saw a figure, that of a man, tall, handsome, strong, splendid, with the bearing of one who leads Gorean warriors.	10
18	50	The dress and costume of the paga girls, too, was intended to suggest the common garb worn by the enslaved beauties who well served the mounted, lance-bearing riders of the lofty, silken kaiila.	10
22	168	"I urge you, Sir," cried the young officer, "turn about or build speed to shear!" The ship was bearing down upon us, rapidly.	10

Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	403	Red controlled not one but four adjacent diagonals, unobstructed diagonals, each bearing on the citadel of yellow's Home Stone; the red Ubara threatened the Ubara's Scribe's Spearman at Ubara's Scribe Two; the Initiate threatened the Ubara's Builder at Builder Two, positioned directly before yellow'...	10
4	599	The assailant's hand, that bearing the object of his quest, some curio wrapped in fur, flashed upward, and I turned my head aside as flaming oil from the lamp splashed upon me, the lamp itself struck loose from its tiny chains and flying past my head.	10
10	96	Sometimes, of course, when a hunter does not have food for his family another hunter will invite him to his house, or will pay a visit, bearing meat, that they may share a feast.	10
11	50	Behind each of these nine stood men bearing sheaves of arrows.	10
11	524	I considered to myself how she might look in a snatch of slave silk and a steel collar, one bearing a master's name.	10
28	212	Through the door, bearing a tray, came a small, exquisite, brunet female slave.	10
35	585	It would take an engraved steel collar, bearing her master's name, beautifully.	10

Book 13. (3 results) Explorers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	68	I was very aware of the fact that I carried, in my sea bag, the ring which the blond barbarian had had on the Blossoms of Telnus and the notes, bearing the signatures and seals of Schendi bankers, who had been made out to Shaba, the geographer of Anango, the explorer of Lake Ushindi, and the discove...	10
10	38	These taxes, though doubtless much went to the shrewd Kipofu, for monarchs expect to be well paid for bearing the burdens and tribulations of office, served to obtain benefits and insurances for the governed.	10
20	75	Then he turned again, to look after the raft, bearing the gifts for Tende.	10

Book 14. (3 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
11	300	"Where is the clothing?" She went to the side of the room and picked up a bag, fastened with a drawstring, the knot on the string sealed with a wax plate, the plate bearing the imprint of a stamp.	10
13	94	"Proceed!" she called to the draft slaves, those bearing upon their shoulders the poles of her palanquin.	10
13	309	When departing from main roads such troops can be followed by bosk wagons or tharlarion wagons, bearing supplies.	10

Book 15. (3 results) Rogue of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	182	She, the vain, proper, elegant young lady, so prideful, yet so confused and unhappy, so desperately concerned to profess, and adhere to, prescribed views, so conditioned to uncritically accept multiple stupidities, so concerned to be found acceptable by driven, self-seeking, moronic doctrinaires, no...	10
25	182	"Masters," said Peggy, approaching the table, kneeling beside it, bearing a tray.	10
26	271	Miles of Vonda then turned about and, gesturing to Krondar to shoulder the burdens he had been guarding, left, walking down the avenue of Lycurgus, followed by Florence, and then later, a few feet behind, by Krondar, bearing his gear.	10

Book 16. (10 results) Guardsman of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	127	Abeam on the starboard side we saw a ship bearing down upon us and then, suddenly, though it could have smote us, it veered away.	10
5	203	Out of the opened hatches poured warriors of Ar, grimly helmeted, bearing great, rounded shields and mighty spears, bronze-headed and tapering.	10
5	204	Pirates rushed to the planked road bearing ingress to their ship, but a dozen spears, and then another dozen, hurled by running men devastated resistance, and then, on the run, swords drawn, their shields struck by arrows, buffeting, slashing, driving men into the water, the soldiers of Ar rushed ov...	10
6	150	That the new ships of the Voskjard were bearing down now upon us, and in such force, suggested that they had not been opposed, that either they had been permitted to cut the chain and advance unmolested, or, more likely, perhaps, that they had been permitted to circumvent the chain by the use of the...	10
9	91	"The Tamira is bearing down upon us," said an officer.	10
16	286	Scarcely had I ascended the heavy planking than, approaching rapidly, bearing down on me, I saw a medium galley, thrusting itself between the flagship of Policrates and Spined Tharlarion, the flagship of Ragnar Voskjard.	10
18	2	I watched from behind a dark curtain, one bearing, on both sides, in gold embroidery, an intricate design incorporating cursive Kefs, one larger and several smaller.	10
19	147	Imagine, however, if you will, her emotions if she entered that room as a slave girl, stripped and rightless, bearing on her upper thigh, just under her hip, the mark of bondage, her throat clasped in the light, gleaming, close-fitting, locked circlet of a slave.	10
20	720	"The liqueurs!" First from the kitchen, bearing her tray, came the voluptuous slave of Aemilianus.	10
21	482	"Doubtless I shall be much admired at the laundry troughs, or when shopping, running errands, or bearing burdens, when heeling you, when on your leash, when wearing your bracelets, when happily carrying flowers in my arms behind you at the festivals".	10

Book 17. (4 results) Savages of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
9	7	It came to the thighs of the slave girls, in brief one-piece slave tunics, of brown rep-cloth, with deep cleavages, in throat coffle, bearing burdens on their heads.	10
9	92	Yet, now, she, like the others, served as a mere pack animal, one of the beasts of his coffle, bearing his goods.	10
12	194	"You may then, for example, observe the women before you, bearing their burdens.	10
15	178	It is not unusual for a woman, at any rate, who has looked into the eyes of a man in that fashion to discover, later, that she is looking into his eyes in quite a different fashion, that whereas she once may have regarded him directly, and insolently, she now, perhaps kneeling stripped at his feet, ...	10

Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	69	The Southern, or Lower, Kaiila, like the other larger rivers in the Barrens, however, bearing witness to the accumulation of silts, would be brown and muddy.	10
11	92	On this hide, among other things, was the representation of a shield bearing Zarendargar's image.	10
24	20	Cuwignaka's upward thrust, however, was easily turned by the Yellow Knife's stout war shield, of rawhide thickened and hardened by shrinking over heated stones, from the neck, between the shoulders, or the humped back, behind the head, bearing the trident of the bull kailiauk.	10
26	54	Bearing down on him, lance leveled, was a painted Yellow Knife.	10
30	127	Two kaiila, bearing Yellow Knives, charged past.	10
32	110	From between lodges there was emerging a long line, of perhaps forty to fifty men, bearing lances.	10
54	304	The tenancy was subject to certain conditions, recorded suitably on two hides, each bearing the marks of the appropriate signatories.	10

Book 19. (11 results) Kajira of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
4	415	Then I became aware of someone else in the room, bearing a small, flickering lamp.	10
6	353	To them most people must come, bearing vessels, for their water.	10
17	301	A Corcyran merchant had brought charges against him, a matter having to do with a bowl, purportedly silver, but only plated, and one bearing a forged mark, misrepresenting it as the work of the silversmiths of Ar.	10
24	33	Similarly, if you were to go to Gor and give that to them as your name they would assume immediately that you, too, bearing such a name, were a slave.	10
24	189	On the front of the left shoulder there was a design, in white and yellow, bearing what I would later learn was an inscribed "Mu".	10
26	92	I did not have to wear the mill uniform, bearing the sign for the enterprises of Mintar, but wore, instead, usually, a light, white house tunic, similar to that often worn by tower slaves.	10
33	442	A letter to this effect, signed by Menicius, and bearing, too, the seal of Corcyrus, I also obtained.	10
33	565	He reached within his robes and produced a letter, wrapped with a ribbon, the ribbon and the flaps of the letter secured with a melted disk of wax, this wax bearing the imprint of a seal.	10
33	584	I did so with the papers of a minor envoy, bearing my own signature".	10
35	51	I took the vessel of black wine, removing it from its warmer, and put it on its tray, that already bearing the tiny cups, the creams and sugars, the spices, the napkins and spoons.	10
36	308	Free women were so different from me, with their ornate garmenture, their imperious bearing, their regal carriage, their pride, their insolence, their position, their status, their power.	10

Book 20. (4 results) Players of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	80	For example, she may be placed in a white hood bearing the word "Sold" in red letters, a red tag, bearing the inscription, "Sold," may be wired to her collar, or the word "Sold" may be simply written in grease pencil on her body, usually, by convention, on her left breast.	10
2	699	And surely the luscious creatures, though no more than animals bearing brands in their lovely hide, are aware of their desirability, their attractiveness, their importance, and meaning to men.	10
12	534	She was coming from the stream, bearing on her shoulders a yoke, from which swung two buckets.	10
12	621	It had been a long trek back to the camp from the village and the burdens under which she must struggle, bearing them for her master, had been quite heavy.	10

Book 21. (4 results) Mercenaries of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	308	She lowered her head, bearing the pack.	10
16	1438	Boabissia and I, then, followed by Hurtha and Feiqa, she bearing my pack, set out, with others, toward the pennons.	10
16	1474	I glanced back at Feiqa, who, bearing my pack, looked quickly down.	10
19	456	The shapely collar slut bearing my pack is mine.	10

Book 22. (4 results) Dancer of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
17	190	I recalled in particular the lofty Tatrix on her throne, in the beginning of the frieze, and later, the procession of those who came suing for peace, bearing conciliatory gifts, animals, riches, women and such.	10
29	1668	I could see the hilt of Hendow's sword there, and, behind it, the narrow board fixed in the earth by Mirus, that simple, crude marker, not bearing much of a message, really, little more than the data that Hendow had been of Brundisium, and had had a friend.	10
34	804	I stood there, naked, a brand on my thigh, a collar on my neck, bearing his pack.	10
34	813	Then I said, "Yes, my master," in Gorean, and, at a suitable distance, naked, bearing his pack, followed him from the woods.	10

Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	333	Such doors, single and double, are common in inns and taverns, as they may be negotiated by someone whose hands are occupied, as in bearing a tray.	10
5	337	In a few moments she returned through the door bearing a tray.	10
11	36	It had been sealed with wax and ribbon, the wax bearing the seal of Gnieus Lelius, regent of Ar.	10
15	533	"You were bearing much gold," I said, "which, foolishly, you thought to offer to Cosians, that they might spare you and keep you as a slave.	10
16	116	There, on a pole, defiantly, snapped a torn flag, bearing in yellow the single letter 'Ar' on a red background with, beneath it, a wavy yellow band.	10
19	29	To lift such a device for Ehn at a time, and receive blow after blow upon it, bearing up under them, in time makes the arm desperately tired and sore.	10
24	730	To be likened to such a beast, or to be gambled for with such a device, low denomination or not, one bearing its image, is not to be construed as a compliment.	10

Book 24. (7 results) Vagabonds of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	141	I thought it an excellent name for her, and I have no objection whatsoever to slaves bearing names which are attractive, sophisticated, gracious and beautiful.	10
1	530	"Roast tarsk!" announced Philebus, proudly, approaching the burly fellow, gesturing to one of his helpers, who was accompanying him, bearing a tray of steaming meat.	10
1	1206	A pennon, one bearing the insignia of the company of Artemidorus, a sword grasped in the talon of a tarn, flew from the main pole, projecting through the roof.	10
6	31	There are a number of such armaments, usually bearing traces of their origin.	10
17	6	Indeed, the men learned more rapidly than the officer, I think, what had occurred, for it was onto their lines that men would first come, bearing ill tidings, crying out for succor, many of them, I gathered, wounded.	10
39	102	There had been some other slaves, too, following the slim line of mercenaries on the road, beauties serving as pack slaves, bearing burdens.	10
40	131	What do you make of that?" "They were bearing burdens," said the man.	10

Book 25. (8 results) Magicians of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
3	232	She was probably bearing water for draft tharlarion.	10
3	863	Some Gorean dice are sold in sealed boxes, bearing the city's imprint.	10
7	215	"Myron, polemarkos of Cos!" I saw nothing for a time but the crowd, the platform, the people on the platform, and Cosians, for several yards to the right, standard bearers, some even bearing the standards of mercenary companies, probably not in the march, such as that of Raymond Rive-du-Bois, musici...	10
7	251	Myron now, as I suppose it was Myron, with two fellows behind him, each bearing a package, ascended the platform.	10
9	569	Perhaps he regarded her as the sort whom Cosians would enjoy having serve their banquets, moving among the tables, bearing platters of viands, or pouring wine, or such, or perhaps merely lying on their bellies or backs beside their small tables at such banquets, ready, too, to serve.	10
17	179	In a moment the other two fellows who had helped to bear the palanquin, they, too, now without the turbans and plumes, as there was now no point in such accouterments, their no longer being in attendance on the insolent slave, also emerged from stage right, bearing a long wicker trunk, some six feet...	10
19	707	"I am far from bearing him ill will," she said.	10
24	28	We had set a small table near the couch, bearing a decanter of wine, with glasses, and a small, tasteful array of sweets.	10

Book 26. (8 results) Witness of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
7	588	My silk, that now clutched about me, with its irregular mottling of dampnesses, from where it had been held in my mouth, where it had served as my gag, stifling my cries, keeping me silenced, that silk bearing even in places the imprint of my teeth, where it had been desperately bitten upon, clenche...	10
7	711	Surely I might have sufficed for the bearing of trays or the pouring of wine.	10
10	501	Sometimes a token is affixed to her, as, say, a tag-bearing wire thrust through an ear lobe and then twisted shut, to preclude dislodgment.	10
11	1173	"But the first use was doubtless merely that you would follow him naked, and collared, bearing his shield".	10
19	247	Behind these two came another boy, he bearing the standard of the golden circle.	10
26	31	The orders, bearing the seals, had been delivered to the pit master.	10
40	309	Demetrion and Andar then, Andar bearing the lantern, left the surface of the tower, as had the pit master and Fina.	10
44	312	I heard the steps of the men, heavy with the weight they were bearing, cross the floor above, and then, in a moment, as they set themselves to a new flight of stairs, diminish.	10

Book 27. (12 results) Prize of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
10	315	Can you imagine her fear, bearing such a name on this world?" Still the slave kneeling head down in the position of obeisance was not displeased, even so, to have been given the name 'Ellen'.	10
11	184	Certainly in her case, it was easy to note, indeed, one had but to look in the mirror, that her master had not seen fit to exempt her from that apparently optional mercantile and social convenience, from bearing, it burned nicely into her thigh, that lovely, small, simple token of her condition.	10
13	41	The building on whose roof she stood, and it had been a long climb to the roof from the laundry, bearing the heavy basket, was very similar to most of the other buildings she saw in the city.	10
16	177	To be sure, then the loveliness of her figure, so extended, would be revealed in other dimensions, the tininess of her feet, the slimness of her ankles, which took shackles so nicely, the swelling of her calves, her thighs, one bearing a slave brand, the curves, now so beautifully and subtly interre...	10
18	848	Ellen looked again to the street but the line of men, bearing suls, had disappeared.	10
19	66	"Ah, Masters, welcome!" said Portus, as he opened the interior door, through which burst several guardsmen, their helmets bearing the yellow crest, their weapons at the ready.	10
20	793	"It is clear, there," said the first sentry, indicating the metal tag wired to Ellen's collar, that bearing the confiscation notice.	10
22	211	Too, those who, as Ellen, might be unfamiliar with the location of the circles, for the camp was quite large, had simply to follow their caller, one of several torch-bearing heralds leading the way to the particular circle.	10
22	402	The first of the formal dancers had been called to one circle or another, following the hailings of the torch-bearing crier.	10
23	308	"Who are you?" asked a strapping, short-haired lad, following the wagon, bearing a switch.	10
24	640	"Are you searching for Portus Canio, for Fel Doron, for Tersius Major? Beware of Tersius Major!" "Or," she thought wildly, "have you come here following a slave? I trust you have not come here for me, for my number is 117, and you will not be able to afford me! You are the sort of man to whom a woma...	10
30	92	Know what it is to crawl fearfully to him, your master, bearing the whip in your teeth! Where are your brands and papers, dear free sisters? And have you ever stood stripped on an auction block, to be bid upon, as the property you are? On Earth Ellen had seldom, if ever, worn cosmetics, regarding th...	10

Book 28. (3 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	912	Had she not, in her dreams, in thongs and chains, often enough, lifted her body fearfully, beseechingly, to strong, silent men bearing whips? So, she was not, and presumably neither was the other, the blonde, a slave.	10
24	5	"Here is my throat," said Cabot, bearing his throat.	10
33	290	The jaws of the machine, and its rows of arrayed knifelike teeth, were scarlet, bearing traces of the work it had performed below the surface.	10

Book 29. (6 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
5	1139	Too, they then know themselves, as much as pack kaiila, bearing the burdens of men.	10
5	1142	I thought they looked well on their chain, bearing their burdens.	10
15	37	"I first noted her on the beach," I said, "at the time of the landing of the ship bearing Torgus, and several others.	10
18	545	We were followed by some mercenaries, and glaive-bearing Ashigaru.	10
27	72	Here and there, as another such wagon passed, it, too, with its coffle of beauties, I noted a switch-bearing Ashigaru in attendance, doubtless lest one of the slaves be tempted to look about, or be so foolish as to attempt to communicate, or even whisper, to another of the "beads on the slaver's nec...	10
40	21	The shield, whatever its attitude, can protect from but a single bearing.	10

Book 30. (6 results) Mariners of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
2	16	No ship, no vessel, might ply these waters without papers, bearing the seal of either Tyros or Cos.	10
2	201	It was no wonder that that they were consulted by Ubars bearing baskets of gold, and simple Peasants, with a handful of suls.	10
3	375	"So," she said, "well disguised, and bearing riches, I would make my way to freedom".	10
12	43	She may send you gentle winds and shelter you in her great arms, bearing you up, or should she please, break you and draw you down, destroying you, to mysterious, unsounded deeps.	10
14	247	So, too, it must have, Ehn earlier, when bearing Durbar.	10
16	348	I will report one part of a conversation heard the evening of the day of the altercation in the vicinity of the warning ship, which altercation took place on the second day of the second week past the fourth passage hand, as it has some bearing on what occurred later.	10

Book 31. (21 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
8	1466	It was a race or game of sorts, but certainly not one of simple vanity, entered into for the sake of outdoing others, of testing one's charms and such, but one, too, with significant consequences, bearing importantly on one's future.	10
8	1649	As I was now well aware I was a female slave and what that meant on Gor, I would have been terrified to address a free man or men in that tone of voice, let alone utter words bearing such an import.	10
9	150	A laundress, however, fresh from the troughs and bearing her bundle, looked at me, frightened, and said, "Slave Gorean".	10
10	282	Messages of great importance, such as might be transmitted between armies, or cities, are carried by free persons, and are sealed with wax, bearing the imprint of a signet ring.	10
10	581	It was in this fashion that I had seen tunic-clad girls bearing burdens.	10
10	1261	"You look well," he said, "your arms up, bearing your burden".	10
11	141	"Too, some thieves, some well known, in broad daylight, even within view of the praetor's platform, pushing aside a grating, rushed from a sewer, to be shortly apprehended by rings of spear-bearing guardsmen.	10
11	275	We then wished one another well, and, bearing our laundries, took leave of one another.	10
21	140	Suddenly a new form came bounding down the hillside, scattering rocks, and I put down my head as a bipedalian tharlarion, mounted by a brightly capped, lance-bearing rider, literally leapt over the wagon, and landed on the far side.	10
22	29	One of the most disconcerting and shocking things that can happen to a free woman is to have her veil taken from her, bearing her features to a public gaze.	10
22	148	Shortly thereafter he appeared in the firelight bearing a small flask, sealed with golden cord.	10
26	465	Ahead, on the trail, was our party, Astrinax; the Lady Bina; Lykos; Trachinos, his leash on Mina, the former Lady Persinna of Ar; Akesinos, the confederate of Trachinos; and two slaves, bearing packs, Jane and Eve.	10
29	3	A Kur guard crouched, as though somnolent, a few feet behind me, near the gated portal through which I had been admitted to the place of cells, the prison area, bearing the tray of food and drink.	10
29	31	The gate to the cell was then opened and I entered, bearing the tray.	10
38	26	It is the machine!" Approaching down the corridor, moving carefully, the stalk-like eyes rotating about, scanning, came the machine, accompanied by two shield-bearing, ax-carrying Kurii, Timarchos and Lysymachos.	10
41	37	The two scouts, advanced, unable to block the charge of several ax-bearing Kurii, were cut down in place, and the machine was struck by blow after blow of the axes.	10
41	38	The machine, of course, was supported by Kurii loyal to Agamemnon, including Timarchos and Lysymachos, and the ax-bearing Kurii were soon forced to withdraw.	10
43	100	I recalled Grendel, roped, being led down the hall, preceding his captors, bearing their primitive but terrible weapons.	10
46	96	See her, lovely, collared, half-clad, and graceful, bearing her burdens, shopping, hurrying home to her master! She is radiant.	10
49	68	Timarchos and Lysymachos, with supplies, bearing the container housing Agamemnon, had soon left the Cave.	10
51	264	He was bearing a goblet of water, and he helped me drink from it.	10

Book 32. (9 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
50	884	Four men entered, two bearing small boxes, and two, together, bearing a long chain with collars.	10
8	379	Shortly thereafter two fellows passed, bearing a pole between them, from which hung gutted, salted harbor eels.	10
8	380	Four docksmen passed, each bearing on his shoulder a bulging, porous, loosely woven sack of reddish suls.	10
10	35	The common military ensign is a metal standard, raised on its pole or staff, bearing its device, and, usually, identifying a unit, whether it be an army, a division, or a company.	10
15	79	We had, however, following others, including the several men bearing the two large, strange, apparently weighty boxes or crates unloaded from our galley, soon left Tarncamp, and, by a short trail, emerged onto what we learned was a training area of sorts.	10
15	370	*** How mighty was the ship! How tiny we were on the dock, bearing our burdens, coming and going, serving the workmen, carrying supplies, and food and water, in the shadow of that curved, towering structure rearing above us.	10
37	192	Would we not be ideal for his purposes? So I must contact the employer and did so, with a hurled, note-bearing knife, cast from the darkness, which lodged itself in the center pole of his tent, not two horts from his head.	10
40	57	I glanced to the river, where the prisoners, each bearing two leather sacks of water, dangling from the ends of a curved-branch yoke on their shoulders, were climbing up toward the camp from the river bank.	10
44	72	So I must walk before him, bearing my burden, keenly aware he was there, unable to see him, and walk as I must, as what I was, a slave.	10

Book 33. (23 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	49	Perhaps one's foe is at one's elbow, uniformed identically, smiling, sharing paga, bearing a concealed knife.	10
1	58	Several of the readied tarns, some bearing more than one man, had eventually taken to the air successfully.	10
1	76	As a tarn force it was superbly trained and uniquely equipped for aerial combat, far more so than the usual tarn forces of known Gor, which usually consisted, in effect, of mounted infantry, spear bearing, and armed with a saddle-clearing crossbow.	10
1	494	Perhaps some thought she might look less well in a brief, black cocktail dress with pearls, with a drink in hand, than in a rep-cloth slave tunic and collar, bearing drink to a master.	10
3	20	How else might the raid on the encampment been as deftly managed? An awareness of the signs would have been initially important, as much so, I supposed, as forged commands, bearing fraudulent seals.	10
7	393	I strode to a large framed screen, of painted silk, one bearing the images of mountains and needle trees, at the side of the room, and thrust it back.	10
9	73	At this signal hundreds of hitherto prostrate Pani, armed, sprang up, and began to fall on the looters, many of whom had cast away weapons, that they not be encumbered in bearing away their booty.	10
10	103	At the same time the draymen, whom we had taken as peasantry, uttering the cry "Yamada," rushed toward the wagons, each bearing a dagger.	10
15	31	There there were unusual stones, brought in from the coast, shaped by centuries of tides; and all about were varieties of trees, large and small, some fruit-bearing, some ablaze with blossoms.	10
21	172	Too, it did not seem that Tajima, no matter his will or fortitude, his agility and supple strength, could meet the rendezvous on time, bearing Sumomo, despite her lightness and small frame.	10
24	90	Narrow, rectangular banners, bearing the sign of Yamada, fluttered on the height of the stands.	10
24	110	Following these four men with the gongs were two lines of masked, glaive-bearing Ashigaru, each line consisting of five men.	10
25	69	The two Ashigaru, bearing the bound, unconscious Sumomo between them, were nearly to the summit of the platform.	10
29	42	"We shall hope so," said Tajima, "its seeking fellows each bearing, presumably, a male of full weight, saddles, various accouterments, and such".	10
29	437	In a bit, Haruki returned, bearing, on its carrying ring, insulated with folds of cloth, a brazier, from which two handles protruded.	10
30	3	Nezumi hurried to the table bearing the earthen vessel.	10
35	48	First came Arashi, the bandit, swathed with ropes, two rope leashes on his neck, each in the grasp of a glaive-bearing Ashigaru, two of the foragers first met in the inn.	10
39	1	Pertinax; There is Work to be Done I stepped back behind a tent and a squad of Ashigaru hurried past, bearing glaives.	10
41	8	"Nonetheless, friend Haruki," I said, "have you located the unimportant, even despicable, slave, in whom Tajima has little, or no, interest?" We moved back a bit amongst the tents, as a squad of glaive-bearing Ashigaru, in double file, sped past.	10
46	66	Whereas much is obscure here, the selections involved seem to favor early maturity in the female which increases the length of her beauty, the length of her attractiveness, the length of her child-bearing years, and such, and to postpone maturity in the male until he is capable, in strength, agility...	10
50	120	Indeed, if one listened only briefly, or did not listen carefully, one might have supposed that something of that sort was on the other side of the door, perhaps caged, perhaps chained, but, if one attended more carefully, one began shortly to suspect, and it was a most unsettling suspicion, particu...	10
60	271	Ten or more Ashigaru, bearing glaives, splashed into the water, five at least to each side of the bridge.	10
60	387	The storm of men, like lava pouring through the gate, bearing arsenals of stolen weapons, glaives, and swords, and dozens of implements of farming, rushed forth upon us, and was as though it would engross us, when it stopped, but yards way.	10

Book 34. (16 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
6	500	The two men then withdrew again, only to soon return, one bearing a trough, some five feet in length, and the other two buckets, in one of which was a utensil, which proved to be a ladle.	10
8	298	I recalled the words of one of my instructresses, she switch bearing and herself collared, in the house of training.	10
14	10	Surely it is preferable to the fields, the laundries, the mills, bearing water in the mines or quarries, and such.	10
15	9	The portal opened, and Tullius Quintus, bearing a shallow tharlarion­­oil lamp, entered, followed by two of Lysander's men.	10
24	21	Some tarns, incidentally, bearing tarn baskets, are controlled from the basket itself.	10
26	196	Shortly thereafter we left his impromptu place of business, amongst the kegs, I bearing a bulging bag of salt, one which, we noted, bore well over a stone's weight of the sparkling mineral, sometimes called the diamond of the sea.	10
26	210	In a typical tunic and my neck encircled with a common collar, bearing its legend, I was soon reassured as to certain particulars.	10
30	34	I saw other paga girls about, bearing goblets, replenishing goblets at the vat, serving paga, fetching viands.	10
33	538	At that moment one of the two fellows who had opened the crate, he who had been sent to fetch a blanket, or such, returned, bearing a sizable scrap of canvas.	10
49	295	The portal behind the dais then opened again, and a slave entered, bearing a tray, on which were five, and only five, small glasses, and a small decanter of some ruby beverage, which, I gathered, must be that to which the Lady Alexina had alluded.	10
54	112	"Few Kurii, on Gor," said Lord Grendel, "will risk the bearing of a forbidden weapon.	10
61	325	Decius Albus, his robes bloody, standing in the box, ax-bearing Lucilius wild and snarling at his side, while the field was broken into warring factions, men against Kur, Kur against men, men against men, Kur against Kur, remonstrated again and again with his men, "Peace! Peace! Do not threaten our ...	10
61	564	Her alleged pet, bearing the large, flat box, had not followed her to the foot of the stands, but had lingered behind, and was rather close to the stake, near which Surtak, Drusus Andronicus, Kurik, and Lord Grendel had taken their stand.	10
61	616	She looked back, to where the Kurlike thing that had accompanied her to the field waited, bearing the large, flat box.	10
64	74	I mention this for it has some bearing on the washing of slaves.	10
65	149	At that point, Lucilius, bearing his ax, entered the yard.	10

Book 35. (13 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
1	269	For Ahn a day we were drilled in Gorean, taught by switch-bearing female slaves who cared little for barbarians.	10
3	242	Unfortunately this coin, bearing only, by proud tradition, the simple sign of Ar, is easy to imitate.	10
4	228	"We call her that because her bearing is so haughty, so superior, and offensive.	10
5	147	And who is likely, in the darkness, men rushing about, to challenge a fellow bearing away a slave which might well be his own? We were properties, and properties can be stolen.	10
6	308	I saw a flash of silk and a lithe, collared beauty, bearing a goblet, moved past the opening of the alcove, and, having approached one of the tables, knelt before it, and, her head down between her extended arms, proffered the goblet to a fellow sitting cross-legged at the table, who took the cup, s...	10
9	61	I hoped that they would dance her naked, with a whip-bearing keeper at the edge of the floor, to assure that she would please the patrons, to see that she would well "dance her collar," so to speak.	10
10	80	These, commonly, are soon detected, given their tone, bearing, carriage, or mien.	10
33	254	"The harbor is under surveillance, and each gate of the port, and even the skies are watched, for the darting, message-bearing vulo, returning to a far cot, for the majestic tarn".	10
36	76	Bosk of Port Kar's smallest ship was the swift Tesephone, it also bearing a woman's name, though one of a rather Cosian ring.	10
40	44	The motivation for my crawling forward, toward the head of the table, was that I had heard that the Alexia, one of the ships of Bosk of Port Kar, had recently anchored in the arsenal harbor, just this afternoon, from far Bazi, bearing tea, as the enterprises of Bosk of Port Kar were varied and widel...	10
41	194	Was his heart then not for hire? Did I not know him as duplicitous and faithless, as venal and untrustworthy? How easily he might turn his coat! How I hated him! How I loathed and despised him! And I wanted so much to be chained at his feet! One of the fellows who had entered the corridor with the m...	10
42	44	"And let them be he bearing the flag, one carrying a torch, and one to speak!" Then, a moment later, the defender called out, "That is close enough.	10
46	406	"Then strip her, and bind her, hand and foot and put her on the floor of the waiting canal boat, that bearing the design of the holding of Bosk.	10

Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter #	Sentence #	Quote	Confidence
32	42	They might even reach Zeuxis, bearing news of an impending relief, before learning of an attack on the column.	10
37	16	Some fellows, bearing sacks of Sa'Tarna, climbed gangplanks, to deposit their loads according to the directions of cargo officers.	10
41	25	"I think he be not Kenneth Statercounter," had said a council member, then in a begrimed tunic, bearing a basket of rocks to be carried to the parapet.	10
41	173	"They can conceal and protect men, be wheeled to walls, overtop walls, and, when they suddenly drop their gates, permit besiegers bearing shields to rush downward with great force upon defenders".	10
43	108	I climbed from the inner ditch, followed by my ten selected men, four swordsmen, four archers, and two men bearing vessels of tharlarion oil and axes, not war axes, but woodsmen's axes.	10
57	117	At the same time our men, bearing swords, axes, knives, and even clubs, rushed out from behind the screens, sure footed from the bits of nails fastened in their sandals and boots, and fell, like butchers on verr, on the numerous discomfited and often helpless foes, most unable to regain or maintain ...	10
60	311	"Instead of heralds from the palace, bearing that invitation," said Clitus, "steel, suborned by gold, was sent against us".	10