| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 186 |
I acknowledged to myself that I was inveterately, stubbornly right-handed, for better or worse. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121 |
He handed the ruined truncheon meekly back to the bartender. |
10 |
| 21 | 213 |
"Surely," I said, and removed it from the belt and handed it to him. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 |
More cold water is used than hot, and most individuals using the water are right-handed. |
10 |
| 12 | 46 |
For some reason I unbuckled the sword belt and reluctantly handed the weapon to Misk. |
10 |
| 12 | 192 |
If he was right-handed, that seemed foolish. |
10 |
| 20 | 194 |
Indeed, there have been cases in which a girl's brothers have had her clad as a slave, bound in slave bracelets, and handed over to her rescuer, in order that the honor of the family and her city not be besmirched. |
10 |
| 26 | 81 |
"Or are you not yet done with me?" I would have responded, in spite of my better judgment, to reassure her of my intentions to free her as soon as practicable, and to tell her that I believed her greatest chance of safety lay in the anonymity of a specimen in the Vivarium, but it would have been foo... |
10 |
| 34 | 117 |
She burst into tears and would have clung to me but I handed her gently into the arms of my father. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 68 |
On the saddle there also hung, on one side, a coiled rope of braided boskhide and, on the other, a long, three-weighted bola of the sort used in hunting tumits and men; in the saddle itself, on the right side, indicating the rider must be right-handed, were the seven sheaths for the almost legendary... |
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| 7 | 157 |
Kamchak handed the paper to Kutaituchik and he took it but looked at it, I thought, blankly. |
10 |
| 7 | 158 |
Saying nothing he handed it back to Kamchak, who seemed to study it with great care, and then, to my amazement, turned it sideways and then upside down. |
10 |
| 7 | 159 |
At last he grunted and handed it to me. |
10 |
| 9 | 141 |
The tie is at the left shoulder because most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 9 | 335 |
The Feast Steward was handed a slave whip and stood towering over the leader of the girls. |
10 |
| 12 | 131 |
I took out some coins from my pouch and handed them to Kamchak who slipped them in a fold of his sash. |
10 |
| 12 | 238 |
In a right-handed girl, such as either Aphris or Elizabeth, it locks on the right wrist and left ankle. |
10 |
| 12 | 519 |
I wiped off the neck and handed it to the man. |
10 |
| 12 | 520 |
He took about half of it and then wiped his mouth and handed it back. |
10 |
| 13 | 51 |
By this time Elizabeth had returned with the whip and bracelets, and had handed them to Kamchak. |
10 |
| 15 | 108 |
He handed me a piece of meat and I chewed on it. |
10 |
| 20 | 10 |
I went part way up the tree and was handed the girl, and then Harold would go up above me and I would hoist her up a way to him, and then I would pass him, and so on. |
10 |
| 20 | 138 |
When I handed Hereena to him the poor girl was shivering and moaning in terror, uncontrollably trembling. |
10 |
| 25 | 469 |
She leaped up to fetch the collar and handed it to me, again kneeling before me. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 159 |
He handed it back to me. |
10 |
| 3 | 215 |
He then handed him the board, which the Player hung over his other shoulder. |
10 |
| 5 | 576 |
Dumbfounded I reached in my pouch and handed her a coin, a silver Tarsk. |
10 |
| 13 | 242 |
He then took a second goad, from a hook nearby, and handed it to me. |
10 |
| 17 | 111 |
She looked at me in disbelief while I filled one of the small tin cups with diluted Ka-la-na and handed it to her. |
10 |
| 17 | 612 |
I handed her the doll. |
10 |
| 18 | 154 |
He handed me the second cup, though I wore the black tunic. |
10 |
| 18 | 353 |
He grinned and put out his hand and I bit the cork from the bottle, which was a very large bottle, and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 21 | 145 |
She handed it to Ho-Tu. |
10 |
| 22 | 288 |
I picked up Mip in my arms and handed him to one of the Steels. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 54 |
She was handed the pole with which she had propelled her own craft, which craft was now tied to another of the rence craft of the men who had come from the rushes and sedge. |
10 |
| 3 | 117 |
He handed the bow to the blondish girl, she with blue eyes, who had been instrumental in my capture. |
10 |
| 3 | 128 |
He handed the bow to the fellow with the headband of pearls of the Vosk sorp bound about his forehead. |
10 |
| 3 | 130 |
The fellow handed his marsh spear to a companion and turned to the bow. |
10 |
| 7 | 146 |
I drank from the water gourd, and then handed it to her, and she, too, drank. |
10 |
| 8 | 227 |
Why else would I have come as early as I had to the barges? I unstrung the great bow and handed it, with its arrows, to Telima. |
10 |
| 12 | 30 |
I was handed a knife. |
10 |
| 14 | 224 |
He handed me back the glass. |
10 |
| 14 | 417 |
I handed Clitus the book of cargo lists and strode to the girl. |
10 |
| 16 | 250 |
I was handed a knife. |
10 |
| 17 | 256 |
I handed them to a seaman. |
10 |
| 17 | 310 |
He handed me one of the instruments. |
10 |
| 18 | 506 |
To my astonishment she handed me the sword that I had brought originally to Port Kar. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 30 |
He handed the collar to another man, who took it away. |
10 |
| 4 | 41 |
He handed the bills and jewelry to another man. |
10 |
| 4 | 48 |
He handed the watch to another man. |
10 |
| 4 | 151 |
"Have you brought Miss Brinton's anklet?" The subordinate then handed him an anklet. |
10 |
| 7 | 512 |
Targo then, piece by piece, from the leather pouch at his belt, handed forty-five pieces of gold to the chief of the two men. |
10 |
| 8 | 230 |
Yet I had little doubt that the strong, large-handed men of Laura, sturdy in their work tunics, who stopped to regard us, would not appreciate the body of a slave girl, provided she is vital, and loves, and leaps helplessly to their touch. |
10 |
| 8 | 564 |
And her men I liked, in their rough cloaks and tunics, vital, supple, strong men, large-handed and laughing, men who worked with their hands and backs in the clean air and on the river. |
10 |
| 8 | 961 |
The guard handed me a piece of meat and I took it in my teeth kneeling beside him, where he sat cross-legged, I lifting and squeezing the bota of paga, filled from one of the large jugs, guiding the stream of liquid into his mouth. |
10 |
| 8 | 1020 |
There was a bit left and I gave it back to him, and he handed it to the now-belled Lana. |
10 |
| 9 | 106 |
She handed it to me. |
10 |
| 11 | 441 |
"Camisk," said a guard, and I slipped out of the garment and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 11 | 464 |
He was right handed. |
10 |
| 11 | 724 |
Then he handed it to me. |
10 |
| 13 | 44 |
She handed it to me. |
10 |
| 14 | 392 |
Even the common slave tunic often had a disrobing loop at the left shoulder, that it would be convenient for a right-handed male. |
10 |
| 14 | 445 |
It is interesting to note that a woman who has fallen slave, particularly an urban woman, particularly from one of the proud "high cities," is extremely likely to be kept a slave, even if she should, eventually, sale by sale, handed from master to master, chained in wagon after wagon, find herself a... |
10 |
| 14 | 661 |
Ena, who had accompanied me, unknotted the rope, and handed it to one of the girls. |
10 |
| 15 | 458 |
He then, from his own cup, poured some wine into a small bowl, which he handed to me. |
10 |
| 15 | 607 |
The guard handed our buckets to other girls to be taken to the kitchen shed, and he then unleashed us. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 702 |
They were handed down the hatch to the first hold, and then, by others, handed down the hatch to the lower hold, which lies near the fore quarter of the ship. |
10 |
| 1 | 269 |
I handed five pieces of gold to Samos, purchasing the man. |
10 |
| 2 | 5 |
Thurnock, of the Peasants, standing by me, handed me the glass. |
10 |
| 2 | 37 |
I handed the glass of the Builders to Rim, who stood by the rail at my side. |
10 |
| 3 | 232 |
The proprietor hurried over, in his apron, and handed Rim a key. |
10 |
| 6 | 596 |
She had handed the pitcher to one of the men. |
10 |
| 6 | 720 |
They eagerly reached for her, and, kissing her, handed her from one to the next. |
10 |
| 6 | 788 |
She handed me back the coin, and I returned it to the pouch. |
10 |
| 6 | 795 |
She handed me the coin a second time. |
10 |
| 6 | 846 |
Rim, from his own pouch, handed up to her a tiny steel half crescent, ground from the blade of a shaving knife. |
10 |
| 6 | 862 |
She handed me the contents of the purse. |
10 |
| 10 | 2 |
Marlenus handed Verna to one of his men. |
10 |
| 10 | 12 |
"Traitress!" cried Verna, held by the man to whom Marlenus had handed her. |
10 |
| 10 | 71 |
He handed it to Mira. |
10 |
| 11 | 96 |
Marlenus had then handed her over to a huntsman. |
10 |
| 11 | 205 |
Commonly the slave girl, when not facing her master, if she is right handed, as are most girls, will have her weight on the ball of her left foot. |
10 |
| 11 | 317 |
They are then handed over to chieftains, for use in the public humiliation ceremonies to be inflicted upon the conquered city, for public rebranding and recollaring, and subsequent public distribution to high officers. |
10 |
| 11 | 586 |
She handed him the collar. |
10 |
| 12 | 130 |
And I, and my men, would return to our businesses, empty handed, our heads bearing the shaved degradation swath of panther girls. |
10 |
| 12 | 132 |
We returned, laughing stocks, empty handed, while he would go back to Ar as its victorious Ubar, again successful. |
10 |
| 12 | 156 |
I was interested in seeing again the delicious, quick-handed little Tina, Rim's lovely slave, Cara, and in particular a former panther girl, a proud, sweet-bodied, dark-haired girl, who wore my collar, who had found herself helpless in my hands, whose name was Sheera. |
10 |
| 16 | 151 |
I handed my sleen knife to Vinca. |
10 |
| 16 | 154 |
Vinca handed the blade back to me, which I cleaned and replaced in my sheath. |
10 |
| 21 | 75 |
Verna handed the crossbow to a man who stood nearby. |
10 |
| 21 | 119 |
I handed the key to Sheera, who knelt beside me. |
10 |
| 21 | 126 |
I handed the key to Thurnock. |
10 |
| 22 | 99 |
He was large, strong-handed. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 346 |
I handed them to Samos. |
10 |
| 3 | 66 |
One of the spears which had formed the platform on which he had been carried, gaining entrance to Kassau and the temple, was handed to him. |
10 |
| 6 | 304 |
I handed the horn to Thyri, who, in her collar, naked, between two of the benches, knelt at my feet. |
10 |
| 6 | 571 |
They are often handed from one to the other. |
10 |
| 10 | 461 |
He handed it to the Forkbeard. |
10 |
| 13 | 171 |
He had handed off Pudding and Gunnhild to his men, for the night, and had ordered to his furs Honey Cake, the former Miss Stevens of Earth, and the wench, Leah, the Canadian girl, whom I had won at archery and given to him as a gift. |
10 |
| 14 | 73 |
The Kur who had leashed his catch then handed the leash to the other Kur, who accepted it, adding it to the others. |
10 |
| 15 | 346 |
I had never thought much of it before, but Kurii, like men, were dominantly right handed. |
10 |
| 17 | 34 |
Wulfstan had handed the Forkbeard the ax, disarming himself, and had then knelt before him, putting his head to his feet. |
10 |
| 18 | 410 |
Then he drank, and handed to me the helmet. |
10 |
| 19 | 19 |
It reached into a pouch, slung over its shoulder, and handed me a paper, rolled, bound, incongruously, with a ribbon. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 55 |
I finished the cup of water and handed the cup back to the water carrier. |
10 |
| 3 | 70 |
The stroke in question was the back-handed, ascending face stroke. |
10 |
| 3 | 102 |
Then each handed it back to the boy. |
10 |
| 16 | 28 |
If one is right-handed, one works with the retaining vessel to the left, so that one can turn and, with the right hand, tip the harvesting vessel, steadying it with the left hand. |
10 |
| 18 | 135 |
A man handed me a bag of food. |
10 |
| 22 | 77 |
"Please, water!" He was right-handed. |
10 |
| 23 | 273 |
Haroun, high Pasha of the Kavars, handed the lance and pennon of his office to one of the men with Baram, his vizier. |
10 |
| 25 | 436 |
I suppose this is because most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 26 | 881 |
Hassan handed me the collar. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 612 |
Next to me, she knelt before my captor; she put one bowl down before me; then, holding the other bowl, she handed it to my captor; one of the men pulled my head up by the hair, so I could see clearly what was being done; my captor took the bowl of gruel from Eta, and then, saying nothing, handed it ... |
10 |
| 2 | 74 |
Suddenly he struck me with his right hand, a swift, savage, open-handed slap. |
10 |
| 2 | 876 |
Then I approached him, and, with my left hand, handed him the supple tether. |
10 |
| 2 | 895 |
I thought my head would fly from my neck, with such swift savageness was I struck! The blow was open-handed, taking me on the left side of the face, but it must have been clearly audible for a hundred and fifty yards about; I rolled, stinging, crawling, for more than twenty feet; I threw up in the g... |
10 |
| 3 | 55 |
His shield and spear, and helmet, he handed to another. |
10 |
| 3 | 615 |
I picked up the bowl of gruel, with both hands, and, kneeling, handed it to my captor. |
10 |
| 3 | 617 |
Then he handed it back to me. |
10 |
| 4 | 647 |
Then I pressed my lips to his cup as I must, as a slave girl, and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 4 | 782 |
I handed him the blanket. |
10 |
| 4 | 844 |
I was handed about as an object. |
10 |
| 5 | 451 |
He felt my forearms, detecting that I was right handed. |
10 |
| 6 | 2 |
I pressed my lips to the cup, and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 6 | 34 |
Thurnus was a shaggy haired fellow, with yellow hair, big, broad-shouldered, large-handed, clearly in his bones and body of the peasants. |
10 |
| 9 | 2041 |
He handed the goblet to Sandal Thong. |
10 |
| 10 | 66 |
Ladletender handed me a towel. |
10 |
| 10 | 76 |
Tup Ladletender handed me a wide-toothed comb. |
10 |
| 12 | 77 |
When she left the slave quarters she normally knelt before a guard and handed him the whip, her authority ended. |
10 |
| 12 | 445 |
The leader of the intruders was handed a pouch, which he slung about his shoulders, and a sword. |
10 |
| 14 | 180 |
I hurried to the counter and handed Busebius, who was beaming, the paga vessel and strap. |
10 |
| 15 | 93 |
I handed her the collar and whip. |
10 |
| 15 | 280 |
I fetched the whip, and handed it to her. |
10 |
| 17 | 48 |
The merchant handed him the key that would unlock the wrist rings. |
10 |
| 17 | 50 |
The short merchant handed him the lamp and, frightened, left the room. |
10 |
| 19 | 119 |
One of his men took it, carefully, and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 22 | 93 |
The officer there on watch handed him the telescope. |
10 |
| 22 | 538 |
The free woman was handed down into the other. |
10 |
| 25 | 59 |
Samos handed it to him. |
10 |
| 26 | 254 |
She handed him the document with trembling hands. |
10 |
| 27 | 255 |
He had retrieved his goblet now, handed to him by Clitus Vitellius, and, throwing his head back, splashed its contents down his throat. |
10 |
| 28 | 86 |
The bench is at the right side of the tunnel as the slavers' men are mostly right-handed. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 54 |
Samos handed the hair ribbon to a guardsman, gesturing to the girl. |
10 |
| 2 | 100 |
She freed it of her hair and handed it to a guard, who delivered it to Samos. |
10 |
| 2 | 172 |
A right-handed master may caress it while he holds her in his left arm. |
10 |
| 3 | 97 |
I handed it back to him. |
10 |
| 3 | 315 |
I handed him back the soup bowl. |
10 |
| 3 | 1244 |
I handed him a tarsk bit from my pouch, and pushed through the canvas. |
10 |
| 4 | 686 |
One of the men in the tent handed me the object, concealed in fur. |
10 |
| 11 | 41 |
I did not speak to her, but handed her, her wrists bound before her body, to one of my men. |
10 |
| 14 | 18 |
She smiled up at me and bowed slightly, and handed me a cup of tea. |
10 |
| 14 | 20 |
After a time she returned and I handed her back the cup. |
10 |
| 14 | 100 |
Obligingly I handed her the hammer. |
10 |
| 15 | 75 |
I then handed the switch to Thimble. |
10 |
| 17 | 66 |
Imnak handed the carving back to me. |
10 |
| 30 | 182 |
I handed the sword to the third man on the sand. |
10 |
| 35 | 1102 |
Imnak handed the dart-firing weapons to some of them, hastily explaining their use. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 344 |
He handed me a hood, with holes cut in it for the eyes. |
10 |
| 1 | 540 |
Most Kurii, like most men, as a consequence of this dominance of the left hemisphere, tend to be "right-pawed," or right-handed, so to speak. |
10 |
| 1 | 696 |
He handed me the ring on the table and the letters of introduction, and notes. |
10 |
| 4 | 16 |
The praetor handed a sheet of paper to one of his guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 589 |
He handed them to the praetor. |
10 |
| 4 | 686 |
Ulafi handed the scimitar to one of the guardsmen. |
10 |
| 4 | 952 |
I handed him, from my pouch, a copper tarsk. |
10 |
| 5 | 361 |
I handed him the copper tarsk. |
10 |
| 11 | 335 |
I handed the two letters to the man at the door. |
10 |
| 11 | 362 |
The second letter which I had handed Msaliti lay now on the table before the man. |
10 |
| 14 | 23 |
She handed me the opened ankle ring. |
10 |
| 15 | 125 |
Shaba handed him the notes. |
10 |
| 15 | 129 |
Then he handed them back to Shaba. |
10 |
| 15 | 174 |
I handed Shaba the false ring and he slipped it on the chain. |
10 |
| 18 | 146 |
Then he nodded, and accepted the dagger, which he handed to an askari. |
10 |
| 24 | 126 |
Then he handed her to me. |
10 |
| 24 | 133 |
He then handed her to me and I placed her, as I had the first, she who had once been Janice Prentiss, in the canoe. |
10 |
| 24 | 294 |
She handed the paddle back to the blond-haired barbarian who, half in shock, numb, held it back to me. |
10 |
| 26 | 45 |
Most Goreans, like most men of Earth, are right-handed. |
10 |
| 32 | 534 |
He then handed me back the sunglasses. |
10 |
| 32 | 1078 |
I handed her the second string of beads and put the others back in the sack. |
10 |
| 56 | 48 |
Kisu handed his weapons to one of the villagers. |
10 |
| 57 | 301 |
From my sea bag I handed Turgus a letter. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 671 |
She handed the collar and key to an attendant, a husky brute with a knife thrust in his belt, who handed her a loose, white gown which she, fastening a clasp at her throat, donned. |
10 |
| 26 | 280 |
I held her right hand, of course, for she was right-handed, and with my left, for I, too, was right-handed. |
10 |
| 1 | 399 |
He was heavy, large handed, balding, virile. |
10 |
| 2 | 152 |
He handed the cotton and the used disposable syringe to one of the men, who discarded them. |
10 |
| 11 | 501 |
Most girls wear their brands on the left thigh, where they may be conveniently caressed by a right-handed master. |
10 |
| 11 | 672 |
Too, she was handed a whip. |
10 |
| 12 | 200 |
The Lady Tendite handed her whip to one of the attendants. |
10 |
| 12 | 479 |
From an attendant she retrieved the collar which she had earlier handed him. |
10 |
| 13 | 554 |
I was raped and handed about, passed from brute to brute. |
10 |
| 13 | 901 |
The servant came out on the walk and handed me several packages. |
10 |
| 16 | 209 |
Turbus Veminius handed her the vial. |
10 |
| 18 | 37 |
The note on my collar was taken and handed to the Mistress. |
10 |
| 19 | 67 |
I handed the dipper back to her and she returned it to its place. |
10 |
| 19 | 175 |
Borto smiled, and handed Kenneth a note, from inside his tunic. |
10 |
| 19 | 299 |
He handed the shears to Barus. |
10 |
| 21 | 373 |
He handed her the cup formed from the yellow half-gourd. |
10 |
| 22 | 86 |
She handed the draft to the Lady Melpomene. |
10 |
| 22 | 87 |
The Lady Melpomene handed her back the loan note. |
10 |
| 23 | 70 |
Kenneth took from his belt a flask, which he handed me. |
10 |
| 23 | 76 |
I handed back the flask to Kenneth. |
10 |
| 24 | 78 |
Perhaps this is because most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 34 | 236 |
The scribe handed me ten silver tarsks. |
10 |
| 34 | 238 |
"Give me your whip," said Tenalion to his assistant, who handed him the whip. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 164 |
I now suspected that that courage had had to do with a change in her, one consequent on her disturbing interlude with a heavy, large-handed, balding, virile man encountered in a Manhattan apartment, an interlude in which she had first found herself put as a female under a man's will, an experience w... |
10 |
| 9 | 175 |
The heavy, large-handed, balding, virile fellow of the apartment had doubtless been a Gorean slaver, or perhaps one in league with them. |
10 |
| 10 | 8 |
"Jason?" I handed the receipt to the cage attendant. |
10 |
| 19 | 32 |
One of them handed the purse back to the merchant, who thanked him. |
10 |
| 19 | 58 |
He handed me a silver tarsk from the purse. |
10 |
| 22 | 33 |
The pirate threw the woman to his feet near the nearest galley and there stripped her and handed her to a comrade who stood on board the galley. |
10 |
| 22 | 319 |
I handed the bottle to him, which, fumbling, quickly, he reached for. |
10 |
| 22 | 374 |
I handed it to him. |
10 |
| 27 | 62 |
Indeed, it is often the case that a slave tunic will have a disrobing loop at the left shoulder, convenient to the hand of right-handed master. |
10 |
| 32 | 204 |
He handed his sword to a fellow and pulled his tunic down to the waist. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177 |
He wiped his face with a towel, handed to him by a fellow. |
10 |
| 1 | 181 |
He handed back the towel to the fellow who had given it to him. |
10 |
| 3 | 145 |
He handed the glass of the Builders back to the officer. |
10 |
| 3 | 162 |
Callimachus handed me the glass of the Builders. |
10 |
| 3 | 177 |
I handed the glass of the Builders back to him. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 84 |
If the rider is right handed he usually inserts his right foot in the stirrup and leans to the right in drawing the cable; this procedure is reversed, of course, usually, if the rider is left handed. |
10 |
| 1 | 174 |
In both cases, of course, for a right-handed individual, the scabbard is at the left hip, facilitating the convenient and swift across-the-body draw. |
10 |
| 2 | 376 |
I handed it to one of my men. |
10 |
| 8 | 573 |
He was apparently right-handed. |
10 |
| 8 | 907 |
He handed me a collar, at the chain's termination. |
10 |
| 8 | 915 |
He handed me another length of chain, with its collar. |
10 |
| 8 | 956 |
He handed me another length of chain and a collar. |
10 |
| 8 | 972 |
He then handed me another chain segment and collar, unlooping it from his shoulder. |
10 |
| 8 | 990 |
He handed me another collar, and length of chain, unlooping it from his shoulder. |
10 |
| 9 | 62 |
He was right-handed. |
10 |
| 14 | 36 |
I handed it to her. |
10 |
| 19 | 55 |
Their tethers were being handed to another Yellow Knife, one mounted. |
10 |
| 19 | 525 |
I wrapped the belt about the sheaths, the sword sheath and the knife sheath, and handed the objects to Grunt. |
10 |
| 19 | 759 |
I then handed him the lance from the grass. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 314 |
I handed the clothing, and the moccasins, to Grunt. |
10 |
| 1 | 428 |
Grunt handed me my clothing and moccasins. |
10 |
| 18 | 318 |
The manner in which the men wore their yellow scarves, I noted, gave maximum free play, if they were right handed, to their weapon hands. |
10 |
| 34 | 311 |
I handed him the length of rope. |
10 |
| 39 | 365 |
"You have tied it too tightly!" I handed the reins of the tarn to Cuwignaka. |
10 |
| 40 | 238 |
I handed the residue of my porridge, in its wooden bowl, back to Mira. |
10 |
| 40 | 500 |
Seibar handed the lance he held to Carrot, who placed it against the wall. |
10 |
| 43 | 149 |
I handed each a rolled ball of hide and fur. |
10 |
| 43 | 151 |
I then handed Cuwignaka and Hci two, long, flat strips of leather. |
10 |
| 47 | 119 |
My weapons were handed to me. |
10 |
| 47 | 277 |
Most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
I had been handed a pair of clogs, a white silk blouse and a pair of black shorts. |
10 |
| 4 | 279 |
He was a dark-haired, tall, supple, lean, long-muscled, large-handed man. |
10 |
| 5 | 153 |
He handed his helmet to one of the men about him. |
10 |
| 6 | 355 |
That was where right-handed people would rest their hand, leaning over to drink. |
10 |
| 8 | 143 |
Goreans commonly pass in this fashion, the sword arms of right-handed individuals being thus on the side of the approaching stranger. |
10 |
| 8 | 345 |
The accouterments on it he handed to Drusus Rencius. |
10 |
| 8 | 639 |
He handed me my garments. |
10 |
| 10 | 32 |
I now understood why he, though right-handed, had been carrying the torch in his left hand. |
10 |
| 13 | 26 |
He handed his helmet to one of the men with him. |
10 |
| 13 | 92 |
Drusus Rencius handed his helmet to a soldier and climbed then to the height of the throne. |
10 |
| 14 | 86 |
A cloak was handed to me. |
10 |
| 21 | 35 |
Also, in the evening I had washed it thoroughly and, not donning it, handed it humbly to Speusippus before I had entered the trunk, presumably to be locked helplessly in it. |
10 |
| 23 | 65 |
I was then handed the bowl. |
10 |
| 24 | 113 |
He was then handed a collar, the next in a series of diminishing rows. |
10 |
| 24 | 183 |
He then replaced the whip on the table and handed me, from a basket, two tunics. |
10 |
| 31 | 507 |
This form of casual use, this off-handed employment of us, while perhaps inappropriate for a free woman, was acceptable for a slave. |
10 |
| 33 | 467 |
Claudius himself then broke the seal on the bundle and handed clothing to one of the sleen keepers. |
10 |
| 34 | 103 |
He was right-handed. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 967 |
I jerked my body suddenly to the side, to evade the grasping left arm, seeking to hold the target in place for the short, low right-handed thrust of the knife, or the throat attack, if the assailant was right-handed, and of the assassins or the warriors. |
10 |
| 1 | 334 |
The fellow with the sword renewed his two-handed grip on its hilt. |
10 |
| 1 | 655 |
"How may I be more pleasing?" I handed the whip back to the fellow who had had it, and returned to my place at the table of Samos. |
10 |
| 1 | 959 |
Tula was being handed from man to man. |
10 |
| 2 | 736 |
Boots counted out the coins and handed them to the officer. |
10 |
| 2 | 738 |
Boots drew the last silver tarsk out of his sleeve and, sheepishly, handed it to the officer. |
10 |
| 2 | 1681 |
In such an arrangement the apparent security of a nether closure is a sham, of course, for the string is fastened with a slip knot at the left hip, convenient for a right-handed man, who may then strip the woman, commonly a slave, utterly, with as little as a casual, insolent tug. |
10 |
| 6 | 1244 |
"I am short-handed at the moment. |
10 |
| 10 | 327 |
I handed it to him. |
10 |
| 10 | 334 |
Boots handed the plate to me, and I carried it between the wagons until I came to my wagon. |
10 |
| 10 | 514 |
I handed her the plate. |
10 |
| 10 | 581 |
Did she think, truly, she was that different from the slave who, but Ehn ago, had been tied and lashed? The Lady Yanina handed me the cleaned plate. |
10 |
| 12 | 380 |
"Now what are those other papers?" I handed them to him. |
10 |
| 12 | 741 |
She then knelt again before him, and handed him the slippers. |
10 |
| 13 | 317 |
I broke off a piece of the pit fruit and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 13 | 323 |
I broke off another bit of the hard fruit and handed it to him. |
10 |
| 13 | 348 |
I handed it another bit of larma. |
10 |
| 15 | 22 |
Boots bowed low to the Lady Yanina and then, beaming, handed her the key to the manacles. |
10 |
| 16 | 210 |
She, then, and the others, handed over their purses to Lecchio, under the watchful eye of the suspicious Petrucchio. |
10 |
| 16 | 757 |
Chino handed the switch back to Lecchio who used it, tapping the girls here and there, and brushing it against them for delicate adjustments, to line them up in an exact and careful order. |
10 |
| 22 | 195 |
He handed me a sheaf of papers. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 84 |
Genserix then handed the child to one of the warriors. |
10 |
| 4 | 319 |
An ax, a typical Alar ax, long-handled, armed with its heavy iron blade, was handed to the girl. |
10 |
| 16 | 1002 |
Mincon handed me a packet of letters. |
10 |
| 19 | 35 |
They tend to be quite proud of their calling, it being handed down often from father to son. |
10 |
| 26 | 1595 |
The disrobing loop is at the left shoulder as most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| 29 | 121 |
I handed my blade, in its sheath, the straps wrapped about it, to him. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 89 |
Some tunics, however, like some regular slave tunics, have a disrobing loop, usually at the left shoulder, where it may easily be reached by both a right-handed master and a right-handed slave. |
10 |
| 3 | 563 |
He handed it to the man in front of me. |
10 |
| 3 | 976 |
Hercon handed them to Teibar, who placed them, on their thong, on the soft, damp silk beside me. |
10 |
| 6 | 93 |
I then felt myself lifted up, lightly, in the hood, the chain still on my neck, in a man's arms, his hands thusly supporting me, one beneath the back of my knees and the other behind my back, and was handed up to another man, who then put me down, kneeling, on a higher, metal surface. |
10 |
| 6 | 103 |
I heard a body, doubtless that of the fellow to whom I been handed, descend from the surface. |
10 |
| 6 | 663 |
I was handed down to the level. |
10 |
| 6 | 665 |
Gloria was then handed down, after me, and then the others. |
10 |
| 11 | 748 |
A fellow near him handed it obligingly to Mirus. |
10 |
| 11 | 756 |
I watched the attestation being handed about the tables. |
10 |
| 13 | 34 |
I handed the pearls to Mirus, who put them, as he had the chain and ruby, in his wallet. |
10 |
| 24 | 169 |
He took it, and drank, and handed the cup back to me. |
10 |
| 27 | 285 |
He was apparently right-handed, or right-pawed. |
10 |
| 29 | 343 |
He then handed the leader back the wallet. |
10 |
| 32 | 266 |
I seized up the slave whip and handed it to him. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
There is a point to this, having to do with keeping the weapon hand, or the usual weapon hand, as most men are right-handed, on the side of oncoming traffic. |
10 |
| 1 | 73 |
I took the lantern from the fellow in the broad-brimmed felt hat, and handed it to the fellow of the driver. |
10 |
| 2 | 33 |
If one is right-handed, one normally lifts the purse with the left hand and reaches into it with the right. |
10 |
| 9 | 401 |
It is fastened at the left side of the girl's waist, where it is handy for a right-handed male, facing her. |
10 |
| 11 | 282 |
"It was handed to me by a subordinate, in the condition in which you received it". |
10 |
| 13 | 94 |
That she follows indicates that she is subservient, that he is master and she slave; that she follows on the left is a cultural matter probably indexed to the fact that most Goreans are right-handed. |
10 |
| 15 | 514 |
I gathered together the scarflike material she had had wrapped turbanlike about her head, her veil and her "rags," and handed them to Lady Claudia. |
10 |
| 17 | 427 |
I handed it to him. |
10 |
| 18 | 380 |
The left breast is the common site for such markings, as most men are right handed. |
10 |
| 20 | 150 |
I handed him the glass. |
10 |
| 21 | 1126 |
They are usually loosely draped, and many have disrobing loops at the left shoulder, convenient for the right-handed master. |
10 |
| 21 | 1218 |
The tunic, short, loosely draped, flowing, is fastened by a single, soft, narrow strap at the left shoulder, opportunely situated for the right-handed master, which strap, given the nature of the knot, may be undone with a casual tug, this dropping the garment to the slave's ankles. |
10 |
| 21 | 1430 |
To be sure, even though she was the preferred slave of Aemilianus, her use could be handed about as easily as that of the lowest collar sluts on board, Claudia and Publia. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1032 |
Philebus handed the whip to Borton, who shook out the coils. |
10 |
| 15 | 74 |
Normally the shield, of course, is carried on the left arm, most warriors being right handed. |
10 |
| 28 | 12 |
The knot, being on the left, was not only convenient for her, reaching across her body, perhaps at a captor's or master's command, but was readily at hand, as well, for the attentions of a right-handed captor or master. |
10 |
| 28 | 374 |
I heard Ina handed to yet another fellow. |
10 |
| 48 | 195 |
I handed him back his sword. |
10 |
| 48 | 452 |
"It is rare that the use of a hundred-gold-piece girl is handed about so freely". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 234 |
In a saddle sheath, remaining there, was a longer weapon, a two-handed scimitar, the two-handed scimitarus, useful for reaching other riders on tharlarion. |
10 |
| 7 | 236 |
He removed his helmet and handed it to one of his fellows. |
10 |
| 7 | 287 |
Myron handed this to Talena, who accepted it. |
10 |
| 8 | 441 |
The girl normally heels a right-handed master on the left, that she not encumber the movements of the weapon hand. |
10 |
| 8 | 714 |
I handed Marcus his things, piece by piece, the sheath, with its knife, and the pouch, both for his belt, and the sword belt, with its scabbard and blade, to be slung over the left shoulder. |
10 |
| 9 | 794 |
The left breast is the usual place for the temporary recording of such information, presumably because most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| 10 | 257 |
I handed it to her. |
10 |
| 12 | 596 |
"So I am rejected as a female," she said, "and you return me here?" I handed the leash to Marcus. |
10 |
| 18 | 557 |
He handed me Marcus' wallet. |
10 |
| 19 | 1168 |
This is, one supposes, because most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 19 | 1293 |
The usual procedure, of course, is simply to put the girl in the common kennel after dark, where she is utilized, serving muchly, sometimes being handed about, from man to man. |
10 |
| 20 | 259 |
When she had done so, I handed her the tunic. |
10 |
| 22 | 628 |
Songs and melodies tend to be handed down within the caste, from one generation to another. |
10 |
| 22 | 647 |
Normally Goreans keep to the left sides of streets and roads, as is proper, given that most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| 22 | 650 |
This is because the sheath of the knife or sword is, by right-handed men, commonly worn on the left, facilitating the across-the-body draw to the right. |
10 |
| 25 | 258 |
I handed him a set. |
10 |
| 27 | 2 |
He did so, and I unlocked the silver slave bracelet there, and handed it to him, with the key. |
10 |
| 27 | 71 |
I handed him the papers, and he looked at them, and then put them in his tunic. |
10 |
| 27 | 378 |
I handed the decanter to Marcus, who put it to the side. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 165 |
There are also wrist leashes, usually worn on the right wrist of a right-handed girl, or on the left wrist of a left-handed girl, and ankle leashes, similarly oriented. |
10 |
| 7 | 603 |
Most men here, as on my old world, are right-handed. |
10 |
| 11 | 232 |
She handed this to the occupant of the great chair. |
10 |
| 11 | 301 |
The broad-shouldered, large-handed man looked down upon me. |
10 |
| 11 | 445 |
Dorna handed me the goblet. |
10 |
| 11 | 601 |
He handed the keys to one of the fellows near the dais. |
10 |
| 11 | 627 |
Dorna walked about me, in front of me, and handed the collar, opened, as it was, to the jailer, he who had brought me here, to the terrace. |
10 |
| 11 | 1505 |
Sometimes we are put in them and handed about. |
10 |
| 11 | 1534 |
The jailer, with some difficulty, pried my fingers from the hood, and handed it behind me to someone. |
10 |
| 14 | 1302 |
She handed the switch back to the lad who had brought it. |
10 |
| 14 | 1572 |
One might, of course, merely be told that curiosity is not becoming in a kajira, which, I had learned, is something of a saying on this world, but, more likely, one might be cuffed or beaten, and then one might have one's hands bound behind one and one's question written on, say, the interior of one... |
10 |
| 15 | 14 |
The pit master handed me the tiny lamp and, with five keys taken from his belt, undid the five locks on the iron door. |
10 |
| 16 | 38 |
I handed him, at his gesture, a glistening napkin and he touched it to his lips. |
10 |
| 16 | 337 |
As he had not placed it on the table, nor handed it to me, I understood how I must drink. |
10 |
| 19 | 504 |
The left breast is used, I assume, because most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| 19 | 506 |
The brand, in such a location, is more ready to the hand of a right-handed master. |
10 |
| 19 | 1169 |
If she is right-handed, she clasps her right wrist with her left hand. |
10 |
| 19 | 1170 |
If she is left-handed, she clasps her left wrist with her right hand. |
10 |
| 24 | 746 |
It was handed to him. |
10 |
| 24 | 885 |
They were bought and sold, and handed about, and taken here and there. |
10 |
| 29 | 81 |
He then removed from his pouch a collar and handed it to the clerk. |
10 |
| 29 | 85 |
'" He then handed the collar back to the fellow who, from his previous, angry announcement of ownership of the slave, I gathered must be this very Henry, he referred to on the collar, he of the house of William, in Harfax. |
10 |
| 29 | 186 |
He then walked across the scarlet circle, past the kneeling slave, and handed the papers to Henry, who took them, and put them within his robes, as he had his copy of the earlier papers, the court papers. |
10 |
| 29 | 497 |
"I am right-handed. |
10 |
| 31 | 264 |
The leader of the black-tunicked men now handed his helmet to one of the others. |
10 |
| 39 | 41 |
One enters at that point, first, because it is the foot, and, second, because most masters are right-handed, and it is thus, as they turn to their side, more convenient for them to stroke and caress the slave. |
10 |
| 39 | 52 |
I was sure, however, that the second or third could make her squirm, as she was handed from one to the other. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 19 |
At the left shoulder, where it would be convenient to a right-handed man, there was a disrobing loop. |
10 |
| 11 | 380 |
He returned them, carefully, to the pouch, and handed them to her. |
10 |
| 12 | 199 |
More likely, some said, she had served in a prison on Tyros, and had been periodically cast to the prisoners, and handed about, amongst them, to reduce their unruliness. |
10 |
| 13 | 85 |
She reached into the basket and took out the small clothespin bag, lying on the damp laundry, and slung this over her right shoulder, so that its opening was at her left hip, so that she, being right-handed, might easily reach into it. |
10 |
| 16 | 827 |
The man's tunic was scarlet, and he wore a sword belt slung across his body, from the right shoulder to the scabbard at his left hip, facilitating the right-handed draw. |
10 |
| 16 | 1234 |
Another technique is to kneel before the man and take the palm of his right hand, if he is right handed, and press it to your face, firmly, as though you had been cuffed with it, and then to hold the hand, humbly, as in gratitude, similarly licking and kissing the palm. |
10 |
| 18 | 672 |
She wore a light, yellow, brief tunic, with a disrobing loop at the left shoulder, as most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 22 | 299 |
The left breast is used in such matters as most men are right-handed. |
10 |
| 24 | 77 |
If objects are to be handed to a man, say, a warrior, such as a buckler, or barbed war net, this transfer of articles from the left is not likely to discommode or encumber the most common weapon hand which is, of course, the right. |
10 |
| 24 | 79 |
A consideration favoring this possibility is that left-handed Goreans will also, commonly, have their sleen, their slaves, and such, follow on the left. |
10 |
| 24 | 838 |
"Whip!" The whip of the exterior whip master was handed to the scribe, who gave it to one of the attending guardsmen. |
10 |
| 24 | 887 |
The slave's tether was then handed to a guardsman. |
10 |
| 25 | 1176 |
She had been sold! She now belonged, in the full meaningfulness of Gorean servitude, to her new master, Selius Arconious! The auctioneer's assistant half dragged her to the stairs, and there handed her down, into the arms of another assistant. |
10 |
| 26 | 1526 |
She was, of course, on the blanket to his left, as he was right-handed. |
10 |
| 27 | 2668 |
"Am I to return empty-handed?" asked the officer. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 80 |
But the leader, as he was that, and we shall call him Archon, to utilize a Gorean title for a variety of civic officials, removed the sheath and dagger from the remains of the Kur harness he wore and handed it to Cabot. |
10 |
| 18 | 294 |
This second Kur carried a spear, which he handed to the net holder, who then, grasping it some four feet behind the blade, lifted it, his hands high over his head, and pointed it downward, toward the heart of Cabot, who lay in the toils of the net, on his back, looking upward. |
10 |
| 21 | 353 |
An additional bar was handed to one of the challengers, by an arena praetor, or officer. |
10 |
| 26 | 200 |
Peisistratus took the coins and handed them, on their strings, to Cabot. |
10 |
| 43 | 85 |
Cabot, by now, had freed his bow and handed it, with an arrow, to Lord Grendel. |
10 |
| 43 | 120 |
Lord Grendel picked up the small object, and handed it to her. |
10 |
| 44 | 108 |
Lord Grendel handed his bow to Cabot, and slipped the quiver from his shoulder. |
10 |
| 79 | 791 |
He took a tiny sip of the drink, and then handed the goblet to a fellow next to him, who seized it gratefully, groggily, drunkenly. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 125 |
If one is in a territory thought safe, of course, the scabbard belt is not unoften slung across the body, looped from the right shoulder to the left hip, if the swordsman is right-handed, and, naturally enough, looped from the left shoulder to the right hip, if the swordsman is left-handed. |
10 |
| 1 | 410 |
The loop is usually at the left shoulder, as most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 2 | 368 |
It is tied with a slip knot, which may be loosened with a casual tug, at the left hip, as most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 3 | 262 |
She put down her trencher, on a small stand to the side, and, bending down, handed a trencher to Pertinax. |
10 |
| 4 | 195 |
Some masters, after all, are left-handed. |
10 |
| 9 | 416 |
He handed the rep-cloth sheet to Miss Wentworth, who seized it from him. |
10 |
| 10 | 44 |
As the glaive is used most effectively forward or to the soldier's left, if the wielder is right-handed, one would try to keep to the wielder's right. |
10 |
| 10 | 313 |
Tajima, carefully, unbuckled the gag and handed it to the guard on Miss Wentworth's left, who slipped it in his pouch. |
10 |
| 10 | 666 |
It is commonly sited on the left thigh, just under the hip, perhaps because most masters are right-handed. |
10 |
| 10 | 724 |
In that moment I think she first understood herself as property, which might be handed about, exchanged, bought and sold, and so on. |
10 |
| 18 | 210 |
I did note that his sword, the long sword, with its beautifully curved blade, and its tasseled hilt, suitable for a two-handed grasp, was bloodied. |
10 |
| 20 | 2 |
Some bread was handed to me. |
10 |
| 26 | 183 |
I gathered that he was right-handed. |
10 |
| 28 | 435 |
"Give me a lantern," said Lord Nishida, and was handed a lantern. |
10 |
| 30 | 29 |
In this fashion, one's weapon hand, if one is right-handed, faces the passing stranger. |
10 |
| 40 | 53 |
She heels on the left, by custom, as most men are right-handed, and their weapon arm is not to be encumbered. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 167 |
It was closely belted, as required, a bow knot at the left hip, where it would be convenient to a right-handed master. |
10 |
| 3 | 17 |
Once I had been lifted over the rail of the galley and handed to others, my ankles had been unbound, and I had been blindfolded. |
10 |
| 3 | 1052 |
He then handed the collar, the key left inserted in the lock, to one of the young fellows, one of those I thought likely to be a son of the Metal Worker. |
10 |
| 3 | 1085 |
The key was handed to the leader. |
10 |
| 3 | 1217 |
' In a few moments a lamp had been fetched from the Metal Worker's domicile and handed to the warrior who had called for it. |
10 |
| 5 | 85 |
Without taking his eyes off me he unclasped his cloak and handed it to a fellow, a fellow garbed as he was, in the yellow livery of what I would come to recognize as that of Lord Okimoto's retinue. |
10 |
| 5 | 99 |
The sheath with belt he then handed, as he had the cloak, to the fellow with him. |
10 |
| 7 | 279 |
I took the blanket handed me at the door to the mess. |
10 |
| 11 | 2 |
"Four of them!" He handed me the Builder's glass. |
10 |
| 12 | 176 |
The two-handed grasp is much more aesthetic; it suggests deference; it frames her body, and it brings her wrists together, as though they might be chained. |
10 |
| 12 | 236 |
I then handed the switch back to the pleased slave who had brought it to me, and she returned it promptly to its peg. |
10 |
| 14 | 304 |
Seremides, former master of the Taurentians, was right-handed. |
10 |
| 17 | 177 |
He handed me the glass. |
10 |
| 21 | 108 |
The continental custom, on the other hand, makes it possible to draw the other off balance, and, obviously, if one is right-handed, one is more at risk from a fellow who might favor the left hand. |
10 |
| 21 | 119 |
Lord Okimoto was handed a glass of the Builders by a Pani guardsman. |
10 |
| 21 | 131 |
Lord Okimoto handed the glass of the Builders back to the guardsman. |
10 |
| 22 | 8 |
Aeacus handed me a glass of the Builders. |
10 |
| 22 | 15 |
Aeacus took back the glass, and then, in a moment, handed it to another. |
10 |
| 27 | 24 |
"Yes," he said, and handed me the glass. |
10 |
| 28 | 166 |
He handed the whip to Leros, and Alcinoë knelt at his place, and leaned forward, kissing in her turn the whip proffered to her lips, and then, as Adraste before her, placed the plate humbly before the free man. |
10 |
| 35 | 129 |
The stranger then handed the sack, less the single tarn disk, to the angular warrior, who replaced it in his sash. |
10 |
| 36 | 389 |
The stranger, being right-handed, ran his sheath strap from his right shoulder to his left hip, so the blade was at his left hip. |
10 |
| 36 | 391 |
When danger is imminent the strap is usually, for a right-handed swordsman, simply put loose over the left shoulder, where, in a moment, the blade drawn, the belt and sheath may be held, as the stranger did, or, as is often the case, discarded altogether, to be retrieved later, this being permitted ... |
10 |
| 37 | 246 |
The stranger handed me the scrap of cloth, which would be a typical slave tunic. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 7 |
This difference takes place over generations, as right-handed persons tend to brace the right hand on the rim while leaning over to drink, and left-handed persons tend to place their weight on the left hand as they lean forward to drink. |
10 |
| 30 | 53 |
Some masters prefer the hands behind the back, the right hand grasping the left wrist, if the girl is right handed, and the left hand grasping the right wrist, if the girl is left handed. |
10 |
| 4 | 516 |
It is slipped over the head, and belted snugly, commonly with a double loop of thong or binding fiber, this fastened with a slip knot at the left hip, that it may be convenient to a right-handed man. |
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| 8 | 1238 |
The tunic was handed to the slaver's man, who stood to the left, behind, on the platform. |
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| 10 | 920 |
The left ankle is the ankle most commonly chained, probably because most masters are right-handed. |
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| 10 | 922 |
And I was right handed. |
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| 10 | 996 |
The large paw, five-digited, like a human hand, was thrust toward me, and I withdrew the note from my tunic, and, head down, handed it to the beast. |
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| 15 | 52 |
I had seen hundreds of Gorean men about, as I had scarcely on my world understood such men could exist, so large, strong, and powerful, so naturally self-satisfied, so unassumingly proud, and arrogant, possessive, aggressive men, unconfused and unconflicted, so clear-eyed, easy-moving, and large-han... |
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| 16 | 31 |
"Put this on, Allison," had said the Lady Bina, and handed me what seemed little more than a tiny scrap of rep cloth. |
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| 17 | 298 |
He handed it to the Lady Bina, who placed it in her pouch. |
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| 19 | 65 |
It is common for a camp girl in a feast or festival, after a time, to be handed about, from fellow to fellow. |
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| 22 | 149 |
The seal was undone, and Kleomenes handed the flask to Astrinax. |
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| 22 | 158 |
The flask was then handed about, amongst the masters, the hunters, and those of our party. |
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| 27 | 167 |
A bit later the door at the far end of the room opened, and a large-handed, brawny fellow, bearded, with a leather cap, entered, carrying a lidless tool box by its triangular handle. |
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| 27 | 273 |
It is at the left hip because most men are right handed. |
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| 33 | 135 |
They would have been more at ease had they kept their spears at the ready, drawn back, in the two-handed thrusting position. |
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| 34 | 108 |
She reached behind her head and undid the talmit, and handed it to him. |
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| 35 | 276 |
He handed me the deck. |
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| 41 | 130 |
I handed him the cards. |
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| 51 | 110 |
Lord Grendel then, also from his pouch, handed her a folded sheet of paper, which the Lady Bina opened. |
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| 52 | 122 |
I was pleased to see that he was folding the five blades of the slave whip about the staff, which might easily accommodate a two-handed grip. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 28 |
Surely many men would be as tall, as large, as narrow-waisted and broadly shouldered, as muscular, as darkly handsome, as large handed, as he. |
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| 8 | 159 |
It reposed in its greased scabbard, slung from its across-the- body strap, from, as I was right- handed, the right shoulder to the left hip. |
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| 9 | 71 |
Several men were in the water, being handed boxes, sacks, and bales, and some sealed vessels, even craters and amphorae. |
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| 13 | 20 |
They were not wrap¬ around tunics, nor the sort with a disrobing loop at the left shoulder, for the convenience of a right- handed master. |
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| 14 | 357 |
He was right-handed. |
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| 21 | 261 |
Tyrtaios reached within his tunic, and handed a folded paper to the beast with the device, who put the device to one side, near the fire, and perused the paper. |
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| 21 | 320 |
It was then handed to Tyrtaios, with an understated politeness that I found disconcerting. |
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| 21 | 365 |
Tyrtaios then handed the bottle to the second beast, who with one motion threw the contents down that open, dark, fanged, spread maw. |
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| 23 | 55 |
The disrobing loop, for I now wore one, was at my left shoulder, where it would be convenient to the hand of a right- handed man. |
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| 26 | 203 |
Axel retrieved one of these, and handed me the other. |
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| 33 | 80 |
She then handed each of us one of the cups. |
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| 37 | 206 |
Hiza untied the talmit from Darla's ankles, and handed it to Tuza. |
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| 39 | 366 |
This is convenient for most men, as they are right-handed. |
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| 41 | 306 |
As I am right-handed, I would guide the neck of the bottle with the left hand, and lift and tip it with the right hand. |
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| 41 | 307 |
Axel handed me the whistle. |
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| 41 | 333 |
The whistle was then handed about to Aeson and Genak, but each, to their surprise, and chagrin, fared no better. |
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| 43 | 554 |
I took the two small pails from Aeson, and handed one to Axel. |
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| 43 | 930 |
He then accepted his hunting spear, handed to him by Genak. |
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| 43 | 1163 |
He then handed Genserich a small but weighty sack of coin. |
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| 50 | 215 |
My left cheek, my head struck to the side, stung with the sudden, fierce, angry, open-handed slap of his smiting right hand, and I might have reeled and fallen, save that his left hand, its grip close to the leash collar, held me upright, in place. |
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| 54 | 183 |
He handed his pack, now closed, to me. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 103 |
I returned the long glass to Lord Yamada, who handed it to the servitor who had brought it to the balcony. |
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| 20 | 77 |
"Most masters are right-handed," I said. |
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| 21 | 116 |
Sent to the garden to pry information from a manipulable male, one likely to be eager to please so beautiful a woman, she had returned, to her chagrin, empty handed to the supper, having succeeded in little more than having found herself regaled with what she viewed as absurdities and ravings. |
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| 32 | 149 |
Yasushi handed his field sword to Tajima, and regained his own weapon. |
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| 40 | 31 |
Pertinax handed me the knife, hilt first. |
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| 42 | 246 |
Pertinax handed a slave whip to Tajima, who briefly held it to the lips of Nezumi, who kissed it, joyfully. |
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| 42 | 336 |
He was handed the whip, and he gestured, peremptorily, to Saru that she should rise up, to her knees. |
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| 42 | 340 |
I handed Pertinax the key and he thrust it into the ankle lock of the slave. |
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| 44 | 194 |
Lord Temmu handed the glass to his daimyo. |
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| 46 | 36 |
"Switch," he said, and was soon handed a flexible, peeled, supple branch. |
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| 47 | 205 |
The Ashigaru nearest the arrow stand then handed him one of the long arrows. |
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| 47 | 209 |
"Arm him," he called to Katsutoshi, who then handed the companion sword to Nodachi, and stepped to the side. |
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| 47 | 266 |
The final arrow, the twelfth arrow, was handed to him, and the shogun set it to the string. |
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| 57 | 137 |
"I was stripped, put to the floor, handed about!" "Excellent," said Tajima, "high lady, of the hated house of Yamada". |
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| 59 | 132 |
Katsutoshi slipped the cloth away, and handed the object to the shogun. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 353 |
Paula handed me a tunic. |
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| 7 | 82 |
The last thing I remembered was kneeling, in the cell, with the others, and being handed a small metal bowl, which I was to hold in both hands. |
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| 9 | 801 |
An hour or so later, as the day continued to warm, the blanket was drawn away from me, and I was handed a wide-toothed wooden comb. |
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| 15 | 128 |
I felt myself handed downward from one fellow to another. |
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| 20 | 152 |
In this way a right-handed person's weapon hand faces the oncoming stranger. |
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| 23 | 226 |
I had seen this man before, this large-handed, lean, hard man, on the wharf at Victoria, from my cage, he passing by, feral, wary and taciturn, men withdrawing from his path. |
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| 24 | 92 |
I swiftly removed the tunic, and handed it to him. |
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| 30 | 308 |
As I was right handed, I would commonly put the knot at my right shoulder. |
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| 39 | 178 |
"A slave is commonly carried over the right shoulder, if one is right-handed," he said, "but I think that might unbalance me, and the paving stones of the alley are hard, and, I fear, rather far below". |
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| 49 | 250 |
The Lady Alexina drew forth, from within her robes, a veil, a house veil, I think, and handed it to Kurik, who put it in his pouch. |
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| 61 | 29 |
"Do so!" responded Surtak, and, simultaneously, at a flick of the paw of Lord Grendel, the chains, like liberated snakes, leapt from his body, and Lord Grendel handed him his own ax, which he had borne to the field. |
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| 63 | 117 |
This apparently has to do with the fact that most Goreans are right-handed, which allows one's weapons, in case of need, to be most conveniently brought into play. |
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