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Book 1. (6 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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2 271 In fact, there is so little probability that this tale will be believed that the Priest-Kings of Sardar, the Keepers of the Sacred Place, have apparently granted that it may be recorded.
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10 78 "Mintar is generous," I granted.
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14 18 I did not expect that I would be granted a swift death.
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17 46 Pa-Kur willingly granted this condition.
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17 50 There were a variety of smaller, more intricate concessions desired by the Initiates and granted by Pa-Kur, mostly having to do with the provisioning of the city and the protection of its tradesmen and peasants.
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17 51 Pa-Kur, for his part, demanded and was granted the usual savage fees imposed by the Gorean conqueror.
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Book 2. (2 results) Outlaw of Gor

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7 85 "Granted," I said.
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26 17 As she ascended once more the throne no proscription notices were posted but a general amnesty was granted to all, both those who had espoused her cause and those who had fought for Dorna the Proud.
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Book 4. (10 results) Nomads of Gor

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2 49 I hoped that I would be granted death in battle, if death it must be.
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2 177 Indeed, without that scar, no other scar can be granted.
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15 133 "It is possible," granted Harold.
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15 137 "I think that is a good idea," granted Harold.
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15 150 "Perhaps," he granted, carefully wiping the quiva on the back of his left sleeve.
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18 101 "Not badly done for a Koroban," he granted.
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19 171 "Upon occasion," granted Harold.
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23 176 "That is true," granted Hakimba, the yellow and red scars wrinkling into a grin on his lean, black face.
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26 25 "That is what is wrong with my recommendation," granted Harold, chewing.
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28 41 "You are not bad yourself," I granted, "—for a Tuchuk".
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Book 5. (3 results) Assassin of Gor

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17 223 Then, together, the Hinrabians, with an armed retinue, set forth in caravan for Tor, envoys of which city had granted their petition for refuge.
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21 336 "If it must be known," granted Relius, driving his blade between the ribs of a Taurentian.
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24 483 "Write on the papers," said I, "that on this first day of the restoration of Marlenus of Ar, the slave Vella was by her master, Tarl of Ko-ro-ba, granted her freedom".
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Book 6. (4 results) Raiders of Gor

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8 494 I was no longer worthy of the love of two women I had known, Talena, who had once foolishly consented to be the Free Companion of one now proved to be ignoble and coward, and Vella, Elizabeth Cardwell, once of Earth, who had mistakenly granted her love to one worthy rather only of her contempt and s...
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10 206 A small pittance granted him by the shipwrights, of whom he had been one, was spent in the paga taverns of the city.
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11 335 "I refer to the ships of the minor captains, in the number of better than twenty-five hundred!" "In the streets," said Samos, "I have heard the cry 'Power to the council!'" "Proclaim Henrius Sevarius sole Ubar," said Lysias numbly, "and your lives will be spared, and you will be granted amnesty".
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14 366 "Tell her that her request to present herself to me has been granted".
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Book 7. (5 results) Captive of Gor

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7 300 It is no surprise then that on this world men commonly, naturally, familiarly, immediately, innocently, taking such things for granted, not even thinking about it, it being part of their world, look largely upon women, even free women, in terms of their possible value as slaves, their possible value...
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11 294 "Yes," granted Lana, "the ring is pretty—and you are pretty".
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12 380 I did not even own the camisk, the scandalous bit of cloth that had been granted me to cover my nakedness, and might be, at a word, taken from me.
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12 381 And I had doubtless been granted it primarily that I might be the more provocatively exhibited, and that it might provide an incentive to masters to remove it from me, and doubtless bind me for their pleasure with its very belting! No, it was I, rather, who was owned.
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16 287 On Gor, of course, her relationship to the master is open, public, institutionalized, accepted, taken for granted, and celebrated, a matter of law.
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Book 8. (4 results) Hunters of Gor

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2 327 "Yes," granted Rim, "he seems sturdy, and handsome".
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3 435 She is a juicy, fat little tabuk is she not?" "Indeed," granted Rim.
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11 933 "It is a slave name," I granted her.
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19 217 "I am sure their price was high," I granted.
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor

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1 166 They would have fallen into truth, but to take truth for granted is not to know it.
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1 512 Sullius Maximus, shortly after the decision of the 25th of Se'Kara, had sought refuge in Tyros, and had been granted it.
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2 238 He had, in his mercy, granted this request.
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11 221 "What will you pay," asked Svein Blue Tooth, "for permission to traverse our land, should that permission be granted?" "We will take little or nothing," said the Kur, "and so must be asked to pay nothing".
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11 246 "And if all this be granted to you," asked Svein Blue Tooth, "what will you grant us in return?" "Your lives," said the Kur.
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21 27 She now had new tasks to which to address herself, cooking, and churning and carrying water; the improvement of her own carriage, and beauty and attractiveness; and the giving of inordinate pleasure in the furs to her master, Svein Blue Tooth, Jarl of Torvaldsland; if she did not do so, well she kne...
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21 171 Sullius Maximus, most cultured of the former Ubars of Port Kar, a chemist and poet, and poisoner, had sought refuge in Tyros; it had been granted him.
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Book 10. (5 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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1 901 "Perhaps," I granted.
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5 44 I had waited over a month at the Oasis of Nine Wells before being granted an audience with Suleiman.
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7 501 "That is a valuable insight on the part of a woman," I granted.
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24 570 "It—it would lower my price, considerably!" "As you are a slave, that is an important consideration," I granted her.
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26 835 It is, however, granted, a common mark, familiar, typical, customary, widely used, popular, that sort of thing.
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Book 11. (8 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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13 89 She took them for granted, much as the humans of Earth might take for granted routine inoculations.
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13 446 He thrust me behind the last girl on the chain; she was kneeling, braceleted to the chain, facing away from me; her head was down; I wondered if she had been sold before; I did not speak to speak to her, of course; nor did I want to speak to her; what was there to say; and I was miserable; and, too,...
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3 395 Perhaps I may be granted that those seconds, those few seconds, seem very long seconds.
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6 280 Had Thurnus requested me my master, in such a situation, would have granted me to him immediately.
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8 229 "Perhaps," granted Clitus Vitellius.
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9 1551 It is usually taken for granted and ignored, save perhaps by the abused girls, but they are only slaves.
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9 1568 The rapes of Verr Tail and Radish, interestingly, had not counted as code breaches, though in neither case had explicit permission for their conquest been granted by Thurnus; such permission, in such cases, was implicit in the customs of the community; it did not constitute a "taking from" but a bri...
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9 1691 "Perhaps," granted Thurnus.
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Book 12. (17 results) Beasts of Gor

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1 354 I thought he might ask for my use, and that it would be granted him by you in Gorean courtesy!" It was true.
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3 1003 "That is true," granted the first.
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10 310 "The choice is yours," I granted him.
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12 284 "Yes," I granted.
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12 316 "See?" "Interesting," granted Akko.
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12 321 "That is doubtless wise," I granted.
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13 109 "That is for certain," I granted him.
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13 167 "True," I granted him.
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14 110 "That seems certain," I granted her.
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15 454 "Perhaps," I granted.
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21 214 "I suppose not," I granted.
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22 61 "But," Imnak reminded me, "you are not a sea sleen, are you?" "No," I granted him.
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22 306 "It was wrong of me," granted Imnak.
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23 284 "Of course," I granted him.
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24 277 I then let her pleasure me, fully, not so much as touching her, that she might learn to please completely, without being so much as granted the least kiss or caress of the male beast.
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27 23 "You are quite possibly correct," I granted him.
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35 944 "There is much to what you say," I granted him.
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor

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6 134 "That is slightly more comforting," I granted him.
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6 472 "Have no fear," I told her, "your wish is granted.
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14 406 "Are there not plenitudes of such women on your world," I asked, "beautiful and desirable who, loving and helpless, beg to serve and please?" "How you Gorean beasts," she said, "take naively for granted the glorious riches at your disposal".
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18 230 "Doubtless," I granted him.
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34 661 Many people take the values of their culture for granted, as though they were somehow a part of the furniture of the universe.
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48 335 If you are in doubt, you may ask his permission to speak, which may then be granted or denied, as he pleases".
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54 58 He only begged to accompany me, which permission I, of course, granted".
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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7 252 Now, it seemed, although they might be granted a token permission to recognize their animality, they were refused permission to recognize the sort of animals they were.
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11 557 They learn that even a rag is not something they can take for granted, but must, so to speak, be earned.
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16 156 My mistress now took me for granted.
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16 226 "But as his companion you are too much taken for granted," he said.
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19 415 "And, further, it specifies that under certain conditions she is to be granted certain freedoms of observation and movement.
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19 417 "What are these conditions under which she is to be granted movement and freedom of observation?" I inquired.
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25 138 "Granted!" called the man.
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Book 15. (3 results) Rogue of Gor

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1 297 "No!" "Is a natural slave not to be granted her fulfillment?" she asked.
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4 409 "It is granted," I said.
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22 342 "No one," said he, "can take the scarlet from me, once it is granted, unless it be by the sword".
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Book 16. (15 results) Guardsman of Gor

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8 470 "That is true," I granted her.
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8 520 "There is hope for you," I granted her.
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9 317 "She is a pretty bauble," I granted him.
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10 40 When freed on the Tina he had first expressed his desire to be put ashore, when possible, to make his way to Turmus, but, upon learning that a certain slave, one called Florence, was confined within the high walls of the holding of Policrates he had begged instead to be granted a place on a bench an...
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10 41 These things had been granted him.
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11 26 "Doubtless," I granted him, "but, yet, she is quite lovely".
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18 82 This lack of privacy, to be expected, given the lowly condition of the slave, is revealed even in details so obvious as almost to be taken for granted, such as the fact that slave kennels and slave alcoves are almost invariably barred, rather than given opaque portals, say, with observation aperture...
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18 304 Many slave girls, of course, cannot even take their food for granted.
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18 391 In such a world, where he is seldom granted more than the appearances of women, it is natural for him to become, sadly, preoccupied with mere appearances.
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18 659 "I had thought that I might be everything to him, and that he would be grateful for my least smile, but I discovered that I was nothing to him, and that he took merely for granted the most intimate services that I could conceive of delivering to him, they being no more than his due from a rented gir...
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19 905 "That is true," I granted her.
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19 1114 Her plea is usually granted.
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20 655 The permission, of course, may be granted, or withheld, as the master pleases.
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20 2095 "Granted, Master," she said, "but, as you must understand, in certain situations, as when a woman finds herself naked and chained before a man, a certain amount of curiosity on her part regarding her fate is almost inevitable".
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21 472 "Yes," I granted her.
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Book 17. (13 results) Savages of Gor

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1 212 "No," I granted him.
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1 219 "True," granted Samos.
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2 196 Too, if this license be granted, an exploitable precedent may be set.
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5 161 The Kurii, I granted them, almost always chose female agents of incredible beauty.
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8 1089 "It surely seems so," granted the fellow in the broad-brimmed hat.
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8 1132 "Of course," I granted him.
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13 549 And this thing, she knows, is a thing which is acknowledged, and accepted, and taken for granted.
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13 550 Even many women brought from one city to another, perhaps as a result of raids or wars, take their new status and condition for granted.
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13 1301 "That is true," I granted her.
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14 608 The other girls, unless the masters intervened, would vote on whether or not she was to be granted its use.
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14 734 "That seems true," I granted her.
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14 763 In time, of course, such teachings, absurd though they might be, would come to be taken for granted.
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19 252 "That is true," I granted him.
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Book 18. (10 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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2 214 "It is," I granted him.
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4 283 "Perhaps," granted Akamda.
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7 509 Unisex, not taken for granted as an aspect of a pathological culture, but understood, in depth, could be of interest, it seems, only to somewhat short-sighted or unusual organisms.
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12 260 I had taken it for granted, mistakenly, as it had turned out, that the prohibition against human speech imposed on the herd girl would cease to obtain when, say, as in the present context, she had clearly been removed from the vicinity of the herd.
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14 113 "Perhaps," granted Pumpkin.
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14 483 "Perhaps," I granted her.
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29 207 "To be sure," I granted him, "it is not likely to start a fashion".
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39 387 "You are right," I granted him.
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39 416 "It is large," I granted him.
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39 515 "That is true," I granted him.
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Book 19. (10 results) Kajira of Gor

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6 126 Who, in these days, in a real world, could take anything like honor seriously? "Perhaps," granted Drusus Rencius.
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6 146 In particular I was excited by the female slaves I saw, barefoot, in their tunics and collars, not exciting much attention, simply being taken for granted, in the crowds.
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6 641 "Perhaps," he granted me.
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7 228 "Doubtless," he granted me, indulgently.
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8 331 It resembles the common sirik but the wrists, to permit work, are granted about a yard of chain.
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14 184 "Already, in this," said the smaller man, "you have been granted more than a hundred times the lenience and favor that you deserve".
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31 430 I had not been granted the dignity of the couch's surface.
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31 717 How his girls must strive to please him, I thought, that they might be again, and again, brought to his chambers, to be granted the distinction and joy of his caresses.
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33 249 "But is it not possible," he asked, "that she might have been reputed to be the Tatrix, and might have done such things, without being the true Tatrix?" "Yes, Master," Susan granted, eagerly.
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35 27 "You see," said Publius, "is it not as I told you?" "Yes," granted Drusus Rencius, good-naturedly.
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Book 20. (22 results) Players of Gor

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1 774 On the other hand, it is not unusual for a slave to request this permission explicitly, particularly if she is not certain that it will be granted.
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1 932 "Probably," I granted him.
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2 69 "Yes," I granted him, and then turned away, back into the crowd.
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2 672 "More than enough," granted the officer.
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2 1135 "That is possible," I granted him.
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2 1591 They took so much for granted.
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4 268 "An interesting idea," I granted her.
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6 341 "And so I wonder," said Boots, "if in exchange for this wondrous veil I might be granted the briefest of peeps at your priceless beauty".
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6 442 "With all due respect, noble lady," said Boots, "in a transaction of this momentous nature, I believe it is only fair that I be granted assurances of a somewhat greater magnitude".
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6 444 "Might I not be granted some evidence of your putative nudity?" he inquired.
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6 465 "Oh, the veil is so light!" "It is exactly like holding nothing up at all," Boots granted her.
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8 24 It is in the modality of slavery, on the terms of masters, that females historically have sought, and sometimes have been granted, at least provisionally, their survival.
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9 222 "That is true," I granted him.
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10 655 "It is a nice ankle," I granted her.
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11 123 "That is true," he granted me.
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15 26 But I am more clever than he, a thousand times more clever! I thought that just for such a reason you would dare to return here, the one place most would be sure you would not go! I was right! I begged men and tharlarion from Belnar! Almost against his better judgment he granted them to me.
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16 375 "Of course," granted Petrucchio, twirling a mustache.
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16 483 "He is right," granted Chino.
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16 696 "True," granted Chino.
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18 112 "Yes, Ubar," granted Flaminius.
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20 205 "That is true," I granted him, noting it.
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21 671 "Afterwards," I said, "if you are sufficiently pleasing, you may be granted a slave tunic".
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Book 21. (22 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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16 243 He put me to one side, so to speak, and he took me for granted, as one might take for granted furniture, or a decor.
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1 42 "True," I granted her.
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2 36 We tend to take them for granted.
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2 37 It is interesting, however, upon occasion, to speculate upon the possible origins of just such familiar and taken-for-granted accommodations and adjustments.
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5 55 "That is a known fact," I granted him.
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9 152 "That is true," I granted him.
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9 165 "That is true," I granted him.
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12 89 "Perhaps," I granted him.
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15 117 To be sure, whether it was to be granted to her or not was up to her captor.
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16 244 Too, my beloved daughter, I think you, too, took me too much for granted, as little more than another object in your environment.
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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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16 1127 "That is true," granted Boabissia.
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16 1321 "I suppose that is possible," I granted her.
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16 1778 "That is true," I granted him.
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19 64 "That is true," granted Boabissia.
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19 301 '" "Yes, they are," I granted him.
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21 209 "Many minor petitions are granted," he said, "and some of the major ones.
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21 215 "Those who are granted audiences wear the Gnieus Lelius Generosity Ribbon which encircles them and is tied about the rope, actually a velvet cable, leading to the dais.
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23 45 "That is true," I granted him.
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24 494 It is not unusual, of course, for a fellow to take a woman lightly, or for granted, until he learns of her interest to others, for example, what they are willing to pay for her.
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25 1447 That I granted her.
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26 235 "That sounds serious," I granted him.
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Book 22. (11 results) Dancer of Gor

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9 138 What ever became of Doreen? They would not guess for an instant that someone had seen values in her that they had not seen, or suspected, that Doreen, quiet, lovely, timid, shy Doreen, their reliable, unobtrusive co-worker, whom they had so much taken for granted, had come to the attention of men qu...
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10 282 I had hopes, however, that I might, as several of the girls were now, eventually be granted such a lovely liberty.
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10 560 That perhaps explains, at least in part, the momentousness of ear piercing to Goreans, which those of Earth take so much for granted.
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11 861 I wondered what the men who had worked at the library would think if they could see me now, their so-much-taken-for-granted Doreen, her beauty now at the disposal of masters, men who could break them in pieces.
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11 1319 Then he began again, having granted me this respite, to make use of me.
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11 1376 I thus, being granted the permission of my use master, tasted the fruits of my own first ravishing.
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13 799 It was granted to me.
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13 1052 To be granted them I would strive to be a perfect slave.
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20 156 They are taken for granted, usually, by all the citizens, and their remote origins, sometimes doubtless the outcome of internecine strife, of class war, of street fighting and riots, of bloody, house-to-house determinations in the past, and such, are seldom investigated, save perhaps by historians, ...
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24 493 "Perhaps," she granted me.
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33 129 It was the first such touch, even so arrogant and contemptuous, which my master had granted me.
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Book 23. (12 results) Renegades of Gor

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5 794 "It is granted," I said.
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6 462 "Why did you not pay for an inn girl? Were they too expensive? Could you have afforded one?" "I think so," I granted her.
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9 533 ' Then, if the permission is granted, she does so".
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12 176 "I, too, demanded power in Ar's Station, should the city not be destroyed, for there were those here, those who had not granted me preferments, on whom I would have my vengeance.
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18 51 "Perhaps," I granted him.
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18 550 "That is an interesting supposition," I granted him.
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19 46 The common soldier would be aware of such things, and, indeed, would even take them for granted, but they are not the sorts of details which he would be likely to include in his accounts of battles.
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21 488 In most cities such things are taken for granted, the natural rightfulness of slavery for females, and such, and are accordingly seldom regarded as germane with respect to the legal imposition of a sentence of bondage.
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21 870 "It is," he granted.
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23 39 "Presumably not often, at any rate," I granted her.
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24 207 In return for this perfidy we received much gold and were granted safe passage to Port Cos, within whose walls we are to receive domicile and security".
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24 852 "That is true," I granted her.
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Book 24. (17 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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2 148 "Perhaps, in some way," I granted her.
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8 3 "Such permission has not been granted".
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13 138 "Or one of their transports, straggling, abandoned!" "Perhaps," I granted him.
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14 123 "Perhaps there are some Cosians in the delta," I granted him.
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19 1307 She may, if you wish, be held short of her ecstasy, cruelly, if you desire, or, in a moment, with a touch, granted it.
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24 8 As a free woman she might, unlike a slave, take such things for granted.
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24 9 She had now learned, of course, in my tutelage, that such things were not to be taken for granted.
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27 243 "Yes," I said, "that permission was granted to you.
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28 113 "That, too, is Ar," granted a fellow, generously.
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28 520 He may be granted a triumph".
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28 529 "Should I manage to reach Holmesk," he said, "I might be granted signal honors.
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28 544 "It would be politically impossible for it not to be granted.
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31 549 "But time and again," she said, "I was not granted my full release".
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32 78 "I might have been granted only one," she said.
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32 230 I myself, when a captive of the men of Ar, and thought to be in the fee of Cos, had not been granted such an indulgence.
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36 57 She is now in, say, a ta-teera,' or if I were a slave it would quite appropriate for me, too, to wear such things, and I would delight in them, that even so much was granted me, and I, a lowly slave, would not dare to aspire to more!" "Yes?" I said.
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43 161 "She is very nice," I granted him.
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Book 25. (35 results) Magicians of Gor

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1 185 "Perhaps," I granted him.
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3 579 And often such entrance is granted them but later, to their horror, they may find themselves thrown naked to the dancing sand and forced to perform under whips.
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3 602 This was granted to them.
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3 606 It was granted to them.
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7 546 "Yes," I granted him.
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9 149 This other woman was then again granted the modest shielding of the penitent's garment, which she clutched closely, desperately, about her, and was conducted courteously to the rear of the platform, from whence she was permitted to leave.
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11 121 To be sure, they are sometimes granted a sheet or blanket for comfort or warmth.
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12 52 This permission granted, she fetches the whip and brings it to him, kneeling before him, lifting it to him with both hands, her head down.
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12 194 "That, too," I granted him.
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12 352 He would presumably take it for granted, that she might even now be in the loot pits of the district of Anbar, awaiting the technicalities of her enslavement.
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12 456 "True," I granted him.
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12 680 "I suppose not," he granted me.
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13 197 This, too, in its way, was a sign that manhood, or the suspicion of it, might be reasserting itself in the streets of Ar, that masters, or some of them at least, and perhaps many, would now no longer take for granted the safety of their girls in the streets.
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14 75 "I can well imagine his anxiety," I said, "as to whether or not it will be granted".
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15 98 "Yes," I granted him.
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16 8 "Certainly an apparent lack of judgment," I granted him.
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16 72 It was not for nothing that I had once been granted a tryout with the troupe of Boots Tarsk-Bit.
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17 332 Some seemed to take it almost for granted.
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17 379 "I grant you the logic of matter," he said, "but in this case I must be granted the fact of the matter".
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18 326 "Moderately dire, at any rate," the fellow granted him.
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18 395 "Granted," he said.
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19 711 "Not a bad looking fellow," I granted her.
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19 736 I did not wish to be just another slave in the background, unrecognized, so simply taken for granted, serving but almost unnoticed, present but scarcely seen.
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19 831 Their utilization is taken for granted in the Gorean culture.
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20 13 "Yes," granted Phoebe, kneeling nearby, some sewing across her knees.
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20 592 "Doubtless," he granted.
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21 513 I would have surely granted that Talena was very beautiful, but I would really doubt that she might have counted in amongst the most beautiful women on Gor.
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22 782 "Doubtless," I granted.
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24 89 "True," I granted her.
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24 170 In short, when all, or most, women are free their freedom tends to be invisible, so to speak; it tends to be taken for granted, and affords no societally significant distinction.
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25 556 "Probably not," granted Marcus.
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25 629 "Your point is granted".
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25 650 "Of course," I granted her.
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27 41 "They are not without interest," I granted him.
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27 432 "To be sure," he granted her, "I have not seen all the women on Gor".
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Book 26. (25 results) Witness of Gor

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5 61 These all took me for granted, much as it is common to take for granted those in the gardens, saving perhaps one or another who might enjoy greater or lesser favor now and then.
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3 19 On the other hand, ironically, our appearance, achieved at such cost, with so much labor, and so much attention to detail, seems most often taken for granted by our guests.
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4 147 I realized then, only fully comprehending it for the first time, one takes such things so for granted, that the voice which had addressed me had done so in my own language.
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7 623 One takes such things so much for granted.
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8 188 And suddenly, it tending to shock me, in my confusion, the thought rose up irresistibly within me that I should, more properly, not be distressed by the rag I wore, but rather I should rejoice that I had been granted this gift, the indulgence, the lenience, of even so minuscule a scrap of clothing! ...
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8 190 Surely I should be heartfeltedly grateful for even so little! Surely it need not have been granted me.
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11 399 Dorna and I, then, on all fours, from where we had retrieved that largesse which had been granted to us, cast to the floor of the dais, looked up at he who occupied the chair.
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13 1385 Sometimes my plea would be granted.
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14 737 "There are," I granted her.
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14 1284 "What satisfaction am I granted here?" inquired the offended free woman, clutching the switch.
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16 9 The veil that I had been granted, however, was not of the sort commonly adorning free women, heavy and opaque, but was of light silk.
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19 170 "Yes, very pretty," granted his slave, I thought apprehensively, reluctantly.
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22 29 We want him to be jealous of us, and fiercely possessive of us; we want to be important to him; we do not want to be ignored or neglected; we do not want to be taken for granted, or just be "there," perhaps almost unnoticed, as are so many "wives" of Earth; the slave, I assure you, receives a great ...
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24 59 And, indeed, women such as I, slaves, as we were domestic animals, constituted booty in a most uncontroversial, immediate and obvious sense, a form of booty as taken for granted here, as, on another world, cattle to Huns, horses to Indians.
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24 877 "The extension granted to me, the last for which I might apply, expires tomorrow at sundown.
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25 31 "Perhaps," granted the pit master.
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29 349 "It is not granted," he said.
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34 66 How often I had had to wait for contentments, even such as might be granted to a slave, because of Kaissa! How often I had been uneasy, restless, in my kennel, pressing a tear-stained face against the bars, grasping them, they damp from the sweat of my palms.
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37 294 "Granted," said the lieutenant.
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37 722 One did not know if she would have remained prudentially silent, daring not to mix in the business of men, daring not to call attention to herself, a female, or not, but the option had not been granted to her.
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38 182 The Lady Ilene, you see, was not always granted permission to speak.
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38 185 But perhaps we should all be grateful when granted permission to speak.
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38 192 The Lady Ilene, on the other hand, had seldom been granted that permission.
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39 40 When one is granted this privilege, one commonly kneels at the foot of the couch, at the left side, as one looks toward its foot, and kisses the coverlets or furs, and then enters upon its surface.
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40 243 "Granted," said Terence.
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Book 27. (43 results) Prize of Gor

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2 165 Doubtless she granted him sexual favors, the whore, the slut! And he so naive and undisciplined as to accept them, to permit her to be such, not to call her to her higher self, had she one, and reform her, if it were possible with such as she! She had no right to be with one such as he! She was not ...
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4 82 She recalled that the reference had been made easily, almost in passing, treating it as though it might be something unimportant, something trivial, a mere matter of course, something to be simply taken for granted.
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7 131 "No," he granted her.
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10 108 "Each time," she said, "you have treated me more cruelly, granted me fewer privileges, been harsher with me!" "The better to accustom you to your bondage," said he, "slave girl".
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11 17 Perhaps that woman was used to such surroundings, and took them for granted, not really seeing them any longer.
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11 19 One takes them so much for granted.
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11 21 But sometimes she supposed that even husbands and wives, on her old world, did not really see one another any longer, either, but simply took one another for granted, much like the walls, the furniture.
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11 37 No longer could they take one another for granted.
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11 38 The slave cannot take the master for granted because he owns her, and she must be diligent in his service, and be desperate to please him.
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11 39 And the master does not take the slave for granted for he now owns her; she has now become to him a source of delight and pleasure.
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11 42 And if he does seem to take her for granted, it is only that she may zealously, piteously increase her efforts to be even more pleasing.
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11 194 It was rather as though it were to be expected, as though it were something to be taken for granted, something obvious, something to be accomplished in the normal course of things, at least with one such as she.
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11 391 It was rather that they understood so much among themselves, and took so much for granted, that to the uninitiated, to the outsider, such as the slave, Ellen, it very little made sense.
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12 408 She had sensed that this was a moment in which an opportunity to speak might be granted to her.
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12 437 Thus, though the slave girl has, like any other woman, her charming, delicious, ingrained, biologically selected-for prostitute tendencies, she is scarcely in a position to use them in order to garner for herself rich gifts, economic privileges, appointment preferences, status, prestige, advancement...
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12 527 "And that permission," said the other sister, "is almost never granted.
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13 101 How she resented at times being silenced, but how much more precious then was the opportunity to speak when it was seen fit to be granted.
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14 109 What an incredible privilege, what an incredible honor, to be the slave of such a man! What an incredible joy to be fulfilled by him, to be owned and mastered by him! How pallid by comparison are boring and meaningless lives; how tepid the quotidian familiarities of contractual partners, each taking...
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15 272 "Before you are granted an opportunity to beg," he said, "is there anything else of which you would care to speak?" Ellen's mind raced.
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15 499 Why should one not pay more for that, since it is the enjoyment of a much more delicious, more helpless, more eager pudding, and yet when one locks one's chains on such a one and thrusts her back to the furs, one simply takes her responses for granted, giving it not another thought.
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17 201 "Perhaps," granted Targo, generously, abandoning logic as socially inexpedient.
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17 513 But for what purpose had it been granted to them? Surely not meaninglessly, or gratuitously.
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17 1054 There was a pause then, as though a signal might have been awaited, or a permission granted, by as little as the nod of a head.
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18 265 A privilege granted may be a privilege withdrawn.
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18 376 When such permission is granted, the slave is expected to specify her destination, her business and her expected time of return.
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19 682 She supposed that not all slaves, or captures, would be granted that indulgence.
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24 445 She danced now as a grateful slave who was inordinately privileged to, and profoundly grateful for the opportunity to, be granted permission to perform for them, for those who were a thousand times, nay, immeasurably, above her.
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24 826 "Granted," said the scribe.
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25 141 "I suppose one such as she is more likely to be granted such privileges than others.
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25 144 I wonder if I would have been granted permission to speak.
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25 749 The brutes, she thought, they are taking my intelligence for granted.
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26 807 She wondered if these men even realized what such postures, acts and rituals, so much taken for granted on this world, did to a woman.
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26 809 What might seem convention, taken for granted, and scarcely understood, by many on Gor, were profoundly symbolic acts, deeply moving acts, expressions of, and enhancements of, nature, which in their beautiful ways, and forms, stated, and celebrated, profound truths.
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26 1401 The celerity of her response, despite the handicap of the blanket and bracelets, apparently occasioned neither stir nor interest on the part of the men, its promptitude being taken for granted by them, presumably not even being noticed by them.
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27 991 "It seems so," granted the rider.
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27 1119 For example, it seems clear that this had not been clearly understood by Mirus, who seemed to have taken it for granted, and naturally, however unwisely, that the leadership of the group was in the grip of one of his own kind, a human, presumably he whom we now choose to refer to as the "spokesman".
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27 1203 "Yes," granted Mirus, "I was surprised.
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27 1467 The free woman may insist upon dilution, curtailments, abridgements, and compromises, but the slave may not; as a chattel, she will be possessed, ruled, and used as the slave she is; her master will have not some fraction from her, as he might from a free woman, granted to him in her benevolence, bu...
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27 3071 "Perhaps the gesture," granted the officer.
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28 59 Is he so arrogant, so sure of me! Perhaps I shall run away! I could show him! I could teach him not to take me for granted! Does he think I am a slave? But, alas, I am a slave! Let him awaken and find me gone! How he treats me! I do not want to be a slave! I am miserable! But where could I, a slave,...
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28 297 She may then be granted the permission to speak or not, as the master will have it.
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29 335 "Yes, Master," granted Ellen.
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30 415 Would it be granted to her? She was, after all, only a slave.
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Book 28. (12 results) Kur of Gor

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22 91 Well would she be enshackled in them! How much they would place her at the mercy of masters! For the first time in her life, other than in the joy of her dreams, she understood how a woman could kneel before a man, and place her lips tenderly, humbly, gratefully, submissively, to his feet, thanking ...
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22 130 "Perhaps not," granted Cabot.
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23 167 How they extend their small, chained wrists piteously to the crowd, begging to be purchased, to be granted a male caress.
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30 159 "You make us need our rapings, desperately, and then we may not be granted them!" "It is the way of masters," he said.
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32 357 My readiness! I am pleased and overjoyed to have been found worthy to be such a slave, to be granted the inestimable privilege of kneeling so helplessly, so vulnerably, and revealingly before my masters, before men.
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33 33 "True," granted Grendel.
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36 306 "Surely," she said, "if the slave has the master's permission, she might touch weapons?" "Such permission is seldom granted," he said.
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55 328 Have I not seen them, in burning cities, strip themselves, and kneel, and grovel, and belly and squirm, and kiss and lick fervently at the feet and legs of conquerors, begging to be spared, begging to live, begging mercy, begging desperately and with their whole heart to be granted the collar of a s...
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64 64 "And I have no doubt it will be granted to her".
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74 61 Some of the slaves had been granted dancing silk.
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77 52 "And that permission is rarely, if ever, granted".
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79 244 She had been granted a veil and used it superbly, even tormentingly, until it was torn away by her master, Peisistratus, who had had enough, and he dragged her from the fire, into the darkness.
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Book 29. (13 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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10 709 In such a situation women take much for granted, not even understanding that it is being taken for granted.
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40 61 Some women take for granted a boon granted to them by men, unaware of the favor shown to them.
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3 321 To be sure, Goreans take this sort of thing much for granted.
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5 374 What is important is the mastery, and firmness, to be sure a mastery and a firmness which is uncompromising and exacting, categorically and absolutely so, but also one which is commonly taken for granted, by both the master and the slave.
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5 442 "You do not appear regulars," I granted him.
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12 358 In any event, it is unwise to take mountains for granted.
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13 374 "That is true," I granted her.
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15 73 Slave brands are familiar, and taken for granted.
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18 359 Perhaps one reason the Pani are not prone to making prisoners is that it is thought that the prisoner might be expected, if honorable, to end his own life, to erase his shame at having fallen into the hands of the enemy, and thus, if this is so, he might as well be spared this indignity by being gra...
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18 525 "Why should a slave be granted even a moment of freedom?" I include, in passing, for those who might find it of interest, the following brief, ritual dialogue, in the form of a simple question and answer, which, in certain cities, is not unusual between a master and his slave.
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22 312 "He is your prisoner," granted Tajima.
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22 503 Sometimes a slave must perform well, even to be granted a string and slave strip.
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28 441 "A weapon commonly employed by assassins," I granted him.
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Book 30. (15 results) Mariners of Gor

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3 461 It was not that unusual for a favored slave, a high slave, a spoiled slave, or such, to be granted sandals.
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3 668 I realized then, as I had never before, when I had been sheltered within the arrangements, laws, and customs of a civil order, which I had taken so much for granted, how thin, and possibly transitory, such things were, and what might lie at their elbow, or nigh, on the other side of that lovely curt...
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3 1229 "Perhaps," I granted her.
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3 1342 "You are not a bad-looking slave," I granted her.
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6 46 She loves and serves, and is grateful to have been granted this privilege.
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6 76 "Few are left long on the chain," he granted me.
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6 89 It is as though, at last, starving and thirsting, they were permitted food, though from the hand of a man, and granted water, though from a pan at his feet.
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8 314 "But, it seems," I said, "that his request has not been granted, at least as yet".
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8 321 "It seems so," I granted her.
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8 394 One wonders sometimes if they understand that the freedom which, in their arrogance, they take so much for granted is tenuous and fragile, a revocable gift of men.
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9 452 Lord Nishida, with a slight motion of his head, granted this permission.
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21 836 She put aside the bit of cloth which had been granted her.
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25 332 In this way it is signified that the slave is wholly dependent on the master, even for her food, and that it will be granted to her, if it is, only when, and as, he pleases.
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26 93 The Pani clients, of course, took it for granted that any slave in the slave hut would be obedient, prompt, and adept in a variety of performances.
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37 934 "That is more serious," I granted him.
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Book 31. (18 results) Conspirators of Gor

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2 1 On your world you take so much for granted.
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3 5 Too, on my former world we do not have the serums you take so much for granted, assuring youth and strength, youth and beauty, serums so readily available, so inexpensive and abundant, that you administer them thoughtlessly and routinely, even to such as I.
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7 297 As my progress in Gorean continued, and I became more adept in servile skills, being permitted to launder for the guards, and do some simple cooking for their mess, I was granted a tunic.
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7 578 Did they not realize my quality, the honor I paid to them, how fortunate they were, that I would permit them to share my company, however briefly? Surely there were many who would have rejoiced to be granted such an opportunity.
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8 119 A new girl, sent into the streets naked, is well apprised of her bondage, and may soon be depended upon to be at her master's feet, zealous to improve her performance and service a thousandfold, that she may be granted a garment, some garment, even the brief, disgraceful tunic of a slave, perhaps hi...
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8 373 She may be used abruptly, and cast aside, and rejoices to have been granted even so much.
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8 381 Her garmenture, if she be granted such, depends upon his will.
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8 456 For those who might be interested in such matters, the standing permission to clothe oneself is more often granted than the standing permission to speak.
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8 458 Sometimes a standing permission to speak is revoked for a few Ahn or a day, or even a week, that she may be the better conscious that permission is required, and need not be granted.
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8 1017 Perhaps the fellow had requested, or been granted, such a favor, that he would purchase the former Lady Persinna, to her humiliation, in a low market, for a handful of coins.
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8 1041 Her current master, however, seemed not to notice the abuse to which his lovely acquisition was subjected, and she, of course, not having been granted the appropriate permission, would not dare to speak.
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8 1522 She now not only wants sex, but needs it, and will beg for it, and strive to be sufficiently pleasing, that it may be granted to her.
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8 1882 Perhaps here, on this world, they would be fortunate enough to be granted a tunic.
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10 173 Had I not seen free women standing as though forlorn before tiny lakes of drainage water and mud at intersections, until a suitable male approached, alert to her seeming distress, to whom she granted the daring privilege of carrying her to safety on the other side of the street? I supposed he knew w...
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17 259 Such a striking contrast with the others about, those well robed, so fully clothed! But how taken for granted here such beauties are! It is no more than a cultural commonplace.
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18 469 "True," granted Lykos, resignedly.
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41 23 A similar amnesty had been granted to the Kurii who had served with Lucius, but only five availed themselves of this offer.
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45 25 It was also clear that he took it for granted that I would understand him.
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Book 32. (10 results) Smugglers of Gor

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52 645 "A privilege not granted is not much missed," said Axel, "but a privilege granted is more missed when it is withdrawn".
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6 337 If so, their wish is granted.
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17 107 She need not kneel and humbly, as a slave, request permission to speak, a permission which may not be granted.
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17 110 It is taken for granted, and one thinks little of it.
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39 279 "Do you think it wise," said Tuza, rubbing her wrists, "that we should be granted such freedom? We are Panther Women".
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39 485 How much the masters took us for granted.
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39 491 Had they known that they would doubtless not take me so much for granted.
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47 74 I granted that the slave was highly intelligent.
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50 101 "You have a beautiful figure and face," I granted her.
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52 650 Unless we have a standing permission to speak, which might, of course, be rescinded at any time, we are commonly expected to request permission to speak, and are not to speak without such permission, which permission might or might not be granted.
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Book 33. (4 results) Rebels of Gor

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16 39 If he were of the black caste, as I suspected, that would almost be taken for granted.
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27 64 "Quite possibly," I granted him.
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38 74 They would rely upon, and take much for granted, the docility and obedience commonly to be found in the peasantry.
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45 62 "They are often so conceived," I granted him.
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Book 34. (18 results) Plunder of Gor

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1 11 I had made the mistake, once, of begging clothing too zealously, even the clothing such as I might be granted, as humiliating, brief, and revealing as it would be.
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6 311 Your clothing, if you are granted clothing, is at the discretion of masters.
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7 419 They did not know me, of course, but they apparently took for granted their right to impose their particular values and views on me, and millions of others, by a variety of means, including those of the state.
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10 345 I recalled how, on my former world, various young men had asked if they might kiss me, which permission I granted or refused, as the whim took me.
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24 25 Such a standing permission is commonly granted to slaves.
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24 26 Needless to say, it may be rescinded or granted anew, as the master might wish.
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24 103 And I was pleased that I would be granted none.
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33 86 "Granted," said he who had admitted us.
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50 296 "Granted," said Kurik.
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52 339 I had taken her for granted.
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53 154 "Your word, as I hear, has been granted," said Surtak to Lord Grendel.
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53 160 "My word was granted," said Lord Grendel.
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56 60 "That is granted.
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61 548 The soldiers doubtless took it for granted that the small, graceful figure passing through their ranks was that of a compatriot, a woman of Ar, one with whom they shared a Home Stone.
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62 98 Neither Paula nor I had been granted permission to break position.
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62 163 Do we not beg, fervently enough, to be granted even a rag? The tunicked slave, eyes downcast, hurrying, is less likely to be abused by free women than the slave sent naked into the streets, perhaps even with her wrists bound behind her.
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64 22 Goreans, of course, do not even notice such things; they take them for granted, rather as many of my former world do not even notice their familiar, thick, particle-laden, foul air.
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69 17 One might claim capture rights; one might index a recovery fee to conditions as to the slave's punishment, and so on, a high fee, even a prohibitive or exorbitant one if a severe punishment was in prospect, which an owner would be unwilling or unable to pay, a low fee if some lenience were granted.
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Book 35. (8 results) Quarry of Gor

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5 169 The incentive of a commission is often granted by a house, particularly by a cheaper house, which is likely to be parsimonious with respect to a guaranteed fee.
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11 133 Outside the cloth worker's shop was a bin for irregular cloths, discarded patches, strips, shreds, and such; some masters, doubtless of a thrifty sort, avail themselves of such a trove to outfit their slaves; patches, even small patches, may be sewn together, to repair, or even form, a garment, say,...
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11 323 Yet what woman, slave or free, does not thrill to the curious, admiring scrutiny of a handsome, powerful male who one day might prove to be her master? Ambivalences warred within me, excitement, rage, joy, warmth, shame, humiliation, pride! How dare these monsters take for granted, so easily and una...
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15 71 The slave should take nothing for granted other than the fact that she is a slave.
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19 17 A natural, unapologetic, unassuming, unquestioned, taken-for-granted, powerful virility is common with Gorean males, presumably a consequence of the culture, which does not set itself, for political or social reasons, to diminish, undermine, cripple, and poison what otherwise would be a flourishing ...
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31 96 To speak briefly, four men, in turn, initially assured and eager, each confident, each intending to win several tarsks at the risk of one, such stakes generously granted, responded to the challenges of Bruno of Torcadino.
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40 287 This is a sign of great favor, and often a slave must serve long and well before being granted so great a privilege and honor.
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46 37 How well she then understands herself a slave, and how precious is the release when granted! But, mercifully, such torment is rare.
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Book 36. (12 results) Avengers of Gor

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6 172 It tends to be taken for granted in a slave.
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9 67 "That must be it," I had granted him.
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15 54 "Granted," said Tab.
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17 27 Perhaps, naturally enough, she had taken them for granted, taken them to be her due, her right.
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17 313 Slaves are meaningless and, as such, are often taken for granted.
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19 57 "Perhaps your Gorean is improving," granted Thurnock.
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22 35 "Granted," I said.
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27 10 "My ostracon cost me but a single tarsk-bit and I have won ten tarsk-bits!" "Well done," granted Thurnock.
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41 206 "Granted," I said.
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48 138 Many Goreans, as I understand it, though such things are seldom made explicit, being more taken for granted than proclaimed, more understood than expressed, have a view of the world and reality which might be found surprising by the average individual of Earth.
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58 43 "Permission is not granted".
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62 18 "That would save amending the public account," I granted him.
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