| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 3 | 151 |
One of the first lessons I was taught on Gor was that concern for a slave was out of place. |
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| 9 | 18 |
What would happen to Talena if we did, by some outstanding stroke of fortune, reach Ko-ro-ba? Would she be publicly impaled, returned to the mercies of the Initiates of Ar, or would she perhaps spend the rest of her days in the dungeons beneath the cylinders? Perhaps she would be permitted to live a... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 18 |
Their concern was with their own remote and mysterious ends; to achieve these ends, human creatures were treated as subservient instruments. |
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| 6 | 49 |
Too often they are seen less as persons, human beings with rights, individuals worthy of concern and regard than as potential pleasure slaves, silken, bangled prisoners, possible adornments to the pleasure gardens of their captors. |
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| 8 | 84 |
That I had business with the Priest-Kings was not his concern. |
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| 12 | 26 |
Her dark eyes regarded me, filled with concern. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 6 |
"It has to do with the Feast of Tola," they said, "and is not the concern of humans". |
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| 19 | 72 |
"It is not a matter of concern for humans," said Sarm. |
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| 22 | 19 |
Concern for me was written on their faces. |
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| 26 | 295 |
I regretted that I had touched the plastic for it seemed to express a concern for her which I had intended to mask. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 91 |
She remembered arising and washing and dressing, eating a hurried breakfast, taking the elevator downstairs from her apartment, the subway, arriving at work, the routines of the morning as a junior secretary in one of the larger advertising agencies on Madison Avenue, her excitement at being invited... |
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| 10 | 305 |
I supposed, in spite of their apparent lack of concern, the hearts of most of the Turian girls were beating rapidly. |
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| 15 | 3 |
It did not concern, in their opinion, the Kassars, the Kataii or the Paravaci. |
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| 23 | 23 |
In short, though Hakimba did not approve of the Paravaci action and was incensed at their presumed league with the Turians, he did not feel sufficiently strongly to invest his own men in a struggle that did not seem to concern him directly. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 35 |
Such a demand might seem importunate or to evince a concern for secrecy not in place in a house where I, supposedly, had taken gold for the use of my steel. |
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| 5 | 426 |
Let others concern themselves with the dark business of war". |
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| 15 | 25 |
The dance receives its name from the fact that the girl's head is not supposed to rise above the Warrior's belt, but only purists concern themselves with such niceties; wherever the dance is performed, however, it is imperative that the girl never rise to her feet. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 607 |
"Antisthenes, Captain," I said, "I am grateful for your concern". |
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| 13 | 248 |
"Forgive me, Master," said I, with concern. |
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| 18 | 92 |
"And," said he, defiantly, "a man does not concern himself for a mere female slave". |
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| 18 | 387 |
For years he treated me with great concern and care. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 65 |
His concern, however, that of Turus, was important to me, quite important. |
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| 13 | 374 |
Their safety, or survival, as my actions made clear, was of little concern to me. |
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| 17 | 132 |
Doubtless his main concern would be to reach the sea, for his rendezvous with the Rhoda and the Tesephone. |
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| 20 | 179 |
He had little concern with the women, particularly inasmuch as their weapons had been destroyed, or had vanished. |
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| 22 | 597 |
He might then, without show of concern, without solicitude, do what he wished. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 472 |
"Is it of concern to you whether or not the daughter of Thorgard of Scagnar wears a collar?" "It does not matter to me," said I, "whether she wears a collar or not". |
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| 8 | 276 |
"And at least it is of no concern to us". |
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| 14 | 27 |
He doubtless understood what was occurring but, to him, somehow, it did not seem of concern. |
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| 18 | 673 |
Let others concern themselves with such struggles. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 210 |
I had not much understood it, but Samos had evinced concern. |
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| 21 | 5 |
I realized then that he had been pointing to his destination, whatever it might be, which lay within the dune country, as though I might know what it was, but that the route which he wisely selected would parallel the dune country, until he reached a given point, at which point he would strike out o... |
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| 21 | 564 |
No longer did he concern himself with the ring. |
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| 24 | 322 |
"Can you forgive me," she asked, "for what I have done?" "What seems to concern you," I said, "does not to me seem to require forgiveness. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 156 |
They concern themselves with its tiniest details. |
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| 4 | 167 |
In short, Gorean masters concern themselves closely with their girls. |
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| 4 | 422 |
I saw in his eyes that he, as a Gorean master, had no concern for my anguish, my intent and feelings. |
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| 4 | 608 |
He had ravished me, and now I must serve him, and as a naked slave girl! Did he not know I was from Earth? Had he not been told? Did he think I was a Gorean girl? Did he think such things were right for me? Had he no concern for my feelings? But he saw me doubtless as no more than a girl with a mark... |
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| 4 | 887 |
The camp was not his concern. |
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| 4 | 888 |
His concern was elsewhere, with possible approaches to the camp, the fields beyond the valleys. |
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| 7 | 1013 |
I recalled his anger at my helpless yielding to the soldier; I was only a slave; I had not been able to help myself; yet he had been angry; too, he himself had commanded the man to address himself to the work of my rape; yet he had been angry; too, his concern with Marla seemed to me rather sudden a... |
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| 7 | 1151 |
"Why then," he asked, "do I concern myself with you?" "I do not know, Master," I said. |
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| 20 | 210 |
It is one less thing to concern herself with. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 |
I understand their commitment in these matters to be serious and one involving their deep concern". |
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| 2 | 124 |
"It is none of your concern," I said. |
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| 3 | 163 |
I saw two men of the Wagon Peoples pass by, and, not a yard from them, evincing no concern, a fellow in the flowing robes of Turia. |
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| 6 | 600 |
It was not even clear to me that they, in their concern with the tracks of the tharlarion, observed the tracks of the man leading to the pond. |
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| 9 | 331 |
"That is not my concern," she said. |
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| 9 | 348 |
"That is not my concern," she said. |
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| 9 | 353 |
"They are not my concern," she said. |
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| 11 | 507 |
"It is not my concern," she had said. |
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| 11 | 509 |
"It is not my concern," I said. |
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| 15 | 100 |
And even had he thought of it, their deprivation would not have been of concern to him, for they were only animals. |
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| 16 | 22 |
Is this not a concern of all men? "It is your sleen," said Imnak, giving it to me. |
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| 21 | 446 |
"That is a concern of free women". |
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| 21 | 449 |
"Let that be your concern," I said. |
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| 23 | 113 |
It did not concern itself with the sleen or the sled, however. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 120 |
"But do not concern yourself with our troubles," he said, "for you are not of Schendi". |
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| 12 | 132 |
Soon, however, it became clear that you were an object for our concern. |
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| 15 | 69 |
"Your concern for their cause is commendable," I said. |
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| 23 | 456 |
Mwoga had informed us that there were only two to concern ourselves with, and that we might proceed with dispatch. |
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| 27 | 188 |
Should one concern oneself with cattle? Let them know no more than that one day they are themselves, as they recall themselves, perhaps in many cases tense, petulant, intemperate, self-seeking, frustrated, miserable, and bored, in familiar quotidian surroundings, in a predictable and routine reality... |
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| 32 | 479 |
In one context, for example, as in the current context, the expression 'girl' is beautifully appropriate, its use being justified not only by descriptive accuracy, a concern with physiological veridicality, so to speak, but by social aptness, institutional relevance, instructional utility, and such. |
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| 32 | 489 |
There is more concern on Earth for the health of trees than humans. |
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| 32 | 490 |
The political concern with the flourishing of nature stops short at human nature. |
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| 33 | 55 |
For a man such as Bila Huruma I conjecture that the principle of preserving his empire would take precedence over matters of minor personal concern". |
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| 35 | 86 |
But she had defied me, despite my concern for her happiness and well-being, and fled, and by that action she had chosen her world. |
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| 50 | 52 |
"Do not concern yourself," I told him. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 451 |
Besides the concern of a slave girl is not with male slaves; their concern is with free men, their masters. |
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| 10 | 184 |
She had done these things with the same habitual routine, the same lack of attention and concern, with which she might have hung up a piece of wearing apparel or replaced a comb and brush on a vanity. |
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| 16 | 19 |
Concern for the future of the caste is thus evinced in this limitation by the physicians on the rights of their women to participate without delay in the caste craft. |
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| 17 | 109 |
She, of course, a free woman, and one once of means, would not concern herself with such work as dusting and cleaning. |
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| 18 | 193 |
This sudden, exacting concern with the details of the operation of the great stables was unusual for her. |
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| 27 | 286 |
"It is of no concern of yours," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 16 |
"Victoria is not their concern," said another, bitterly. |
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| 24 | 225 |
"Or is it, rather," she asked, "that I am so low a slave that you do not concern yourself even to speak to me?" I smiled. |
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| 25 | 84 |
"I suggest," said Callimachus, "that the security of the river is of greater concern to them both than the distant wars of their allies". |
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| 26 | 239 |
My major concern now was to save his life. |
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| 29 | 81 |
"The pirates of the eastern Vosk are more your concern than mine. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 57 |
He would not have seen fit, I conjectured, to concern himself with the travail of personally conducting the immediate and pedestrian affairs of an unimportant battle which, in his opinion, would have had a foregone conclusion. |
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| 17 | 263 |
How tight, inhibited, and unhappy she had seemed there, in her politically prescribed pseudo-male attire; was that truly her world; did she not, truly, belong elsewhere, somewhere, say, in silk and a collar; how desperate she had been to subscribe to opinions imperiously imposed upon her by others; ... |
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| 20 | 131 |
If it did, that would be time enough, we supposed, for them to concern themselves with it. |
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| 20 | 1640 |
Let it be gone! This is Gor! Gor! What was she to you, that tart I once was, dear Master, that you should have deferred to her? Did you never once point to the floor at your feet, and tell her to kneel? Why not? What mistakes the men of Earth make with the women of Earth! It is no wonder the women o... |
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| 21 | 734 |
"Your concern here," I said, "is not to be proud, but to be fully pleasing". |
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| 21 | 788 |
"And in your concern you wished to speak to me?" "Because of all the men I knew," she said, "you were the only one whom I felt might understand me". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 264 |
Not until one has lost one's curiosity, and concern, can one be said to be truly old. |
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| 2 | 317 |
"These things are his concern," said Samos, "not yours". |
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| 13 | 1090 |
"Your concern is not well-warranted," I said. |
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| 13 | 1362 |
"But beyond this," I said, "beyond the concern with an individual master, you will learn, more generally, how to be pleasing to men. |
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| 16 | 255 |
"As they are not in the Teaching, we need not concern ourselves with them". |
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| 16 | 319 |
The object of Grunt's concern, potent as it was, did not occur to me at the time. |
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| 19 | 214 |
Such concern might seem out of place in a lofty Blotanhunka. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 196 |
In my intense awareness of this being the day of the great dance, probably a function of Cuwignaka's almost overwhelming concern about it, and in my concern over the fate of Canka, and my concern with the information obtained from Oiputake, I had forgotten that this day, too, was the day of a peace ... |
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| 7 | 766 |
"Such matters are not the proper concern of one who is only a pretty young girl like yourself," laughed Bloketu. |
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| 14 | 556 |
It would be difficult to explain to her, I conjectured, that my concern in this matter was not for myself, but for her. |
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| 16 | 111 |
Rather than feel shame at experiencing them you should feel concern if you did not. |
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| 18 | 274 |
Who was I, an ignorant slave in their midst, to concern myself with their affairs? Too, Oiputake must have been mistaken. |
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| 19 | 36 |
I did not want him, in his great disappointment, to concern himself with my foolishness. |
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| 19 | 168 |
To be sure, it had not seemed to be of much concern to Cuwignaka until now. |
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| 33 | 323 |
Who can truly understand the emotional depths and needs, eons old, of these flowers of nature and evolution? How natural, then, it is, that the truly loving man will concern himself not with her distortions and perversions, ultimately barren, but with her emotional and sensuous truths, ancient and d... |
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| 37 | 134 |
In our hours in the pit we had had several occasions for concern. |
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| 46 | 8 |
"It need not concern you". |
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| 48 | 28 |
No particular master is likely to have any special concern for her, nor can she, as such a slave, ameliorate or improve her condition, or even secure, to some extent, her possibilities of survival, by becoming, in virtue of deep, sweet, delicate, intimate and exquisite relationships, so fulfilling t... |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 241 |
"I need not concern myself with such charges, then?" I asked. |
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| 6 | 711 |
"There seems little concern for their sensibilities," I observed. |
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| 11 | 216 |
"Such matters need not concern the Tatrix," he said. |
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| 11 | 217 |
"They need concern, rather, our generals". |
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| 11 | 232 |
I want a truce!" "Such matters," he said, "need not concern you. |
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| 19 | 205 |
Too, more naively, in my almost exclusive concern with touching, a common error, incidentally, with new slaves, I neglected by expressions and attitudes, to acknowledge and confess the deeper realities of our relationship, that I was, in the final analysis, his obedient captive. |
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| 26 | 78 |
"Put aside all concern with your own self-image," said Teela. |
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| 26 | 79 |
"Your only concern now is the pleasing of your master". |
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| 26 | 198 |
His primary concern, after all, is that her service is instantaneous and perfect. |
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| 29 | 150 |
"What is your concern with her?" he asked. |
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| 30 | 543 |
It was not, really, that I was not ready for such things, but, rather, that it would be absurd that I, not being the true Tatrix of Corcyrus, should concern myself with them. |
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| 31 | 52 |
"You need not concern yourself with them," he said, "as you are only a slave". |
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| 36 | 208 |
"And you need not concern yourself with obedience and service. |
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| 36 | 1098 |
"Master," I said, "this is not like you! Where is your concern for me?" "Were you given permission to speak?" he asked. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1106 |
Besides he is not noted, anyway, for his excessive concern for scrupulosity in his business dealings". |
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| 2 | 1350 |
"Then I would not have to concern myself with such matters. |
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| 2 | 1352 |
"To be sure," I said, "many of the matters with which the free woman must concern herself are simply irrelevant to the slave". |
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| 10 | 224 |
One must show concern for her, of course. |
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| 10 | 296 |
"I appreciate your concern". |
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| 10 | 567 |
"I thought you might have some concern for her". |
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| 12 | 183 |
"Perhaps it is stupid, or absurd, or foolish, that men should concern themselves with such things". |
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| 13 | 62 |
"We make it our business to concern ourselves with strangers within our borders," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 203 |
Too I smiled because of the free woman's concern, and outrage, at the very thought of having a slave in the house. |
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| 3 | 290 |
Accordingly, they exhibited little concern with possible imperatives of assembly and concentration. |
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| 7 | 18 |
"I am sure, now, we will never catch up with the others, surely not until after dark!" "That is my concern," said Mincon, blinking, shaking his head. |
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| 15 | 214 |
Too, I suspect your ejection of the civilian population from Torcadino is not merely political, to appear to show concern, generosity, and mercy, nor merely expedient, to remove them from the city, thus conserving supplies and removing possible Cosian sympathizers from behind your back, but to incre... |
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| 15 | 497 |
My major concern is with the expeditious and efficient attainment of certain ultimate objectives. |
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| 16 | 140 |
Do not concern yourself in this matter, sweet daughter, with the values of others, and particularly of men, for you are not a man, or of those who desire to be imitative of men, but seek to find your own female values, the deepest and most feminine values in your being, those of your deepest self. |
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| 16 | 323 |
Yet I was not then discontent! What can it all mean?" "Do not concern yourself," said the mother. |
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| 16 | 739 |
I gather that she, in the customary, unquestioning self-centeredness and vanity of her youth, seemingly so inevitable in the young, has given little concern to your feelings, to your reality as an independent woman and human being, that she has scarcely thought of you, or understood you, in these wa... |
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| 24 | 396 |
"Perhaps, on the other hand, it was not of concern to them". |
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| 24 | 397 |
"Not of concern to them?" she asked, in horror. |
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| 25 | 685 |
"This one," said my hostess, "was to have been trained with gentleness, but she made the mistake of expressing a concern for her privacy. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 118 |
If they had no concern for my feelings, had they, too, no concern with their employer's property, that they would subject it to such risk? Then I recalled that Ionicus of Cos had paid more for me, a great deal more, than is common for a female work slave, and that this had to do with his "amusement"... |
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| 6 | 585 |
No more concern was being taken for us, it seemed, than for crates, bales or boxes. |
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| 9 | 256 |
Clothing sizes were not given, as there is little concern on Gor with a slave's exact sizes in such matters. |
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| 10 | 495 |
They relish our bodies and see that they derive from them, exploiting us, if you will, every last ounce of pleasure that they can yield to them, but even in these merciless predations, showing us so little concern, it is the whole woman, the whole of their property, which they tease, and torment, an... |
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| 24 | 92 |
My main concern was that the guard could see what was going on. |
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| 24 | 546 |
I felt, too, that she had, in the last few days, come to have some concern for me. |
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| 24 | 576 |
"They will concern themselves, surely, too, with legalities, and such," she said. |
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| 29 | 140 |
There is much concern there over this second disappearance of a wench from the camp. |
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| 29 | 604 |
"See! It will kill you if you try to hurt her! Come away! Let her go! Let her go! She is not important! She is only a slave! Only a slave! Do not concern yourself with a slave, a mere slave!" Mirus then, in fury, held the blade with one hand. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 196 |
As I have indicated, the lips and mouth of a female are commonly regarded as extremely sensuous features to a Gorean, hence the concern of many free women, particularly of high caste, in the high cities, to conceal them. |
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| 10 | 313 |
Too, in her new reality, that of slave, it was not up to her to concern herself with, or inquire critically into, the affairs of free men. |
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| 11 | 76 |
Afterwards, he may require her to thank him for her whipping, expressing her gratitude for his concern, his thoughtfulness, his solicitude, for her reform and correction. |
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| 13 | 249 |
"Do not concern yourself with me," I said. |
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| 14 | 148 |
"What is your concern?" she asked. |
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| 15 | 154 |
"Save yourself! I am known! Do not concern yourself for me!" I removed the leash and collar from her. |
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| 15 | 537 |
"But if your thoughts in this matter had been correct," I said, "it might have been too bad, might it not, for many of the other women of Ar's Station, women less fortunate, less rich, than you, who lacked the means wherewith to purchase their lives?" "That could not be my concern," she said, angril... |
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| 15 | 808 |
"That is my own concern," she said, loftily. |
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| 15 | 914 |
"Do not concern yourself with her," said the fellow, finishing with the knot, jerking it tight, on Lady Publia's ankles. |
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| 16 | 438 |
"Surely the genuineness of her terror added to the effectiveness of our disguises," I said, "as did your own authentic concern". |
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| 17 | 146 |
It is better for the attackers, usually, to have the tower isolated, back from the wall, and to be able to control its bridge without concern for the defenders. |
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| 17 | 361 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
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| 18 | 485 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I advised. |
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| 21 | 515 |
"I do not think we need now concern ourselves with matters such as intentional misrepresentations of caste, violations of decorum, arrogation of advantages, jeopardization of fellow citizens, and insufficiency of patriotism. |
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| 21 | 1091 |
But Publia's concern was well warranted. |
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| 23 | 56 |
"Such things are no longer of concern to you, are they?" "No, Master!" she said. |
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| 23 | 59 |
"In any event," I said, "you need not concern yourself any longer with the sexual activities, the proprieties, and such, of the free woman. |
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| 23 | 140 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
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| 24 | 396 |
"Do not concern yourself now about such matters," said Aemilianus to the young warrior. |
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| 24 | 500 |
But in any case, whether because of her own pride, in itself, or her concern that I who had known her as a free woman was about, or because of the strangers in the crowd, or the other slave girls, or whatever, how woefully out of place was that absurd utterance in her new reality! But then I saw in ... |
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| 24 | 755 |
Most Goreans, save for occasional sacrifices, observations, donations to temples, and such, called for by the caste of Initiates, who claim to mediate between men and Priest-Kings, live their lives without much concern for Priest-Kings, and seem to hope that the Priest-Kings will return the favor, w... |
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| 24 | 757 |
Concern with the Priest-Kings is usually most prevalent, when it is found, amongst the lower castes. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1231 |
Does a thirsting man in the Tahari concern himself with the feelings of the water with which he at last slakes his thirst? Does a starving man in Torvaldsland concern himself with the feelings of the viands on which he at last feasts? I continued to hold her, tightly. |
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| 1 | 1161 |
"None that needs concern you," I said. |
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| 12 | 130 |
"Concern yourself with the matter no longer, my helpless, handsome spy," she laughed. |
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| 12 | 249 |
With such an abundance of riches at his disposal he would not be likely to concern himself with a free female. |
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| 15 | 21 |
As for myself I could concern myself with little but the weight of the raft, my footing, and the blows which drove me. |
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| 17 | 314 |
They were covered with sting flies, which seemed no discomfort or concern to them. |
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| 19 | 1230 |
I supposed she had little pleasure in this, at least at the time, and perhaps I should have been a bit more concerned for her than I was, as she was a free woman, and not a mere slave, but, frankly, I was not much in a mood to concern myself with her feelings. |
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| 19 | 1464 |
"And, too, I have little concern personally with the wars of Ar and Cos. |
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| 39 | 10 |
I did not wish to involve him in difficulties which were not his concern. |
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| 44 | 85 |
"Concern yourself not with them," I said. |
10 |
| 44 | 104 |
Ah, I thought to myself, recalling their concern for brands, and such. |
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| 45 | 59 |
"I need not concern myself with such women," she said. |
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| 45 | 60 |
"I need only concern myself with my own duties, which are those of a slave". |
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| 46 | 238 |
"It is no longer a concern of yours! Begone!" I advanced on him and he turned and fled. |
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| 48 | 175 |
"What are we going to do for female companionship," I asked, "with Ina gone?" "That would seem to be your concern, rather than mine," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 |
On the other hand, the concern for your reputation and such, so natural in you free women, almost guarantees the repeatability, and the continued success, of these small pleasant projects". |
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| 1 | 367 |
Of what concern could be such things to them? "Keep your head down," I muttered to Marcus. |
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| 7 | 84 |
After the burning of the gates, of course, one need no longer concern oneself with ostraka and permits. |
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| 8 | 139 |
"Do not concern yourself with it now". |
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| 10 | 153 |
Do not concern yourself with them, my friend. |
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| 10 | 154 |
They are unworthy of your concern". |
10 |
| 10 | 485 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Marcus. |
10 |
| 11 | 333 |
"Then I would not concern myself with them," I said. |
10 |
| 11 | 460 |
"Is that your only concern?" I asked. |
10 |
| 12 | 496 |
"You have mistaken concern for cowardice," I said. |
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| 13 | 88 |
The major concern of Priest-Kings with men, it seemed, was to have as little to do with them as possible. |
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| 13 | 161 |
Naturally the motivation of this, putting aside the standard camouflage of moralistic prose which may be conveniently invoked for any purpose whatsoever, even those most antithetical to nature, health, reason, truth and life, was no concern for slaves but rather a desire to diminish the men of Ar, t... |
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| 14 | 394 |
"You are men! You are men! A slave begs forgiveness!" Her concern was certainly not out of place. |
10 |
| 18 | 75 |
His concern was not without reason. |
10 |
| 19 | 238 |
"But such considerations need not concern us," I said. |
10 |
| 19 | 896 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
10 |
| 19 | 1067 |
Now no longer need the lovely Lavinia concern herself with matters such as veiling. |
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| 19 | 1106 |
Would one concern oneself with keeping a kaiila or tarsk informed? "May I be of further service to Masters?" she asked. |
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| 19 | 1417 |
"I am touched by your concern, or reservations, pertaining to the severity of my discipline for her, denying her slave use," I said. |
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| 19 | 1421 |
"But I wonder, too, if your concern might not have been self-regarding in some respect, motivated at least in part by a certain disappointment that you were, in accordance with my decision, denied an opportunity to search out, locate and exploit the vulnerable pleasures of the slave?" "Perhaps," he ... |
10 |
| 20 | 407 |
"One need not concern you," I said, "as you will be the mere instrument of its delivery. |
10 |
| 22 | 414 |
If the two fellows were disposed to treat the slave as though he might not be a slave, I did not think that that need be considered my concern. |
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| 23 | 81 |
"I shall not leave Ar without it!" "Concern yourself with the matter no longer," I said. |
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| 23 | 258 |
"Do not concern yourself with me," I said. |
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| 25 | 515 |
"But surely I have been purchased on speculation," he said, "for resale?" "Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
10 |
| 25 | 517 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
10 |
| 26 | 376 |
"Do not concern yourself then with such matters," she said. |
10 |
| 27 | 50 |
This results, of course, also in the cessation or diminishment of womanhood, but that does not concern the factions as it is only their own interests which are of importance to them". |
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| 27 | 694 |
"And as for your favors," I said, "do not concern yourselves with them. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 85 |
Let such things be our concern. |
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| 7 | 459 |
But such matters need not concern us here. |
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| 7 | 569 |
Let him not concern himself with such things! I was only what I was, nothing more. |
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| 8 | 232 |
Indeed, the men of my world, in their self-concern, preoccupied with their own affairs, doubtless of great moment, seemed prepared to let their world die. |
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| 11 | 298 |
"Do not concern yourself with her," said Dorna. |
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| 14 | 1097 |
"Do you remember what the man said on the stairs, as we left?" "Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
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| 14 | 1112 |
"And you would best concern yourself to do your best to be such," I said. |
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| 14 | 1200 |
My charge, doubtless in her concern to survey the terrace for the scarlet-clad figure, had, it seemed, struck into a free woman of the city. |
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| 14 | 1623 |
"But do not concern yourself with such matters, as you are a free woman". |
10 |
| 14 | 1644 |
"Do not concern yourself with such matters. |
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| 18 | 267 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
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| 19 | 474 |
They would respect the mystery, but would not much concern themselves with it. |
10 |
| 21 | 11 |
"Do not concern yourself with such matters," I advised her. |
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| 22 | 49 |
And so, for whatever reason—whether he had understood and been forgiving of a slave's desperate concern to discover in what city she served, whether he had been tolerant of an Earth-girl slave's naive foolishness, whether he was fond in his rough way of her, and thought he would this time exc... |
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| 24 | 38 |
Whatever was going on did not, it seemed, concern this part of the city. |
10 |
| 25 | 32 |
"Then it is not our concern," said the peasant. |
10 |
| 25 | 34 |
"It is not our concern". |
10 |
| 29 | 203 |
"Our concern in this business is now done," said the clerk. |
10 |
| 34 | 144 |
I trust a concern for their safety, or for that of one or more of them, will ensure your diligence as guides. |
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| 45 | 232 |
"If you do not believe me, Master," I said, "do not concern yourself with the matter. |
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| 46 | 588 |
I wondered what he would name me, or if he would concern himself to name me. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 802 |
"Even on Earth, consider their obsessive concern with their appearance, with their ever-present desire to present themselves attractively before men, their concern with the right make-up, the right jewelry, the right earrings, the correct, fashionable clothing, their concern with their hosiery, thei... |
10 |
| 4 | 63 |
Do not concern yourself with it. |
10 |
| 4 | 88 |
"Do not concern yourself with it," he said. |
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| 8 | 93 |
So I am of no concern to him, she thought, except insofar as my flanks might be of some interest! But then, suddenly, she feared it was true. |
10 |
| 10 | 327 |
What concern had the law, in all its power and majesty, with such matters? Whether he loved her or he did not, whether she loved him or she did not, did not matter. |
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| 11 | 140 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Mirus. |
10 |
| 11 | 754 |
"So do not concern yourself with Home Stones," he said. |
10 |
| 11 | 911 |
How could he then respect her? But how absurd was such a concern! Dignity, respect, and such, were not for slaves. |
10 |
| 11 | 980 |
"It is no concern of yours". |
10 |
| 13 | 430 |
"Do not concern yourself about her," said Laura. |
10 |
| 16 | 226 |
Misery and concern had been on her mind, overwhelming it, not food. |
10 |
| 16 | 730 |
The concern of the girl chained to the ring which Ellen still grasped was not unwarranted. |
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| 16 | 1133 |
"I am Zara, if it pleases Master! I beg to be purchased! I am skilled! I can serve you well! Oh, buy me, Master! I beg to be permitted to serve you!" "Do not concern yourself with her, Master!" called out Lydia. |
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| 18 | 743 |
Many caste members, as you know, do not concern themselves specifically with caste business. |
10 |
| 19 | 37 |
"What is the concern below?" called Portus to Tersius, on the platform. |
10 |
| 20 | 574 |
"I belong to Cos! I am a property of the empire of Cos!" The two lads exchanged sudden glances, clearly of concern. |
10 |
| 21 | 219 |
But her concern seemed unnecessary, for none in the slowly advancing line looked about themselves. |
10 |
| 22 | 457 |
Doubtless he had business here, but it did not seem that it would concern a lowly slave, one he had discarded for a pittance, after teaching her pain, shame, and the meaning of her collar. |
10 |
| 23 | 253 |
"Surely there is more in your concern than the obvious fact that I have become a true slave". |
10 |
| 24 | 571 |
Again men greeted this concern with delight. |
10 |
| 24 | 699 |
It was then the concern of masters whether or not they would deign to summon her, a needful, submitted slave, to their feet. |
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| 25 | 412 |
"You would not have to concern yourself with such matters. |
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| 25 | 679 |
Naturally they wish the men to share their views but most Gorean men refrain from discussing the matter with them, except perhaps to dismiss the matter with some remark, such as "Do not concern yourself with them. |
10 |
| 25 | 812 |
And she need not concern herself at all with Selius Arconious, a lowly tarnster. |
10 |
| 26 | 117 |
Beware of Tersius Major! Portus Canio and Fel Doron are even now awaiting transportation to Cos or Tyros, perhaps to the quarries!" "Do not concern yourself about such things, slave girl," said Selius Arconious. |
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| 26 | 462 |
"Do not concern yourself with such matters," he said. |
10 |
| 26 | 463 |
"They are not the concern of slaves". |
10 |
| 26 | 464 |
"But men may seek you, for you possessed gold, coins which, it seems, may have borne the quality and weight certifications of Jad, on Cos!" "Do not concern yourself with such matters," he said. |
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| 26 | 1173 |
Imagine now, if you can, the concern, and hopes, of the slave that such needs, such cruel needs, will be recognized by the master, and that he will be moved to attend to them. |
10 |
| 27 | 173 |
They may have no concern with us," speculated Fel Doron. |
10 |
| 27 | 542 |
"That is the concern of Cos. |
10 |
| 27 | 666 |
Had there ever been such, truly? If so, were there still such? And if there were such, had they any interest or concern with human beings? And the facts of the world, as any set of facts, she knew, might be susceptible to a variety of plausible explanations. |
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| 27 | 678 |
She had once inquired about them, but she had been informed that such matters were not the concern of animals, and she, of course, as a slave, was an animal. |
10 |
| 27 | 750 |
"The Priest-Kings do not concern themselves with the affairs of men," said Selius Arconious, bitterly. |
10 |
| 27 | 751 |
"They concern themselves with the keeping of their laws," said a man. |
10 |
| 27 | 1647 |
"Is it of concern to Master?" inquired the slave. |
10 |
| 27 | 3381 |
"Men cannot concern themselves wholly with slaves," said Mirus". |
10 |
| 28 | 211 |
Thus, should this not win me some concern, some understanding, some sympathy, some tenderness, some softening of his regard? Yet see how he looks upon me! I am seen merely as female and slave! Momentarily Ellen was angry. |
10 |
| 28 | 216 |
It was as though he had read her concern, and had been amused. |
10 |
| 28 | 349 |
They, at least, do not share your concern with Priest-Kings". |
10 |
| 28 | 386 |
The Priest-Kings, it seems to me, have little or no interest in us, in our kind, in our form of life, little or no concern with the doings of men, other than that their laws be kept". |
10 |
| 29 | 286 |
"She was haughty!" "Surely that is a small thing," said Portus Canio, "a squabble amongst slave girls, nothing with which masters need concern themselves". |
10 |
| 30 | 143 |
She gave much concern to her appearance for she was her master's property, and any fault in her appearance or behavior might be thought to reflect poorly on him, on his capacity to own and manage a slave. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 47 |
Concern was clear in his Kur, but this concern was not, of course, evident in the dispassionate account rendered in virtue of Cabot's translator. |
10 |
| 1 | 169 |
On the other hand, he may have been sought for ardently, perhaps because of the heinousness of his offense, his treasonous concern for the welfare of an enemy. |
10 |
| 1 | 315 |
Some members of the caste of physicians, incidentally, concern themselves with such matters, for example, by implanting fertilized eggs in host mothers. |
10 |
| 1 | 356 |
Her own womanhood insists on this, as does her pride, her self-image, her concern for her own desirability, her sense of her own worth and value as a female. |
10 |
| 1 | 368 |
They dress for them, they concern themselves with their appearance, their posture, their speech, and behavior. |
10 |
| 2 | 26 |
Their concern was with its effects. |
10 |
| 3 | 54 |
It was not of great concern to him. |
10 |
| 5 | 396 |
We tried to explain her concern at the time, at least to some extent. |
10 |
| 11 | 30 |
In this fashion the occupants, or passengers, never exposed to the rigors and perils of a near vacuum, need not concern themselves with complex suiting, reaction devices, safety lines, and such. |
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| 18 | 43 |
This initial lack of concern with facial nudity commonly arouses contempt in not only Gorean free women for Earth-origin female slaves, but the contempt of Gorean female slaves, as well. |
10 |
| 18 | 47 |
No longer does it concern her that free women will hate her and that other Gorean female slaves will now regard her as a serious rival. |
10 |
| 21 | 229 |
"Do not concern yourself. |
10 |
| 21 | 235 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Peisistratus, to Cabot. |
10 |
| 21 | 243 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Peisistratus. |
10 |
| 22 | 186 |
To be sure, she was fresh to her bondage, had received little training, and knew little, at that time, of a slave's major concern, that of serving and pleasing, selflessly, intimately and inordinately, the males of her species. |
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| 25 | 115 |
"Or perhaps the merest breath of a possible reluctance, the smallest suggestion of a mere hesitation in your desperate concern to be prompt and pleasing in all ways?" "No, no," she said. |
10 |
| 29 | 51 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter," he said. |
10 |
| 30 | 117 |
"Do not concern yourself with the matter". |
10 |
| 30 | 191 |
"As you spoke before," she said, "unilaterally, ruthlessly, with no thought of me whatsoever, but only of your own desire, and pleasure, using me without the least concern or mercy". |
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| 31 | 68 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
10 |
| 53 | 157 |
To be sure, occasionally, a confederacy of sorts is formed amongst such brothers, in pursuit of a common concern, but that tends to be frowned upon, and is supposedly rare". |
10 |
| 54 | 138 |
"Do not overly concern yourself," said Cabot, "for she is only a slave". |
10 |
| 56 | 101 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Lord Grendel. |
10 |
| 61 | 189 |
"Surely you have no personal interest or concern in this female," said Flavion. |
10 |
| 61 | 252 |
"He dare not reveal his concern for me". |
10 |
| 62 | 27 |
"Have you not planned for that," asked Cabot, "by demonstrating his concern for the welfare of the much-hated traitress, the Lady Bina, his defense of her against the human, Cestiphon, and urging her trial, conviction, and execution, confident that Grendel would defend her, and thus die with her?" "... |
10 |
| 64 | 57 |
It had only recently become clear to Cestiphon that Flavion had put him to use, to further his own ends, to bring Lord Grendel hurriedly to the assistance of the Lady Bina, thus betraying his concern for a traitress, and, thus, he hoped, undermining and compromising his position in the camp. |
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| 64 | 192 |
"Do not concern yourself with Flavion's knowledge," said Lord Grendel. |
10 |
| 78 | 29 |
"What if a master should hear? Do you wish to be whipped? Do you wish to be marketed? Concern yourself rather with being an abject slave, wholly submitted. |
10 |
| 79 | 193 |
She was to have been, as a free woman, a challenge to his honor, the means by which, sooner or later, it must be inevitably lost, but now there was no longer a need to concern oneself with such things, for now, as a slave, she was as open to him or to any other who might own her, as any other slave. |
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| 79 | 411 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Cabot. |
10 |
| 79 | 617 |
"And I fear I do not, at least to my satisfaction, understand wholly the causes of his concern. |
10 |
| 80 | 161 |
"What is his concern?" inquired a Kur, puzzled. |
10 |
| 80 | 204 |
"Do not do this to her! She has suffered enough! If you care for me, spare her this humiliation!" "What is his concern?" asked a Kur. |
10 |
| 81 | 136 |
"How is this?" "Agamemnon, and his ambitions, it seems, were of some concern in the Sardar," said Grendel. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
In any event, we need not concern ourselves with Agamemnon as he had been dethroned, removed from the Steel World in question, and brought to Gor by exiled, devoted liegemen. |
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| 1 | 24 |
But, too, should not each caste concern itself with its own business, the metal worker with metals, the peasant with the soil, the mariner with the sea, and so on? I do not commend this view, but report it. |
10 |
| 1 | 105 |
"What are Priest-Kings?" "Do not concern yourself with the matter," I said. |
10 |
| 2 | 59 |
To be sure, brigands, pirates, enemies, and such, are not likely to concern themselves with challenges, but are rather the more likely, as they see fit, to attack, and kill. |
10 |
| 5 | 274 |
"Attend," said he, "fellow partisan of the plans of Priest-Kings, attend the commands of the Sardar!" "What is your sudden concern?" I asked. |
10 |
| 8 | 197 |
I suspected he came from a hierarchical society, as that had been suggested by his demeanor, and his concern with one-name and two-name individuals, and so on. |
10 |
| 9 | 370 |
I did not understand her concern. |
10 |
| 10 | 100 |
In the light of these considerations, to the extent they might apply, then, it should be clear why the "contract women" would not be likely to concern themselves overly much with collar-girls. |
10 |
| 10 | 245 |
Her concern to appear before Lord Nishida as soon as possible and demand her immediate return to Earth, before an additional and possibly greater delay might take place, had doubtless determined her to avail herself of any expedient at hand, and the sheet, if nothing else, was voluminous and, were t... |
10 |
| 10 | 251 |
I supposed that that would be unusual for Miss Wentworth, not only because of her dispositions and personality, but because of her acute concern to make known her demands. |
10 |
| 10 | 264 |
The fact that the beasts seemed somnolent and that they seemed to provoke little concern amongst the others in the pavilion had, of course, considerably, if not entirely, assuaged my apprehensions. |
10 |
| 10 | 489 |
"But we concern ourselves, of course," said Thrasilicus, "not only with acquisition lists, but want lists, as well, and a new customer, whom we were muchly concerned to please, for various reasons, had specified a particular form of merchandise. |
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| 10 | 528 |
"That is not my concern," she said. |
10 |
| 13 | 296 |
Limited as it might be in great things, it was formidable in that which did not concern the occupation. |
10 |
| 18 | 97 |
"Should we not concern ourselves with Cecily and Jane?" asked Pertinax. |
10 |
| 18 | 112 |
"Then one might concern oneself?" he asked. |
10 |
| 18 | 171 |
The second major theory proposed to explain the ban of Priest-Kings on body armor is that the Priest-Kings, in their benign concern for human beings, one of the diverse life forms with which they stocked the planet, thought the banning of body armor would reduce injury and conflict, that it would le... |
10 |
| 18 | 309 |
His concern had seemingly been scorned, perhaps even mocked. |
10 |
| 18 | 311 |
I suspected he now viewed the contract woman differently, doubtless now as less worthy of his concern, which he would now recognize had been seriously misplaced. |
10 |
| 19 | 114 |
I gathered from his remark that he eschewed an engagement in our work, that he chose not to concern himself with it. |
10 |
| 20 | 119 |
"You showed concern. |
10 |
| 20 | 127 |
"I would have evinced no sign of concern," said Tajima, "and thus she would have been safer than otherwise". |
10 |
| 20 | 137 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
10 |
| 22 | 80 |
"Would you prefer," inquired Tajima, "that the slave was frigid?" "Surely such things are a matter of private concern," said Pertinax. |
10 |
| 22 | 182 |
"Show no concern," I snapped. |
10 |
| 26 | 109 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
10 |
| 26 | 334 |
In any event, it was no concern of mine. |
10 |
| 28 | 103 |
Although one should show no concern for slaves, I felt sorry for them. |
10 |
| 28 | 413 |
In any event, it was no concern of mine. |
10 |
| 28 | 472 |
If that were the case, I had nothing to concern myself with at present from that quarter. |
10 |
| 33 | 94 |
Lord Nishida shuddered, and I did not inquire the cause of his concern. |
10 |
| 38 | 295 |
He was no longer my concern. |
10 |
| 44 | 2 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 117 |
Our common concern, or prey, were small boats, with a crew of four or five, tiny merchantmen, or smugglers, if you like, hoping to run the blockade to the farther islands. |
10 |
| 9 | 495 |
I did understand, and well, his concern to conserve men. |
10 |
| 11 | 38 |
Our concern was less with food than fresh water. |
10 |
| 12 | 743 |
It might have been pleasant to fling her upon the coil of rope, head down, and thrust up her tunic, but one must concern oneself with discipline, and the ship. |
10 |
| 12 | 745 |
Such things concern some men. |
10 |
| 12 | 781 |
I now heard the voice of Aëtius, above, frantic with concern. |
10 |
| 19 | 161 |
My concern was purely on behalf of the ship. |
10 |
| 20 | 14 |
The tarns were again housed below decks, which suggested the secrecy of their existence was again a matter of concern. |
10 |
| 20 | 46 |
"Perhaps," she said, "a slave is of concern to Master". |
10 |
| 21 | 64 |
I looked to the side, with a studied lack of concern. |
10 |
| 21 | 261 |
"Yes," said Lord Okimoto, "unusual, but scarcely a cause for concern". |
10 |
| 26 | 186 |
Her concern, her agitation, her fear, was evident. |
10 |
| 26 | 207 |
Surely she had enough to concern her, enough to fear, without learning that there was yet another about, by whom she might be identified as the former Talena of Ar, once the Ubara of Ar, now a tunicked, collared slave. |
10 |
| 26 | 319 |
"You cannot see!" "The conversation," I said, "which recently took place between a free man and a slave is no concern of yours". |
10 |
| 33 | 75 |
"Why would you concern yourself with them?" I asked. |
10 |
| 36 | 196 |
"The matter of the ship?" "Surely," said the captain, "you understand that without your concern, and your initiative, without the actions which you set in motion, in particular having Lord Nishida contact Tarl Cabot, the tarnsman, in the mountains, the ship would have perished. |
10 |
| 36 | 356 |
"If there is a concern here," said a man, "it is to be taken up as a matter between you and the Black Court". |
10 |
| 37 | 709 |
Actually I did not have too much concern along these lines, as the night lamps would be lit, and, given the warehouse, the exiting Merchants, and such, there would be a number of guardsmen about, private guards, city guards, and guards in the employ of the harbor administration. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 264 |
Such things were the concern of servants, whom we hired, inferior women, of one sort or another. |
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| 8 | 93 |
And, of course, if masters and mistresses might be concerned with the garmenture of their kajirae, as simple and brief, and as revealing and demeaning, as it might be, one can well imagine their concern with their own garmenture, particularly if they were of high caste. |
10 |
| 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 |
| 8 | 2067 |
I did not see that that was my concern. |
10 |
| 8 | 2084 |
Perhaps they should concern themselves more with the character of their prey". |
10 |
| 10 | 89 |
There are reasons for this, which need not concern you. |
10 |
| 12 | 54 |
"Who are you?" I expected to be told that curiosity was not becoming in a kajira, but the small, exquisite Lady Bina, despite her selfishness and vanity, her almost charmingly innocent lack of concern with the feelings and lives of others, was often pleasant, and communicative. |
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| 17 | 6 |
It could be my private concern. |
10 |
| 19 | 109 |
Our concern was to keep men at the tables. |
10 |
| 22 | 73 |
"We thank you," said Astrinax, "for your concern". |
10 |
| 26 | 290 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
10 |
| 26 | 316 |
"I begin to see your concern," he said. |
10 |
| 26 | 401 |
"Do not concern yourself with such things," he said. |
10 |
| 31 | 117 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
10 |
| 33 | 112 |
She had been for them no more than a piece in their games, of value only for her possible effect on Grendel, but now, given his lack of concern for her, even his contempt for her, she was no longer even that. |
10 |
| 35 | 221 |
"Do you remember my concern with cards?" he asked. |
10 |
| 37 | 24 |
"Might not Grendel speak for her," I asked, "that she might be simply marked and collared?" "She is of no concern to him," said Astrinax. |
10 |
| 45 | 75 |
And, hopefully, he could recognize the apprehension, the frantic concern, the pleading note in my voice. |
10 |
| 49 | 72 |
Grendel, and his party, might have provided a rallying point for those who recognized the dangers of lawlessness and anarchy, but his concern was elsewhere, and he would leave the Cave, accompanied by the Lady Bina, Desmond of Harfax, Desmond's cohorts, and several of the men from the Cave, willing ... |
10 |
| 49 | 362 |
"But do not concern yourself. |
10 |
| 53 | 36 |
To be sure, there are also masters, as I understand it, to whom the slave is no more than a frightened, impersonal object, of less concern than a pet sleen or kaiila. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 80 |
Apparently many slaves were being purchased for transportation beyond Brundisium, by one or more mysterious buyers to whom, it seemed, price was not a matter of particular concern. |
10 |
| 14 | 299 |
"So," said he, "you understand the concern of my superior". |
10 |
| 14 | 300 |
"So," I asked, "why have I not been killed?" "I think you have some other concern," he said. |
10 |
| 14 | 382 |
"Do you think they concern themselves with us?" he asked. |
10 |
| 14 | 388 |
"Then they occasionally concern themselves with us," he said. |
10 |
| 21 | 194 |
"I suspect they do not concern themselves with such things. |
10 |
| 21 | 202 |
"Do not concern yourself". |
10 |
| 21 | 212 |
"What is the concern of your companion?" asked the beast with the device. |
10 |
| 21 | 471 |
He did not concern himself with the rings on the left wrist of either beast. |
10 |
| 25 | 280 |
Masters concern themselves with our weight, and figures, even to scales and measures. |
10 |
| 35 | 43 |
Such things were not my concern. |
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| 37 | 236 |
Do not concern yourselves. |
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| 43 | 452 |
"Then," said Axel, "give her to us, and our weapons, and we will be on our way and concern you no longer". |
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| 43 | 1001 |
I was sure I knew why there was concern to return the lari. |
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| 43 | 1013 |
Accordingly her concern was not on her own behalf, but on behalf of another. |
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| 43 | 1201 |
But then what woman does not? Too, of course, his men were being treed, so he need not concern himself further with that matter, and perhaps he did not trust another to unbind his slave. |
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| 49 | 120 |
"But do not concern yourself. |
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| 49 | 170 |
"It is not your concern," I said. |
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| 52 | 207 |
"Do not concern yourself with it". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 250 |
Still the projected schedule might have been satisfied, save for Tajima's concern to protect Sumomo from a fate of which she had no inkling, a concern apparently agreeable to, and accepted by, Pertinax. |
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| 23 | 31 |
"Thus," I said, "on a clear night, their silence would betoken their concern, and their concern might be occasioned by something unanticipated or unfamiliar in the garden, for example, an animal, or intruder". |
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| 2 | 180 |
I could not concern myself with them. |
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| 2 | 182 |
I could not concern myself with them. |
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| 4 | 92 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| 7 | 234 |
"Do not concern yourself". |
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| 7 | 334 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 8 | 14 |
A concern for such measures was apparently a characteristic of General Yamada. |
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| 10 | 97 |
I gave no sign of concern or agitation. |
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| 11 | 62 |
"That does not seem to concern Nodachi," I said. |
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| 12 | 78 |
But I detected not a flicker of interest, concern, or even recognition on his face. |
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| 20 | 55 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 20 | 101 |
"Attend my communication, my friend," I said, in English, "and despite what you may hear, be as you are now, giving no sign of concern". |
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| 21 | 117 |
It may also be recalled that Lord Yamada, before Tajima and Pertinax departed for their rendezvous with Ichiro, offered each a woman, who might be kept as their own, and, also, that Tajima, to my surprise, and presumably to that of Lord Yamada, expressed a concern as to the comfort of slaves, on wha... |
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| 21 | 118 |
Acceding to this concern Lord Yamada authorized a requisition of two blankets. |
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| 21 | 127 |
On the other hand, in his relationship with me, Lord Yamada was his usual charming self, and gave not the least indication of concern. |
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| 21 | 490 |
Lord Yamada, who was thoughtful and sensitive, must have been aware of my likely concern in that regard, particularly if I might discover the return of Sumomo. |
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| 24 | 74 |
"I am sensitive to your concern, beloved Akio," he said. |
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| 27 | 41 |
Few concern themselves with such men. |
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| 28 | 35 |
"What is your concern?" asked Haruki. |
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| 28 | 43 |
"I see your concern," said Haruki. |
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| 30 | 563 |
One need not concern oneself with slaves. |
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| 34 | 39 |
But even if it is so, that these are the four you sought, of what interest or importance would they be, for anyone, a free warrior, zealous for a shogun's rice; a field slave; a foreigner, probably a deserter from the camp of Temmu; and a peasant?" "Why does Yasushi, a march constable, concern himse... |
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| 42 | 88 |
"His concern pertained only to the assurance of an authorization". |
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| 43 | 173 |
"Do not concern yourself with these," said Pertinax. |
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| 43 | 174 |
"Their only concern here, near the perimeter, is to make sure that those entering or leaving the camp do so at the same point". |
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| 46 | 316 |
"My concern is not his life, or his death. |
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| 47 | 113 |
"Do not concern yourselves," said Lord Yamada. |
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| 47 | 327 |
"Do not concern yourself with us," I called to Nodachi. |
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| 50 | 31 |
"It is none of your concern," said the Ashigaru. |
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| 50 | 171 |
Similarly it had not seemed to concern the beast, nor did it seem to notice it, that none of us wore an officer's sash. |
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| 53 | 34 |
Indeed, it was there that I was displayed long ago, that any concern the cavalry might have entertained with respect to my welfare might be dispelled". |
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| 59 | 64 |
"How magician," asked Lord Yamada of Nodachi, "did you survive the test of twelve arrows?" "Does that concern you, great lord?" asked Nodachi. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 440 |
Was it, so momentous to me, of little, or no, concern to them, no more, perhaps, than that of a pig or dog? How then could they view women, or women such as I? I was accustomed to being regarded, even to being sought. |
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| 1 | 462 |
Too, how could I dare to appear before them, as I was? How could I explain my appearance, lightly gowned, my wrists in handcuffs? Would they take my plight seriously? Would they dismiss it, would they scorn me, with wise looks, would they find it amusing, no more than an embarrassing contretemps? An... |
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| 7 | 332 |
You need not, however, concern yourselves with these. |
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| 8 | 352 |
Do not concern yourself. |
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| 26 | 37 |
It might also be noted, again in passing, that the black caste, as a matter of policy, does not concern itself with members who might be slain while about their work. |
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| 26 | 130 |
"Do not concern yourself," she said. |
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| 28 | 132 |
But he could see the expression of Kurik of Victoria, which conveyed naught but interest, and perhaps concern. |
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| 31 | 178 |
"Do not concern yourself with her. |
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| 46 | 286 |
"Thank you, Master," I said, wonderingly, for his act suggested concern, or consideration, for a slave. |
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| 46 | 312 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 46 | 379 |
There would be no doubt of her importance, and his concern for her welfare. |
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| 49 | 44 |
Whether one is interested in the success of a supper, a happy outcome at the tarn races, or merely wishes to melt the heart of some aloof free woman, or such, the Initiates, humble in their holiness and concern, earnest and sympathetic, stand ready to take action, notifying the Priest-Kings of the m... |
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| 49 | 127 |
"I see," said Kurik, "you must concern yourself with spies". |
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| 52 | 64 |
Lady Bina, in any event, as there was no sign of public concern or agitation at her removal from the House of a Hundred Corridors, as exhortations, alarms, proclamations, offers of rewards for her return or information leading to her return, and such, were not being broadcast throughout the city and... |
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| 60 | 95 |
"Do not concern yourself with me. |
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| 63 | 226 |
"Perhaps Kurii, perhaps Decius Albus, do not concern themselves with us, perhaps they do not begrudge us a quiet and unimpeded exit from Ar". |
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| 64 | 8 |
On my former world I had been too impatient or vain to concern myself with such things. |
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| 65 | 76 |
I knew nothing about a selling banner of cloth workers, itinerant or otherwise, but I knew the wagon, for Paula and I, earlier in the day, had noted its presence, with some concern. |
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| 68 | 483 |
"I am sorry that I did not realize that her absence, so brief, might have been of concern," said Kurik. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 |
Do the stockmen in stockyards concern themselves with the inner life, the thoughts and dreams, the wants and needs, of the goods they deal with, with the beasts they handle? We were naked, as the animals we are. |
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| 1 | 310 |
Men, in their cruelty, in their lack of concern for a slave, do things to her which make her ever more helplessly a slave. |
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| 8 | 686 |
"Why then is there so little concern on board?" I asked. |
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| 11 | 483 |
"I am bared, helplessly so, utterly so!" "Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 12 | 107 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 12 | 111 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 12 | 113 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 14 | 75 |
The closeness of a friend is unquestioned; the concern of a friend is likely to be welcomed. |
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| 14 | 138 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| 18 | 160 |
His concern was with the Vat Master and the taverner's men. |
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| 21 | 95 |
I began to walk east on the Thieves' Way South, occasionally looking back, trying not to exhibit concern. |
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| 24 | 161 |
It would not do would it, to have you cry out, being borne away, or scream on the delta wall, before being cast down to tharlarion? What if you were to cry out secrets, or deeds, or mysteries, which are no concern of guardsmen? What if you were found on the delta wall, in the darkness, bound and gag... |
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| 33 | 263 |
I could not understand how the peculations of a larcenous clerk, petty and vain, could warrant such concern and attention. |
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| 38 | 51 |
What could be his concern with the girls of the Golden Chain? "Master," I called. |
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| 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. |
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| 40 | 88 |
"Concern," said Florian, "may be postponed". |
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| 40 | 141 |
"And," said Florian, "you see how it is, that concern may be postponed". |
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| 41 | 50 |
The central concern of this attack, I was sure, was not a general harvesting of slaves, but the acquisition of one particular slave, Adraste. |
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| 42 | 6 |
"We need not concern ourselves then with new collars," said blonde Lita. |
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| 43 | 230 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Seremides. |
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| 46 | 174 |
I could understand his concern. |
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| 46 | 441 |
"Do not concern yourself, conniving she-sleen," he said. |
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| 46 | 669 |
He showed little concern for his own safety. |
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| 46 | 684 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| 47 | 63 |
"Do not concern yourself," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 146 |
"Do not concern yourself". |
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| 5 | 59 |
"Let us not concern ourselves with the matter at present," I suggested. |
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| 7 | 16 |
"But what concern is this of yours, noble Kenneth Statercounter?" said Nicomachos. |
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| 7 | 150 |
"Let him, if he wishes, concern himself with idle inquiries, to assuage the suspicions of an unimportant stranger, a possible merchant from Brundisium. |
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| 7 | 153 |
"Investigative subtleties need not concern you. |
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| 7 | 154 |
It is your concern, rather, to encounter the enemy and do battle". |
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| 7 | 159 |
"In the meantime, we must thank the noble Kenneth Statercounter for his concern and assistance". |
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| 10 | 86 |
"The garb? Not of the Merchants? Is he truly of the Mariners, an officer, a helmsman, an oarsman?" "Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| 11 | 57 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said, warily. |
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| 11 | 61 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| 11 | 73 |
"Do not concern yourself," I said. |
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| 11 | 117 |
"Do not concern yourself," said Glaukos. |
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| 11 | 168 |
How does it concern us, here in Sybaris, what once was done in Ti?" "I may trust you?" I asked. |
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| 11 | 212 |
If I did prosecute such an inquiry, Glaukos could merely deny knowledge of the map, and even affect a concern that it might be missing. |
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| 13 | 51 |
"Do not concern yourself. |
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| 16 | 8 |
"Are there not more important matters with which to concern ourselves?" asked Thurnock. |
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| 17 | 350 |
You need not concern yourself. |
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| 29 | 43 |
"Your concern is appreciated," I said. |
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| 29 | 237 |
"Before your clothing is removed," I said, "and before you keep your appointment with the searing iron, and before your new collars are locked on your necks, I would like to express my appreciation for your concern for my welfare, and that of my crews, expressed earlier, after supper. |
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| 35 | 135 |
"We have speculated on the oddity of the corsairs' concern with villages, even prosperous villages," he said, "so large an expenditure of effort for so little gain". |
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| 44 | 103 |
"I do not think that would be of great concern to Archelaos," I said. |
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| 53 | 195 |
If not, I expected that it would give him little concern. |
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