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Book 1. (2 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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2 158 There was a sect among the people that worshipped the sun, I later learned, but it was insignificant both in numbers and power when compared with the worship of the Priest-Kings, who, whatever they were, were accorded the honors of divinity.
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19 182 It knew only that it had been taken by surprise, at a disadvantage by undetermined numbers of disciplined troops that were pouring down on them, while from above, enemy tarnsmen, unchallenged, emptied their quivers into their ranks.
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Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor

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26 58 Too I recognized that there was no longer any adequate provision—given the destruction of Tharna's institutions—for the indefinite shelter of large numbers of free women within her walls.
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Book 3. (5 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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13 29 Their basic mathematics, incidentally, begins with ordinal and not cardinal numbers, and the mathematics of cardinal numbers is regarded as a limiting case imposed on more intuitively acceptable ordinalities.
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1 81 The expeditions sent out from the cities are of course extremely well guarded, but pirates and outlaws too can band together in large numbers and sometimes, even more dangerously, one city's warriors, in force, will prey upon another city's caravans.
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9 11 And yet on this world I have seen great numbers of women who were both beautiful and splendid.
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12 109 "Some of the low numbers," volunteered Misk, "have been assigned as many as a thousand times".
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12 110 "Why do these slaves not have numbers?" I asked.
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Book 4. (2 results) Nomads of Gor

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23 83 It was now near nightfall and I was confident the Paravaci, who greatly outnumbered us, perhaps in the order of ten or twenty to one, would wait until morning before pressing the advantage of their numbers.
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26 88 Indeed, some who might have fought for Saphrar, seeing their fellows deserting in such numbers, undoubtedly realized their own imminent danger, now increased a hundred fold, and hastened to join the deserters.
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Book 5. (11 results) Assassin of Gor

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11 13 Some of these numbers referred to the occupants within the cage, but other numbers were coded to instruct the keepers in such matters as diet, special precautions, date of the lot's acquisition, and its intended disposition.
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2 293 "Not in such numbers," grumbled Portus.
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4 5 Cernus of Ar wore a coarse black robe, woven probably from the wool of the bounding, two-legged Hurt, a domesticated marsupial raised in large numbers in the environs of several of Gor's northern cities.
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5 401 "The human, which exists in reasonably large numbers on Gor, is intelligent, can be taught much, and tends to be a warlike creature".
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9 15 I suspected that the House of Cernus was attempting to create a need for barbarian girls, if only to add variety to a rich man's Pleasure Gardens—girls of a sort it seemed it could supply in numbers not possible to competing slavers.
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9 19 The only difference between these facilities in the House of Cernus and such facilities in other houses would probably have been in size, numbers of staff and lavishment of appointment.
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9 30 This type of thing is at its worst when large numbers of girls must be sold, as when a city has fallen.
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11 12 On each cage we passed, as we took our way over it, I saw a thin metal plate covered with numbers.
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11 14 Some of the numbers had been scratched out, and others had been hammered into the plates, which were changed from time to time.
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19 65 From the outside it resembles several tiers of disks, surrounded by a circling portico with lofty, fluted columns; the predominant colors are blue and yellow, the traditional colors of the Gorean slaver; around the outside there are large numbers of well-wrought mosaics set in the walls, and on the ...
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19 198 "Barbarians are nothing!" The auctioneer conferred with a market official, who kept lists of lot numbers and confirmed the bids and final sale with the buyers or their agents at the side of the block.
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Book 6. (20 results) Raiders of Gor

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14 87 The important thing, as I saw it, was not so much the absolute numbers of ships involved as the numbers of ships that could be applied at a given place and given time.
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17 39 Once more it would not be so much a question of absolute numbers of ships as concentrating superior numbers at strategic points.
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10 293 They are also responsible for bending and fastening certain numbers of young trees so that they will grow into desired shapes, usually to be used for frames, and stem and sternposts.
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11 106 Many of these basins, near which, in red-painted wooden boxes, are stored large numbers of folded leather buckets, are expressly for the purpose of providing a means for fighting fires.
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11 412 Such a body of men, it might be noted, though restricted in numbers and limited in jurisdiction, already existed in the arsenal.
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13 178 "Are you not the one who, in the delta of the Vosk, was overcome by vast numbers of rencers, and forced to abandon your barges, and a treasure of rence paper and slaves?" "This man is dangerous," said Lysias to Chenbar.
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15 114 Untold numbers of men had found their way to my holding to sell their various plans, proposals and ideas.
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17 4 In the hurrying of our formations and the drawing of battle plans, I was not even certain of the numbers of ships engaged in our various ventures.
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17 45 By that time the ships of Cos and Tyros would have concentrated in their numbers and shortened their lines.
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17 51 This left me approximately one hundred and eighty-five tarn ships, and the large numbers, fourteen hundred, of round ships.
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17 62 Besides having large numbers of unchained, armed men in their rowing holds, these round ships, moreover, were, below decks, and in the turrets and the stem and stern castles, crowded with armed, able-bodied men, citizens of Port Kar who had swarmed aboard, that they might fight.
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17 81 I did not think I had the ships to make this pincer attack truly devastating, but, in the turmoil of a battle at sea, without the clearest understanding of the position and numbers of the enemy, such flanking attacks might have unusual psychological value.
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17 82 The admiral of Cos and Tyros, Chenbar I supposed, could not know the exact numbers and disposition of our forces.
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17 84 I hoped that Chenbar might assume that many of the ships which had fled from Port Kar might have come about and decided to join the battle, or he might infer that he had, before he could ascertain the ships involved in the flanking attacks, seriously misjudged our numbers.
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17 196 Hundreds of ships had turned to destroy these clumsy intruders, but, of these hundreds, great numbers discovered, too late, that they fought not common round ships but floating fortresses jammed with armed men, eager to engage.
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17 201 And yet, as I sat there, I felt that in time the weight of ships and numbers would be felt.
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17 222 I saw now that the tarn ships of Cos and Tyros were, where possible, not engaging the round ships, but concentrating their superior numbers on my tarn ships.
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17 227 He would use his superior numbers on my tarn ships, leaving the round ships for later, when they might be struck by as many as four or five tarn ships simultaneously.
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17 364 At this time, before their numbers could have been well ascertained by the enemy, before the enemy could be much aware of anything more than the unexpected flanking attacks, I, followed by the tarnsmen, with the picked seamen, darted through the sleeting, windy skies over the locked fleets.
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17 382 I did not expect a great deal of damage to be done by these shattering bombs of burning oil, but I was counting on the confluence of three factors: the psychological effect of such an attack, the fear of the outflanking fleets, whose numbers could not yet well have been ascertained, and, in the conf...
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Book 7. (3 results) Captive of Gor

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9 93 "Some groups are smaller, some larger, but my band," she said, "as I wish, numbers fifteen".
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9 225 They contain great numbers of various species of trees, and different portions of the forests may differ considerably among themselves.
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13 546 The peasants had stopped at the edge of the Ka-la-na thicket, in their great numbers.
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Book 8. (5 results) Hunters of Gor

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7 351 Additional numbers of panther girls, entering these countries of forests, might well confuse or complicate my plans.
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15 99 If I could make it so that the panther girls feared to leave the camp, and, in the marches, would insist on remaining near the long slave chain, putatively protected by their numbers, the men of Tyros would be, for many practical purposes, deprived of the services of their otherwise dangerously effe...
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18 41 And in the hold of the Tesephone were numbers of my men, captured at the camp on the Laurius River, due to the treachery of a tavern keeper of Laura, by name, Hesius, and four paga slaves.
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18 118 They had not known the numbers or nature of the enemy that pursued them.
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18 178 Meanwhile, in good order, with confidence, several men of Tyros entered the forest and cut large numbers of stout saplings.
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Book 9. (13 results) Marauders of Gor

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2 65 The slender, striped parsit fish has vast plankton banks north of the town, and may there, particularly in the spring and fall, be taken in great numbers.
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10 568 I supposed that the governments of Earth, or some of them, were aware of the slaving; perhaps merchants of Middle Eastern countries were suspected; there were, however, delicate negotiations concerning oil to be respected; it would not be well to be too bold in pressing accusations; what were a few ...
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11 157 "It would be madness," said the Forkbeard to me, "to permit large numbers of Kurii into our lands".
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11 185 That now, suddenly, large numbers of Kurii were conjoined, and intent upon a march southward, could not be a coincidence in the wars of such beasts with Priest-Kings.
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11 201 The Kurii, I gathered, did not wish to fight their way to more fertile lands south, but to reach them easily, thus conserving their numbers and, in effect, cutting Torvaldsland from the south.
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13 22 The division was made approximately at the third of the hall closest to the high seat, but could shift, depending on the numbers of those in attendance worthy to be above the salt.
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15 22 I could not conjecture their numbers.
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15 32 Even more to our astonishment than the Kurii, and their numbers, about, was the presence of men, wearing yellow scarves, among them, men whom they did not attack.
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15 61 I knew that ships of Priest-Kings flew, but I knew little of their numbers, or power, or of the retained power in general of the delicate, tall, golden masters of Gor.
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18 4 The herd sleen rushed among them but, confused in the numbers, found it difficult to single out women for returning to the pen.
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18 127 "The bosk herd blocks their escape in numbers," said Ketil.
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18 130 "Across the camp is the true rally, hundreds of Kurii! All falls before them! This was a ruse to draw men here, permitting Kurii to regroup in numbers elsewhere!" My heart leaped.
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18 634 Single, or scattered, Kurii might, as before, forage south, but I did not think they would again regroup in vast numbers.
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Book 10. (6 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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1 419 Even numbers are carried, of course, that the load is balanced.
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2 36 Kaiila and verr are found at the oases, but not in great numbers.
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5 330 Not much to my surprise the men of the escort of Aretai rushed forth to do battle, but, seeing the numbers of their enemy, which indeed seemed considerable, sweeping down from the hills, wheeled their kaiila and, abandoning the caravan, rode rapidly away.
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5 405 Considering the extent of the terrain, and the likely numbers that the Aretai can muster, it will be difficult for them to encircle you unless you permit them to close with the caravan.
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5 417 "What are their numbers?" he demanded.
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9 181 These arrangements, I suspected, had to do with the attempt of cities to protect their free women who, in numbers, seldom fall to the enemy, unless the city itself should fall, and then, of course, they would find themselves, like slaves, under the victory torches, their clothing removed, completely...
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Book 11. (10 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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13 57 Outside the cage, posted, were our lot numbers, or sales numbers, corresponding with the disk numbers, and a listing of certain of our features, primarily measurements.
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5 11 Veils are worn in various numbers and combinations by Gorean free women, this tending to vary by preference and caste.
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5 483 "They entered there, and withdrew similarly, the mistress in their power!" The application of numbers and power is an element of strategy.
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5 484 The men of my master had been outnumbered, surely, by the many soldiers of the camp, but at the point of attack their numbers were superior, overwhelming.
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12 423 Numbers had fought their way almost instantly to the hall.
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13 49 The thought of my beauty being exposed so publicly, so brazenly, to large numbers of men, buyers, nauseated me.
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13 209 There are four numbers in the series; one is regarded as small, two and three as normal, and four as large.
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22 361 In any event, the Gorean culture is designed to celebrate and enhance nature, not to frustrate her, not to sicken and poison her; in nature there is complementarity; there is dominance and submission; that is in the genes of a thousand species, including our own; if the dice of genetics ever, long a...
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25 111 "A more complicated cipher, indexed to key words or key numbers, would presumably have required a wheel or table for its interpretation".
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25 127 It utilizes key words or numbers, but each message is further altered in a prearranged, random manner.
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Book 12. (5 results) Beasts of Gor

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3 40 The numbers in the game are set at a hundred young men and a hundred young women, in order that there be a young woman for each winning male.
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3 394 They are rented to individual slavers, who, reserving them before the fairs, would rent one or more, or several, depending on their riches and the numbers of their stock.
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7 143 If the herd of Tancred had indeed emerged from the forests why had it not yet crossed Ax Glacier? Surely hunters, even in great numbers, could not stay the avalanche of such a herd, which consisted of doubtless two to three hundred thousand animals.
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12 156 Aside, however, from considerations such as the fewness, comparatively, of their numbers, and their geographical separation, and the pointlessness of an economics of war in their environment, the Innuit seem, also, culturally, or perhaps even genetically, disposed in ways which do not incline one to...
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31 206 There are large numbers of blood-nursers.
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Book 13. (10 results) Explorers of Gor

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6 529 The inmost wharves tend to have lower numbers, on the starboard side of the port, as one enters the harbor.
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10 35 It was he who had first effectively organized the beggars of Schendi, stabilizing their numbers and distributing and allotting their territories.
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28 13 This one was a combination padlock, in which numbers, inscribed on rotating metal disks, fitted together, are to be properly aligned, this permitting the free extraction of the bolt.
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28 16 The numbers on the lock were in Gorean.
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43 108 They seem fit to conceal the numbers of an ambuscade".
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43 122 From the brush about her appeared numbers of girls similarly clad and armed.
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47 21 It is difficult to conjecture the numbers that constitute such a march.
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49 100 "Countless numbers," I said.
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51 153 He had not tied her at night since we had seen the forces of the river peoples pass the island on which we had hidden, those forces of incredible numbers which had doubtless wiped out Bila Huruma, his flotilla and his battalions of askaris.
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54 31 I wished to lend him the support and defense of ships and numbers".
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Book 14. (5 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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4 66 Statistical deviations in large numbers from this type occur only in Torvaldsland and in certain other areas in the northern latitudes.
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13 202 It was not excessively crowded on this day of the week, nor at this hour; yet there were ample numbers of shoppers and passers-by.
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13 311 It should also be mentioned that it is not unusual nor impractical for such troops, which are usually in fairly small numbers, to live off the game-rich Gorean countryside.
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19 328 The girls who are regularly shorn are usually slaves who work on the great farms or on the large, commercial hurt ranches, or low girls who are used in large numbers in such places as the mills, or the public laundries and kitchens.
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34 233 He went to the scribe and looked through his papers, noting numbers.
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Book 15. (4 results) Rogue of Gor

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2 8 "Tarnsmen of Ar," had said he, "patrol the corridor between Vonda and Ar, but are insufficient in numbers to guard the sky beyond the corridor.
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30 13 She had been humiliatingly and publicly stripped and knelt on the boards of the wharf at Victoria, before large numbers of her fellow citizens, inactive and frightened.
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33 159 "What are the numbers involved?" I asked.
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33 184 "And it is estimated that the Voskjard's fleet numbers some fifty ships?" "Yes," said Callimachus.
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Book 16. (7 results) Guardsman of Gor

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8 322 Translated to Gor, encountering true men in large numbers, in overwhelming numbers, so different from the crippled males of Earth, finding themselves in an exotic environment, and participating in a culture markedly different from their own, and in many respects both fearful and beautiful, and found...
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3 69 The ships of Ar's Station could bring numbers to bear in our favor, but we did not regard them, ship for ship, as the match of either a galley of the Voskjard or of Port Cos.
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7 58 The infantrymen of Ar, in their numbers, inordinate for the vessels involved, and their skills in war, uncommon on the river, stiffened the resistance of the remnants of our small fleet.
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8 306 Accordingly, when an Earth female finds herself translated to Gor, she finds herself, for the first time, in the presence of large numbers of men to whom nature and power are not anathema.
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8 400 That the defenders had lasted this long was a function largely of two factors, first, of the crowding of the pirate fleet which made it difficult for them to bring their rams and shearing blades into play, and, secondly, the unusually large numbers, and skill, of the soldiers of Ar who had been tran...
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10 215 These would have been sufficient to hold the fortress against a significant attack, but once the enemy, in numbers, as we were, were within, the defense of the holding would be a lost cause.
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12 109 There, by larger numbers, the smaller groups would be disarmed, beaten and hurled into waiting, smooth-sided capture pits, prepared earlier by the captured pirates of Kliomenes.
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Book 17. (13 results) Savages of Gor

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6 21 Among its permanent citizens I doubt that it numbers more than four or five hundred individuals.
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6 36 Beyond these, as would be expected, there are many smaller herds, the very numbers of which are not even calculated by the red savages themselves, herds which often range from a few hundred to several thousand animals.
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6 39 On the other hand, that their numbers are incredibly abundant is indubitable.
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6 103 There is perhaps safety in such numbers".
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8 892 At the head and foot of these lines, also in yellow, were painted numbers.
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10 52 This arrangement not only obscures their numbers but lowers and narrows the dust line".
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13 92 Those are winning numbers, so to speak.
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14 1177 He had perhaps discounted their possible numbers or skills.
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14 1193 The red savages, I speculated, if they wished, with their numbers, and their unity, conjoined with an approximate technological parity in weapons, should be able to hold the Barrens indefinitely against white intrusion.
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17 85 Too, it seems somehow significant and appropriate to see them so aligned, so displayed, so secured—numbers of them—in the plenitude and diversity of their beauties—all women, all helpless, and woman as the slave of man.
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17 158 Of Gorean birth, she was unfamiliar, in numbers, at least, with such organisms.
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17 624 Even larger numbers, it seems, are willing to kill for them".
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18 175 "They have superior advantages in numbers and arms," said Grunt.
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Book 18. (17 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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46 99 Given the narrowness of the trail, so few might, for a time, adequately maintain the barricade against much greater numbers, the effective application of these numbers being reduced by the nature of the terrain.
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1 82 I did not think that it, a kaiila purchased some months ago in the town of Kailiauk, near the perimeter, had ever smelled such beasts before, and certainly not in such numbers.
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1 400 Other checks and balances are such things as tradition and custom, the closeness of the governed and the governors, multiple-family interrelatednesses, the election of chiefs, the submission of significant matters to a council, and, ultimately, the feasibility of simply leaving the group, in greater...
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4 166 Various tribes use different numbers of poles in setting up their lodges.
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6 68 In numbers, it is awesome to contemplate their power.
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27 99 Surely those numbers would still be in the vicinity.
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27 101 Cuwignaka's speculations as to the numbers involved in the recent skirmish was congruent with my own estimations.
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44 369 I did not think it wise that the Yellow Knives were urging their kaiila so speedily upward, and in such numbers, on so narrow a trail.
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44 589 "In their numbers," cried Iwoso, elatedly, "they will storm your upper barricade, overwhelm the defenders and then be amongst you!" "It is unlikely that one of them will reach the upper barricade," said Hci.
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44 598 "You must think not only in terms of numbers, Iwoso," I said, "but fire power, as well".
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45 54 Enough men must be allowed to attain the surface to convince the enemy that their approach was undetected, that the orders for continuing the climb be transmitted, but not enough men that they might effectively hold a position behind which further climbers, in numbers, might be able to complete thei...
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45 94 The men, in great numbers, like insects, now illuminated, clung precariously to the rock.
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46 141 Then Yellow Knives, in sufficient numbers, had managed to turn and face us.
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47 205 The riders below, however, perhaps because of their numbers, or perhaps their leadership, or their confidence in their medicine, had not done so.
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51 27 He had probably been following the warriors, conjecturing perhaps that the movements of such large numbers of men might have to do, in one way or another, with the projects of his peers, with whom, doubtless, he had hoped to resume contact.
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54 111 Already various groups, in small numbers, had begun to withdraw from the victory camp.
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54 306 The two major conditions specified on the hides were that the tenancy was subject to review, to be followed by revocation or renewal, every tenth winter, and that the numbers of individuals in the tenancy were to be strictly limited, any excess in population to be removed by emigration to the lands ...
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Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor

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24 158 The collars would differ, then, only in the Girl Numbers.
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Book 20. (8 results) Players of Gor

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12 423 "Do you see these numbers?" he asked.
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12 424 He indicated small numbers in the left margins of several of the papers.
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12 425 These tiny numbers, in effect, seemed to divide the moves into divisions.
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16 36 "Back, even in your vast numbers, you warriors and foes," cried Petrucchio, grimly, "lest I slice you like roast tarsk, lest I shred you like tur-pah and peel you like suls!" Chino and Lecchio, understood as two simple travelers on the road, come unexpectedly on Petrucchio and his companions, looked...
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16 614 If they should find you here, it would be too bad for them, even in all their numbers".
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16 688 "I really do not think we can muster the numbers necessary for a genuine melee," insisted Petrucchio.
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21 32 Branded, locked in a collar, she was now only one beauty amongst incredible numbers of others.
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22 237 "But you have no clear idea of the numbers involved?" I asked.
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Book 21. (22 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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13 232 The numbers, it seemed, rather certainly, were prearranged numbers, and not merely numbers indicating the order of capture.
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3 151 I did not think that such men would stand well, even in their numbers, against the well-trained soldiers of Ar.
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3 180 Sometimes the mercenary captains, whose negotiated, signed contracts call for the furnishing of certain numbers of armed men for their various employers, have little choice but to impress some reluctant fellows, that their obligatory quotas may be met.
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3 198 He was also the initiator of the oblique advance in Gorean field warfare, whereby large numbers of men may be concentrated at crucial points while the balance of the enemy remains unengaged.
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3 357 Their numbers, I speculated, might have emboldened them.
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4 12 Also, not unoften, depending on the numbers involved, and particularly when traversing, or sojourning in, dangerous countries, verr, tarsk and bosk may also be found within the wagon enclosure.
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5 96 The trains, in spite of their length and numbers, and their diverse cargoes, seemed to me most casually organized.
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7 28 "You have deprived us of the safety of numbers.
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13 148 On the upper portion of their left breasts there were numbers written.
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13 149 As these women had been apparently marked out for seizure long ago, perhaps months ago, the numbers had doubtless been preassigned.
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13 234 In this fashion, the girls being added to the chain as captured, this chain, or any others, might have diverse numbers upon it.
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16 746 Probably you will not even be sold in proximity to one another, but in the order of your numbers, or in some order deemed aesthetically or commercially appropriate by professional slavers.
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16 1137 I thought it possible that any guards who might have the duty of supervising our exit from the city, or perhaps the duties of inspecting or searching us, might, given the numbers involved, be somewhat lax or a bit less diligent in their efforts by the time we reached them, and we were not so far bac...
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19 38 They regulate their numbers and craft in much the same way that, in many cities, the various castes, such as those of the metal workers or cloth workers, do theirs.
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21 267 Many girls, incidentally, have been on Wagon Street, being brought down it on their first trip to Ar, though perhaps they did not see much of it, their ankles chained to the central bar in the blue-and-yellow slave wagons, those delivering them, according, say, to the disk numbers on their collars, ...
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24 305 On the cover, though it was hard to see from where I stood, there seemed to be some designations, such as perhaps dates and numbers.
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24 367 On it was a year number, one dating back twenty-two years, and two sets of numbers, separated by a span sign.
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24 369 The number on it fell between the two numbers on the book's cover.
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25 539 The even numbers are on the right.
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26 58 One can tell the alcove numbers by feel, if one does not have a lamp.
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26 163 I felt the alcove numbers.
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26 1912 Also, slavers cannot possibly know in all cases, given the large numbers of free women, in various cities and villages, the veiling, the robes of concealment, and such, who is most beautiful or desirable.
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Book 22. (9 results) Dancer of Gor

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2 59 Too, of course, I knew the general range of numbers within which it fell.
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8 360 We were a ten-lot originally, it seemed, but, as though in anticipation of a projected decision, we had been given different lot numbers.
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8 381 The men, customers, natives of the locality, agents, dealers and others, were then admitted, to examine us, and, if interested, take notes on our lot numbers.
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9 262 Men's sizes, those of male slaves, incidentally, though the numbers are similar, are on a different scale.
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11 1099 They had numbers on them, I knew.
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13 874 When a girl's most secret thoughts can be read as easily as slave numbers written on her breast her only viable option is total honesty, and as complete submission was required of Gorean slave girls her only practical recourse under such stringent circumstances is either to choose death or become in...
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17 184 Men began to gather around, in greater numbers.
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24 51 The only differences between our chainings were usually the numbers of links separating our ankles, this being a function of the length of our legs.
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26 93 "Of what numbers are we speaking?" said Aulus.
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Book 23. (22 results) Renegades of Gor

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6 7 As the first line in Gorean writing moves from the left to the right, according to convention the numbers to the left would be first numbers designating the space.
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12 188 These instructions pertained to the supply of information on various topics, matters pertaining to supplies within the city, the condition of the gates and walls, and which were the weaker and less defended points, the numbers of the active garrison, civilian and military, the relative distributions...
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1 11 This arrangement, incidentally, is not common with the southern wagon peoples, such as Tuchuks, if only because of the vast numbers of wagons.
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1 469 To be sure, much depends on the numbers of the besiegers and besieged, the nature of the defenses, and such.
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2 60 "What are the numbers involved, and your speculations as to the outcome?" "It is you who wear the scarlet," he said.
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2 259 I turned one over and, in the next flash of lightning, read the numbers on its back.
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6 3 In the light of a few dim tharlarion-oil lamps one could see the large numbers posted high on the wall, to the left and the back.
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6 5 One determines the spaces then, rather as on a cipher chart, by the intersection of numbers.
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6 188 "In the future," I said, "I think you will find that you will no longer have control over the gratifications which might be attendant upon your uses, nor over the numbers, times or natures of them".
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9 141 That in itself was an index of the straits of the defenders, their will and numbers.
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11 174 "It gives the numbers, and positions, of the forces of Ar".
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11 209 It gives such numbers for Ar's troops at Holmesk as would mean that the main might of Ar is in the north, which is unthinkable.
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11 223 Indeed, the Cosian main forces, which I assure you are not inferior in numbers to those of Ar, are probably now in winter quarters, perhaps a tenth of them in the vicinity of Torcadino.
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13 178 Were they really spurious, and had they really been intended to bring about the surrender of Ar's Station why would they not have been more realistically conceived, that they might have been more likely to achieve such a purpose? For example, why would they not have been in some cipher, one which mi...
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14 96 I did not explain this to her, but from so small a detail I gathered some estimate of the straits of the defenders, and the numbers and positions of the Cosians, and the menace of their engines.
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15 1006 They seemed small yet, even in their numbers, at this distance.
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17 293 This retreat, though it surrendered the western walkway, decreased the amount of area to be held, and, with these new numbers, increased the defenders there.
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18 269 The men in these lines crouched down, their shields between themselves and the wall, creating an open fence of shields, a poor, broken cover, given the paucity of their numbers, but better than none.
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18 379 Slavers, too, commonly mark women in this fashion, for temporary purposes, for example, with lot numbers for sales, and such.
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21 964 That doubtless explains why they are being brought to Gor in ever larger numbers.
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24 138 Too, there might not be so many women available for the men, given the large numbers shipped west toward Brundisium, and other destinations, some destined doubtless even for the markets of Cos and Tyros themselves.
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24 326 "Although the Cosians outnumbered us ten to one, their numbers would be no match for what, I gather, is nearly the full might of Ar".
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Book 24. (25 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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3 575 Six tharlarion then, in single file, that their numbers might be obscured, followed.
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3 614 At certain times, in certain areas, they hatch in great numbers.
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7 6 Those behind, in their numbers, for pasangs back, may have thought the enemy himself had been sighted.
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8 21 To be sure, the men of Ar, in their numbers, in their haste, with the relentlessness of their pursuit, only lately slowed, had not been in a position to take advantage of it.
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12 156 But could this have been the case if Cosian forces had earlier entered the delta, in great numbers, to flee the vengeance of Ar? Would they themselves not have taken such craft, or destroyed them, as they could? Where do you think the sympathies of those in Turmus and Ven lie, with Ar, or Cos? Is it...
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13 46 Almost at the same instant, from ahead and the sides, ahead, I heard the war cries of Ar and the movements of large numbers of men, hundreds of them, hastening in the marsh, converging doubtless on the barge.
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13 120 The men of Ar, of course, were moving during the day, and in numbers.
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13 192 This did not seem to me likely, or at least not in numbers.
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13 203 "Numbers?" inquired the officer.
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14 111 "I do not understand their apparent numbers," he said.
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14 281 The bar now, housing its menagerie of confused beasts, its numbers of angry, frightened men, blazed with light.
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15 26 The rear column, interestingly, had been the first to break, but its retreat had been stopped by rencers, apparently in great numbers.
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17 57 Too, it is easier to handle large numbers of fair prisoners than warriors and such.
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17 240 The sting of the sting fly is painful, extremely so, but it is usually not, unless inflicted in great numbers, dangerous.
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17 242 Men have died from the stings of the flies but usually in such cases they have been inflicted in great numbers.
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18 130 At times I could not see him clearly for their numbers.
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19 1245 On Earth, as I recall, and I have no reason to suppose matters have much changed on that far, polluted, mad, hypocritical, unloving, hate-filled orb, though you would be better judges than I of such matters, women, in large numbers, tended to be aloof, inert, and calculating, creatures of judgment a...
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27 335 Her response is holistic, and significantly conditioned by large numbers of factors, often complex and subtle.
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28 411 Had Labienus protected himself, and not tried, at all costs, to maintain his cognizance and command, I do not doubt but what he, like the others, could have prevented the flies, in numbers, from inflicting such injuries on himself.
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31 33 Nowadays, with the increasing numbers of female slaves in the delta, a development muchly resented by the free females, though for whatever reason it is hard to imagine, given their claims of superiority to such creatures, many of the men, those lucky enough to own a slave, are less frustrated and d...
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36 110 This had to do, presumably, with the war, and the large numbers of females taken in its prosecution, some thousands from Ar's Station, and its vicinity, alone.
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36 125 Certainly it is understandable that they might not wish to have large numbers of them about, the sight of whom is so exciting to males.
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37 29 "These are excellent times for a sutler," I said, "what with the numbers of men about, and the success of Cos".
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44 312 That place, in accord with a common slavers' convention, having to do with temporary girl markings, lot numbers, and such, is the left breast.
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46 83 But then, he, too, was silent, as he observed the cloud of fellows behind us, now more than four or five, now something closer to a dozen, their numbers having been added to in our progress.
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Book 25. (20 results) Magicians of Gor

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8 36 There is commonly safety in numbers and the greater the numbers usually the greater the safety.
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3 853 The major difference, I think, between the dice of Earth and those of Gor is that the Gorean dice usually have their numbers, or letters, or whatever pictures or devices are used, painted on their surfaces.
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3 854 It is difficult to manufacture a pair of fair dice, of course, in which the "numbers," two, three and so on, are represented by scooped out indentations.
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3 859 At any rate, in the Gorean dice, as mentioned, the numbers or letters, or pictures or whatever devices are used, are usually painted on the dice.
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3 865 Also, it might be mentioned that dice are sometimes tampered with, or specially prepared, to favor certain numbers.
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5 15 It was not like the city contained large numbers of dangerous, powerful, virile male slaves, such as might be found on the galleys, in the quarries, on the great farms, and so on.
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5 16 Such, in numbers, would be dangerous in the city.
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7 203 Similarly, should the troops wheel to the sides, charging, blades drawn, they might have slaughtered thousands, harvesting the crowds, trapped by their own numbers, like sa-tarna.
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7 498 They will presumably be soon reduced in numbers, perhaps to handfuls of guardsmen subject to Cosian officers, if not completely disbanded and scattered.
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8 32 Normal goods, exports of bar iron, and such, do not move in the city in such numbers.
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8 321 There were still guardsmen of Ar, native guardsmen of Ar, in the city, but their numbers had been considerably reduced and they were generally assigned duties of low responsibility.
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8 326 This is not to deny that there were Cosian regulars, in Cosian uniform, in the city, in numbers.
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8 328 Myron, probably intelligently, however, had limited the numbers of such mercenaries who might enter the city at any one time.
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8 502 "It is said that even numbers of the High Council, as a token, have come to the wall, loosened a stone, and tumbled it down".
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9 589 Later there will be dancing, and the new slaves, numbers scrawled on their breasts, will perform.
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9 590 Then, huddled together on the floor between the tables, in the dancing space, frightened, exhausted from their writhing, their uses will be gambled for by their numbers, and then, as the lots fall, they will be dragged, one by one, to the tables, or the sides of the room, to give pleasure to their m...
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9 610 It was difficult to estimate the numbers of female slaves seized by Cos, just as the number of verr and such.
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19 35 In this fashion one tends almost automatically to cancel through the large numbers of coincidental travelers and detect those whose relationship with you is likely to be more purposeful, those who are following you.
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19 677 "I gather that," I said, "in spite of the doubtless large numbers of beautiful slaves in the house of Appanius, you were to be trained as a house slave".
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19 1070 "And it did not occur to you that he probably had numbers of sinuous little sluts in the house of Appanius who would snake about his legs and feet, and lick and kiss, and beg to serve him in any way he might desire, to his heart's content?" "I did not think of such things," she said.
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Book 26. (16 results) Witness of Gor

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8 721 But I mention these things primarily to make it clear that there were large numbers of us in the pens.
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11 1819 At other times he spun about, accomplishing various numbers of rotations and partial rotations.
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13 666 "But their numbers increase".
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15 79 "The prisoners in this corridor are referred to only by numbers".
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18 14 Numbers of citizens were moving even now across the terrace, and bridge, to the docking area.
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19 649 "Numbers," said the free woman, "have been inscribed on my body.
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19 656 "I do not know the meaning of the numbers, Mistress," said the girl.
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19 719 "There are numbers written on my body," she said.
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19 872 "Do you understand the numbers written on my body?" she asked, looking up at me.
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19 875 "Yes!" "I did not even know they were numbers," I said, lightly.
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19 1031 "You cannot read the numbers on my body, truly, can you?" she asked.
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24 134 It seemed clear that there were more tarns in this group than in the first group, perhaps considerably more, but by how much the numbers of this group might exceed those of the first group it would be very difficult to say, that for two reasons, their formation and orientation.
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24 135 They were in single-file, like the first group, but they were not moving to the right, as had the first group, an orientation that had made possible a fairly exact estimate of their numbers.
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24 274 Had it not yet been fetched? And how would these goods, these loots, of precious metal, of soft flesh, of unusual fabrics, of rare spices, be transported whence these intruders derived? Did they think this would be easy? At any time the men of Treve might fall upon them! What an irrational and impro...
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30 44 "Numbers beyond count have landed in Brundisium," said the officer.
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31 112 "'41'?" "Prisoners in this corridor are referred to only by numbers," said the pit master.
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Book 27. (17 results) Prize of Gor

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4 271 "Doubtless, as an informed, intelligent person," said the young man, "you are aware of the existence of many worlds, and the overwhelming statistical probability that many of these, indeed, given the numbers involved, millions of them, are suitable for life as we know it, and that, further, given th...
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22 185 An order then might be issued that slaves of such and such lot numbers, which numbers were inscribed on their bodies, on the left breast, given to them for the convenience of the camp, should go to, say, circle such-and-such, which was, say, "square and blue" or "triangular and yellow," and so on.
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25 420 She could, of course, read some numbers, for example, her own and, now, some similar numbers.
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11 314 "In certain parts of the world it still is," he said, "but, more to the point, the intelligence of the ancients and medievals, and such, was not inferior to our own, and, in many respects, most would grant, many of them, perhaps the majority, were morally superior to large numbers of our lying, chea...
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18 411 On the other hand, they may be, and often are, prepared deliberately, fired in great numbers for admission tokens, tickets, or such, to restricted festivals, private markets, song dramas, and such.
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22 141 In the interests of advancing a particular political agenda she had had to deny large numbers of the most obvious facts of ethology, biology and anthropology.
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22 209 To return to our proper narrative: The lot numbers of slaves would be called out, and then, too, the circles to which they must report.
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22 212 She would, accordingly, be intent to listen carefully to the numbers, and follow any caller who had enunciated her number, which was "117".
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22 298 While they stood outside the cage, roped together by the ankle, lot numbers were inscribed, with a grease pencil, or marker, on their left breasts.
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22 300 Records were kept, regarding the lot numbers and names.
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22 331 If it were significant, and the lower numbers meant the more desirable merchandise, surely she would be entitled to a high opinion of herself as goods.
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22 599 She passed dancing circles where sinuous slaves, lot numbers on their left breasts, swayed their beauty before lusty brutes who might soon bid upon them.
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24 118 She had heard numbers called throughout the camp, with the associated letters of the circles.
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25 37 And are not the lower numbers the most beautiful? Are the two slaves before me truly more beautiful than I, she wondered.
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25 128 Ellen conjectured that her chain, which consisted of twenty slaves, presumably numbers 115 through 134, would soon be in the vicinity of the great block.
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25 424 Common Gorean, you see, does not use an "Arabic notation," but represents various numbers by letters, combinations of letters, and such.
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25 430 "I received it late, after most numbers were assigned," she said.
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Book 28. (6 results) Kur of Gor

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81 6 These numbers were correlated with identical numbers at the bulkhead's chaining rings, number 1 with ring 1, and so on.
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20 106 "I do not think," said Peisistratus, scanning the tiers, "that Lord Agamemnon will have his needful numbers".
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20 108 "No," whispered Peisistratus, "he would not have his needful numbers".
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29 135 "Certainly it is true that many are," he said, "indeed, untold numbers, restless, unfulfilled, longing for their masters".
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56 183 "They do not know if they are friend or foe! They understand nothing! Perhaps they are reinforcements, additions to their numbers!" Suddenly there were cries of rage, and the crackling, and streaming of weapons.
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60 25 "In their numbers they could balance the very forces of Agamemnon, which are intent upon their destruction".
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Book 29. (18 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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1 299 Their numbers in the past were increased by means of artificial insemination.
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1 383 This number, as others, had been correlated with the numbers of a set of chaining rings, number 1 with ring 1, and so on.
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1 385 By means of the numbers a girl, if removed from her chaining ring, can be returned to the same ring.
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2 20 On the other hand, the greater numbers, indeed, the vast majority, of Gorean slavers, one supposes, as Goreans of other sorts, had never seen such a ship.
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2 97 Major truths, no matter what the evidence in their favor, are often, in the beginning, denied, then ridiculed, then battled, and then, if the cultural situation permits, and insufficient numbers of the heretics, or proponents, of the new views are imprisoned or executed, grudgingly accepted, and the...
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2 232 These women are often wholesaled, given their numbers.
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16 46 One might mention, in passing, that all the groupings had either appellations or numbers.
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16 72 Certainly the recruitments of the Pani here and there, the several landings on the northern beaches, the numbers of men involved, the securing and importing of supplies, would be difficult to conceal.
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16 97 Too, obviously, small numbers of raiders or infiltrators may be conveyed by tarn, and disembarked behind enemy lines or within enemy walls.
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17 33 Although the numbers were prodigious, considered merely as military units, these riders, I supposed, would be less a cavalry than a conglomerate or horde.
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17 35 They would expect, in numbers, if in nothing else, to overwhelm and destroy a smaller force.
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17 37 To be sure, more important than simple numbers was firepower, and our two hundred possessed the firepower of a group much larger, if the larger group was armed in the usual manner.
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17 45 On the ground, of course, the tarnsman was a common infantryman, and I had no doubt their incursion, despite their superiority in numbers, would be fiercely met by the Ashigaru of the Pani and several of our mercenaries.
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17 86 In this fashion many would escape, as their numbers still considerably exceeded those of their pursuers, and, if a pursuer successfully brought down one, two or more others would escape.
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18 173 A variant on this theory, though one less benign, or misguided, is that the regulation from the Sardar was intended to help keep the numbers of human beings on the planet in check, that it functioned, in a sense, as a populational control device.
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18 407 "It is unfortunate," he said, "that we have not captured suitable numbers of the enemy's free women, that they might serve such a feast naked".
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25 147 To such animals scent not only detects prey, but can be informative as to its distance, movements, numbers, and sex.
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38 148 It seemed clear, from materials brought on board, shackles, collars, and such, that Lords Nishida and Okimoto might have in mind, were their projects successful, the acquisition of large numbers of women, who might then be distributed, or sold.
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Book 30. (21 results) Mariners of Gor

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1 322 The eventual outcome of these machinations, hailing policies of concession, appeasement, and surrender as victories of beneficent statecraft, as demands of an overdue justice, was the conquest of Ar, and her occupation by Cosians, those of Tyros, and large numbers of mercenaries.
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3 230 "Those of Ar had risen, everywhere, it seemed, from doorways and cellars, from within the cylinders and on the bridges, rushing forth, seizing up as weapons things so simple as clubs, poles, staves, and rocks, overwhelming in their numbers even armed men".
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3 1333 One may then note the goods of interest to one, by their lot numbers, usually inscribed in grease pencil on the left breast, and then wait until they stand in the sawdust, high on the block, exhibited to the house, under torchlight.
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9 138 At that time we did not know the numbers of the mutineers.
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9 326 I conjectured their numbers might have been as few as two to three hundred.
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9 398 Many had been recruited in Brundisium, and, over months, in larger and smaller numbers, in larger and smaller ships, had coasted north, thence at one rendezvous or another, to move overland, east to Tarn Camp.
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12 332 Where large numbers of men are involved they are particularly important, as one is not likely to know everyone.
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14 60 Suddenly, ahead, some twenty yards, between the galleys and the numbers of ship's boats, the gigantic body of the wounded tharlarion emerged, its vast body, neck, head, and wide paddlelike appendages running with water, bright in the sunlight.
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15 59 By evening the great ship was free of the Vine Sea and, sails furled, and sea hooks cast, she waited, a pasang west of the vines, the odor, and insects, while the numbers of ship's boats, and the four galleys, rejoined her.
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16 95 Below, as though from nowhere, large numbers of men, of the Pani sort, emerged wildly from hatches, screaming, wielding weapons, swarming over the deck.
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16 217 Lord Okimoto, on the other hand, was well aware of the sizable complement of fighting men on board, a small army, who would, in any likely contest, as on an open field, far outnumber the enemy Pani in the small boats and on the warning ship, perhaps by as many as four or five to one; and was, accord...
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16 294 "The small boats are not seagoing vessels, certainly not in their numbers, no more than our ship's boats".
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16 328 "But," said Lord Okimoto, "perhaps not its nature, the ship, our numbers".
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22 163 One was not dealing with the disorderly frontal rushings of barbarians or savages, counting on the simple avalanche of numbers.
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22 299 On the other hand, I had the sense that the commander of the opposing forces had now come to the end of his patience, such as it might have been, and, contemptuous of care and delay, finished with military sobriety, and conscious of his numbers, intended to conclude matters with one crude, costly, i...
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23 46 Of common mariners and armsmen, who, over Ahn, had swarmed ashore, often without authorization, in greater numbers than I had originally conjectured, some twelve hundred had returned to the ship.
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23 117 "On the beach," I said, "they have met the foe, and have some sense of his prowess and numbers".
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25 68 Doubtless some of these were intended to locate and ascertain the numbers and dispositions of Lord Yamada's forces in the vicinity, but others were apparently of a much subtler nature, some to instigate apprehension which might spread naturally to the enemy, with appeals to fear and superstition, an...
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26 32 I had no idea of how effective lower Pani, mostly peasants, impressed or enlisted as ashigaru, might be, as it was not their way of life, so to speak, as it seemed to be for higher Pani, such as the warriors of Lord Temmu, and Lords Nishida and Okimoto, but I was sure they could be trained, might be...
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26 33 And, of course, they would be stiffened by, and supplemented by, higher Pani, the sort who had, it seems, though doubtless in greater numbers, previously reduced and decimated the men of Lords Nishida and Okimoto, warriors for whom I entertained the highest regard.
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26 215 "On the ship," I said, "you were aware of Pani?" "Yes," she said, "but I knew nothing of their numbers".
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor

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8 556 Later, the invaders flighted and the blood lust of an outraged citizenry largely spent, numbers of surviving profiteers and collaborators, as apprehended, were placed in several underground dungeons scattered throughout the city.
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8 1826 It is in terms of those that one numbers her amongst the "high cities".
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19 92 There are different decks of cards, containing different numbers of cards, with different markings, and such.
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27 69 There was housing within that complex sufficient for a thousand men and a thousand beasts, but no such numbers were present.
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35 66 Given the limited numbers of Kurii on Gor at this time, they will begin by forging alliances with dissident elements in given cities, the resentful, envious, and jealous, those of thwarted ambition, and such, for there are always such, to bring them to power in their own cities, and then it will be ...
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35 69 The next phase, which I have referred to as that of extermination, or virtual extermination, would be that of the now-augmented numbers of Kurii turning on the considerably war-reduced human population of Gor, perhaps in a hundred coordinated nights of massacre, perhaps in a set of campaigns, in whi...
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35 176 "The numbers are then matched," I said.
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Book 32. (11 results) Smugglers of Gor

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43 523 This would not be wise to do without the advantage of numbers, and the numbers, I gather, are not clear".
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7 110 This basement, or dungeon, I supposed, had been rented, or commandeered, for female slaves, perhaps because of our numbers, unusual in this place, or season.
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7 147 "Recall your lot numbers," said the fellow in blue, with the marking board and pencil.
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7 323 The fellow in blue continued to call lot numbers.
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8 52 The slaves, doubtless, would be accounted for, marked off, in terms of their numbers, when put aboard.
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13 88 "Numbers are not sensual," he said.
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15 178 Our lot numbers were now all but indistinguishable on our left breasts.
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18 63 Lot numbers take time to wear off.
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31 16 No longer now is the employer blind, no longer now need he sustain the expense of maintaining large numbers of men at the mouth of the Alexandra.
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38 10 Axel, clearly, was primarily concerned to establish its existence, numbers, and direction, following which he would consider his possible course of action, either to attempt to deal with it, saving at least one prisoner who might be later interrogated at Shipcamp, or, if it seemed prudential, to wit...
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Book 33. (22 results) Rebels of Gor

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1 82 As well, of course, an aerial arm had much to offer from a number of points of view, such as raids, reconnaissance, communication, and, in limited numbers, the rapid and clandestine movement of small groups of armed men.
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1 202 Numbers could be overwhelming, pressing incessantly at the trails.
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1 236 "While strength remains," I said, "we might rush forth, if only to fall beneath the blades of greater numbers".
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1 290 "Following Lord Temmu," I said, "the existence of tarns is to be concealed, insofar as possible, from the enemy, at least from large numbers of its common soldiers".
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1 430 Too, even for a shogun of the power of Lord Yamada, it is demanding and expensive to maintain large numbers of men in the field, to supply and support them, and impractical, if not hazardous, to attempt to do so without sufficient resources".
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6 180 At the cavalry's encampment matters, though austere, were less harrowing and strained, given the smaller numbers involved, and the availability of local game, tarsk, tabuk, and verr.
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7 223 "Numbers cannot be ignored," he said.
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9 85 I did not doubt but what, the banner flying, he would race to the courtyard, with two swords, but the delay, I hoped, would be sufficient to reduce the numbers of, and the brunt of the resistance of, the enemy.
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10 35 There was no way that limited area could indefinitely sustain large numbers of men.
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10 201 "Less so," I said, "than inaction, and a refusal to counter larger numbers".
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27 21 These are more dangerous than many understand, particularly at a short distance, and in great numbers, when a sheet of missiles in their thousands can strike foes as might a deadly hail.
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30 88 A shaved coin is one from which a clip or filings of metal have been removed, which clips or filings, melted down in sufficient numbers, may be reformed into new coins, plates, or ingots.
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38 15 Ideally, men might slip in small numbers through more than one opening in the bars.
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40 115 The guards, as I had surmised, large numbers of them, would be arrested in their pursuit by the flames, and further discomfited when the roof's layered canvases, those in this portion of the tent, the ropes cut, would collapse.
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41 38 On my former world, large camps were often accompanied by numbers of putatively free women known as "camp followers".
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46 14 It was estimated, given the hardships of the early spring, the rigors of the first siege, the threat of the second siege, the overwhelming superiority in numbers enjoyed by Lord Yamada, and the fearful advent of the iron dragon in the skies over the holding of Temmu, that better than two hundred mer...
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54 187 Too, walls, trenches, frequent watch fires, and guards would be likely to minimize the escape from the holding of even small numbers of individuals.
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57 76 It remained unclear at this point, of course, whether or not Lord Temmu would seize the tempo of war and invest troops in consolidating his advantage, and, if so, in what numbers.
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58 14 I did not know if he would commit troops to the south, and, if so, in what numbers.
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60 461 It will be difficult to assess their numbers.
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61 153 But, of course, the thousand men or so with Lords Nishida and Okimoto were only too aware of the camp's fortification, and the seeming appearance of hostile troops in the vicinity, hostile troops in undetermined numbers.
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61 154 What had begun as an unopposed march to claim an uncontested and inexpensive victory had suddenly, within an Ahn or so, turned into an apparently desperate situation, sustaining a possible siege without the benefit of suitable defenseworks against a foe which might be present in overwhelming numbers...
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Book 34. (14 results) Plunder of Gor

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1 486 I could lay the receiver to the side, brace the phone, and press the numbers, carefully, with my right hand.
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1 531 In the drawer to the night stand was a small notebook containing my personal numbers.
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1 532 It contained, amongst others, the numbers of my frequent luncheon companions.
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1 533 Once, early in our luncheons, held in one restaurant or another, but usually in the restaurant on the fourth floor of the building, we had exchanged numbers.
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1 535 Certainly, hitherto I had never used any of these numbers.
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5 65 We will keep track of you by means of the numbers.
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33 450 "It is letters, and numbers".
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53 95 A bridge seemed an appropriate venue for the exchange as, in such a location, one could easily determine the nature and numbers of either party, and an ambush, a sudden rush from a doorway, an emergence from brush, or concealed pits, or such, would be impractical.
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60 7 Lord Grendel's conjecture to the effect that the numbers of Kurii in the vicinity might be some fifteen, presumably at most, had proved woefully conservative.
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60 8 I was not sure of the numbers but I would have hazarded that the number might more closely approximate some forty Kurii, say, twenty in the stands, and twenty on the ground.
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61 737 "Dear lady," said Kurik, "with your permission, might you not be less distractive? We are about to be set upon by superior numbers".
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61 838 If there are two hundred fellows, say, who wish to participate, though you are under no obligation to do so, we will put two hundred numbers on slips of paper in a helmet, and give each fellow a slip of paper with a number.
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65 198 At that point, from the darkness, a voice called out, "Deploy, Sleen of Mintar, the urts are in the trap!" Lucilius may have understood little of this, but the men with him were only too aware of the might of the merchant, Mintar, his vast web of agents and informants, his generous rewards for the a...
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65 358 "And now," said Lord Grendel, "you may hasten, as you are, to Decius Albus and inform him of how your cohorts deserted you and how, despite your vigor and bravery, you were overcome by overwhelming numbers".
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor

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3 100 Great numbers of the men on their world have been taught to betray their blood, to repudiate it, and fear it.
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33 51 I did not know their numbers.
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33 190 Presumably their numbers would be more than sufficient to deal with any curious, or even aggressive, tharlarion.
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38 96 What predator does not acquaint himself with the habits and gathering places of prey? Might not keen-eyed, shambling creatures before humans have looked in secret on one another, noted comings and goings, scouted numbers, weapons, and defenses; does the pleasant beast, feigning amity, have more in m...
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41 110 Given the likelihood that the men of the holding were outnumbered, say, six to one, it seemed inevitable that the intruders, if only by weight of numbers, would not only maintain their hold on the third level but soon control the second, and descend to the first.
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41 210 They do not know our numbers.
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42 87 But I did not think so few men could long withstand larger numbers, and prolonged strife.
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Book 36. (41 results) Avengers of Gor

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51 9 If the Dorna had been detected, possibly in virtue of the activity of the Brigand Island, I did not think it could long elude its pursuers, given the numbers of rested oarsmen on which they could draw, heavily crewed as they were with large numbers of draftable, evacuated mercenaries.
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7 40 The numbers of attacks and the times of the attacks preclude an account involving lengthy withdrawals from, and returns to, local waters".
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9 16 "They would lose the advantage of numbers.
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17 417 "It is true," I said, "that I and my men, in our limited numbers, pose no immediate threat to the raiders".
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26 59 "Even numbers, whatever they may be," I said, "are right.
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26 60 Odd numbers, whatever they may be, are left".
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27 3 Men were calling out numbers, clutching colored, marked ostraca.
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27 8 The numbers stood for the twenty Ahn in the Gorean day.
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27 79 In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn.
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27 213 "Had I played differently, more carefully, more astutely, had I chosen different colors and numbers, I would have won".
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29 55 We appreciate the names and ranks of enemies, their numbers and weaponry, their supplies and stores.
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30 8 "How do you make the numbers?" I asked Thurnock.
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30 35 "Yes," I said, "and there are various techniques for concealing our numbers and making them seem larger than they are in actuality".
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31 46 I doubt that he will dare the night, being unacquainted with our numbers.
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31 55 "Yet, in their numbers, they were prepared for it," I said.
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32 19 Had the enemy been disciplined, and had I assumed command following the attack, and I did not know the nature or numbers of the enemy, I would have ordered the retreat of the double-shield wall, that to reach the beach, my supplies, and additional support.
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32 49 Given our numbers, we could not begin to expose the entire column to a simultaneous attack.
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32 74 The openness of the broad beach would deny cover to archers and we would not choose to attack in force as that would risk our men unduly, storming a fortified position, and might well reveal the paucity of our numbers.
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32 75 That the corsairs were not aware of our numbers, or even who we were, were factors, however limited, in our favor.
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32 79 "Such might betray our numbers.
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32 93 "Captain," said Xanthos, "they will surely, in one or two days, become desperate and rush forth, shields forward, in numbers we will be unable to resist or turn back".
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32 95 "What could they have to hope for but a swift and bloody death, pitting themselves against our vast numbers".
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32 96 "'Our vast numbers'?" said Xanthos.
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32 99 "First," I said, "attempt to ascertain our numbers".
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34 26 "In either case," I said, "they would be better informed as to our numbers, and might then depart, far more emboldened.
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34 50 "You suspect, dear Thurnock," I said, "that the corsairs doubt the strength of our numbers, doubt that we number in the thousands?" "If they believed that," said Thurnock, "the beach would be clear and the ships under sail".
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35 6 "The paucity of our numbers would have been understood," said Aktis.
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39 45 If I were concerned to ship quarry stone as inconspicuously as possible, I would certainly be even more concerned over the public embarking of large numbers of mercenary troops".
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40 6 Corsairs do not have the numbers or strength to challenge towns or cities.
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41 7 The tactic is for contingents of the invasive force, in the "box formation," shield walls to the sides and a shield roof or ceiling overhead, to protect against arrow fire and cast stones, to approach under artillery fire so as to be able to enter a new breach almost instantly, before defenders can ...
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41 220 "The enemy," I said, "outnumbers our men several to one, but their numbers are not sufficient to mount such a general assault".
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42 73 "Enough to admit numbers we can deal with easily, enough to mass confused others before the soon shut gate, where, crowded together, they will be vulnerable to stones cast down from the wall over the gate".
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43 145 Silhouetted against the light I could make out numbers of small figures rushing about, striking tents, carrying water.
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43 149 Their leadership's recourse to siege engines, that walls might be demolished, and mining, that the town might be taken from within, both suggested that scaling, which in many cases, at least where larger numbers were involved, would have been a commander's first choice, was here an undesired alterna...
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44 9 It is similar to defending a bridge or narrow pass, in which a single man, or a handful of men, may slow or stop the advance of far greater numbers, save that the defender of the wall has the additional advantage of, so to speak, a higher ground.
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44 10 Walls reduce the advantage of numbers.
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44 15 Thus, the advantages of what might prove to be overwhelming numbers in the field are likely to be nullified at the wall.
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48 17 What could stand against their skills and numbers? Desperation, ugly and gloomy, fell like unlit, unwelcome night.
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49 148 "Why, we wondered," said Tab, "are they, in their numbers and might, letting us pass".
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50 67 "Given the numbers evacuated from Mytilene," said Clitus, "most of those evacuated would still be aboard the ships".
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56 11 "They have tested our defenses and assessed our numbers," said Thurnock.
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