| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 8 | 40 |
The steward might then improve his offer, or prepare to depart. |
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| 8 | 115 |
"But are you not intrigued, Stranger," asked the man, his pale eyes squinting up at me through the folds of the gray robe, "by the offer of a tarn, gold and provisions?" "What must I do to earn this?" I asked. |
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| 11 | 235 |
"What full sum did Ost offer you?" she asked. |
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| 11 | 237 |
"What full sum did Ost offer you?" repeated the Tatrix. |
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| 21 | 208 |
Actually I had no idea of the value of the stones, and didn't know if the offer was a sensible one or not. |
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| 26 | 62 |
Also it should be noted that it was not realistic to offer the silver masks the alternative of exile, for that would simply have been to condemn them to violent death or foreign enslavement. |
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| 1 | 62 |
Contests of this sort, most often involving criminals and impoverished soldiers of fortune, offer prizes of amnesty or gold and are customarily sponsored by rich men to win the approval of the populace of their cities. |
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| 1 | 67 |
The contests at the fairs, however, I am pleased to say, offer nothing more dangerous than wrestling, with no holds to the death permitted. |
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| 17 | 34 |
"Sarm is generous," I said, "but I decline his kind offer". |
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| 27 | 166 |
I wondered if Sarm, considering Misk's desperate condition and plight, would offer quarter. |
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| 28 | 225 |
I would not have believed the ship was possible but I found it difficult to offer the arguments of my old world's physics against the fact of Misk's success. |
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| 3 | 188 |
"Do you wish to reconsider your last move?" he asked, offering a rare concession among players of the game, and one I had never expected the Vintner, from what I had seen of him, to offer. |
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| 6 | 79 |
Each of the girls considered eligible for this service, at one time or another during the evening, will approach the guest and offer him wine. |
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| 11 | 86 |
"We permit them," said Flaminius, deigning to offer a bit of explanation, "five Ahn of varied responses, depending on when they recover from the frobicain injection. |
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| 13 | 20 |
"Probably tomorrow," Nela was saying, "an offer of ransom will be made". |
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| 15 | 125 |
If he were not convinced of her story one of the agents of Cernus would make a good offer for the girl, pretend to be convinced of her identity and hastily return her to Ar. |
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| 17 | 709 |
"Your room," I said, "seems to offer little in the way of diversions". |
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| 19 | 193 |
Yet when he persisted, there were some token offers, perhaps by men who wished to obtain a kettle girl for next to nothing; I was not surprised to note that each time a legitimate offer was made, though small, it was topped slightly by a fellow in the robes of the Metal Workers, whom I knew to be a ... |
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| 11 | 459 |
Surely these might then be dissuaded from becoming allies of Cos and Tyros, and perhaps might be inclined to offer their services to Port Kar? At the very least, the ships of Port Kar might, in such a situation, become suddenly welcome in ports that had hitherto been closed to them. |
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| 11 | 461 |
"What if the offer of peace is accepted?" I asked Samos. |
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| 11 | 473 |
"The time is opportune," said Samos, "to offer peace to Cos and Tyros. |
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| 11 | 505 |
"If an offer of peace is to be made to Cos and Tyros," I said, "it is my hope that it would be genuine". |
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| 11 | 525 |
"Of course," said Samos, "the offer of peace will be rejected". |
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| 11 | 528 |
"We will need one to carry the offer of peace to Cos, where he may now find joint audience with the Ubars of both Cos and Tyros," said Samos. |
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| 11 | 530 |
"It should be one," Samos was saying, "who has the rank of captain, and who is a member of the council itself, that the authenticity of the offer shall thus be made manifest". |
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| 13 | 448 |
Then I heard Captain Tenrik, from above decks, call out not to offer resistance. |
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| 17 | 228 |
The round ships, of course, were too slow to offer the swift, decisive support to my tarn ships which they would surely need shortly. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 9 | 4 |
I could not offer the least resistance without strangling myself. |
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| 10 | 169 |
"But perhaps you have something else to offer?" he said. |
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| 15 | 1419 |
"I offer you wine, Master," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 165 |
The curule chair at my high table was among the most honored and envied on Gor! What honor it was to be the woman of Bosk, merchant, admiral! And yet she had turned her back on this! She had displeased me! She had dared to displease me! Bosk! The marshes had nothing to offer her. |
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| 2 | 303 |
"What then do you truly offer?" he demanded. |
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| 6 | 518 |
"I am prepared to offer much," I told her. |
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| 6 | 519 |
"I am prepared to offer weights of gold". |
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| 15 | 650 |
"I will purchase my passage back to Earth!" "What have you to offer?" I asked. |
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| 19 | 230 |
"What do you offer?" I queried. |
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| 19 | 407 |
"I offer you your life, and the lives of your men," I said, "if you depart now, leaving behind all slaves". |
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| 4 | 226 |
I noted the blondish girl, the water bag now, wet and heavy, over her shoulder, going to the men of the Forkbeard, to offer them drink. |
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| 8 | 56 |
"You insult me," said Hilda the Haughty, "to present me with such miserable merchandise! Is this the best that great Ar can offer?" Had I been of Ar I might have been angry. |
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| 11 | 179 |
Finally, it was decided that it was indeed germane to the decision to understand what the Kurii would offer to obtain this permission. |
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| 11 | 260 |
This, in token of hospitality, I offer to our guest". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 1 | 644 |
Such girls, even with hatred, may offer the larma, furious with themselves, yet helpless, the captive of their slave needs, forced to beg on their knees for the touch of a harsh master, who revels in the sport of their plight; does he satisfy them; if it is his will, yes; if it is not his will, no. |
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| 2 | 472 |
"What would you offer?" I asked. |
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| 5 | 331 |
"Do not offer resistance!" cried Farouk to his guards, riding the length of the caravan. |
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| 5 | 538 |
I suspected, however, that they had been told not to offer me their services. |
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| 9 | 103 |
"What have you to offer?" he asked. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 949 |
"May a girl offer you wine, Master?" I had asked him. |
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| 9 | 1047 |
"Make an offer for the little she-sleen," said Melina. |
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| 9 | 1106 |
Collared, how could I resist any man? "Make an offer for her," said Melina. |
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| 9 | 1124 |
"Make an offer for her," said Melina. |
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| 9 | 1126 |
"Make an offer," said Melina. |
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| 9 | 1260 |
She has nothing to offer a man but her service and her beauty. |
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| 9 | 1732 |
This turning of his back doubtless seemed to offer a favorable opportunity to his remaining foes. |
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| 9 | 2030 |
"I would be your slave!" "I offer you companionship," he said. |
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| 12 | 5 |
I arose and went to kneel before the next man, to offer him viands from the platter I bore. |
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| 27 | 435 |
"If she pleases you, make an offer to Busebius". |
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| 27 | 440 |
"Master is generous," said Busebius, "to offer so much for so miserable a girl". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1041 |
See what she has to offer you," he invited. |
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| 6 | 108 |
The offer was quite generous. |
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| 12 | 299 |
"Is it your intention to offer her bright feasting clothes?" "I am not insane," he said. |
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| 37 | 74 |
What has Earth to offer that is worth more than joy and happiness?" "I may sell you," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 296 |
If she is not sold in five Ehn then take her to the public market shelves and chain her there, taking the best offer which equals or exceeds the cost of her branding". |
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| 5 | 29 |
She would then kneel before Sasi, her teacher, and offer her the bit of cake or pastry, which Sasi would take, taking most of it and returning a portion of it to her. |
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| 5 | 365 |
"Does it not seem strange to you," I asked, "that Uchafu should offer two tarsks for such a girl". |
10 |
| 8 | 175 |
"A silver tarsk," I said, repeating my offer, "to he who can find me that slave". |
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| 12 | 628 |
My offer of six seemed perfect. |
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| 32 | 652 |
'To our gods,' he said, 'the offer of a contemptible slave would be an insulting sacrifice. |
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| 35 | 100 |
She had declined to accept my offer. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 13 | 112 |
It is a common Gorean hospitality to offer the use of one's slaves to guests, if they should find them attractive. |
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| 28 | 48 |
"And as a reward for this great service which you have rendered me," she said, "I am prepared not only to overlook your occasional and somewhat casual disregard for my dignity but to offer you a handsome employment upon my estates". |
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| 28 | 71 |
"I reject your offer," I told her. |
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| 28 | 82 |
Actually I did not think, any longer, though I was not interested in her offer, that the Lady Florence was truly in a position to extend a handsome employment. |
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| 29 | 82 |
Tenalion will doubtless receive a fine price for you, even though you are untrained, and he, knowing this, will doubtless make me an excellent offer for you". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 197 |
She must now, nude, offer meat to men. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 310 |
The brand and collar, though mighty in their significance, offer little actual impediment to a girl's action, unless, perhaps, she desires to pass alone and unchallenged through a city gate. |
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| 20 | 514 |
"That she might offer herself to you as your slave?" asked Glyco. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 116 |
My offer stands. |
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| 5 | 120 |
She had made the offer without consulting the officer. |
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| 7 | 32 |
In most Gorean cities it is illegal to offer an unbranded woman in a public sale. |
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| 14 | 487 |
A favorite joke, for example, is to tell a young man that his kaiila offer to the parents of his prospective woman has been refused, thus plunging him into despair, until, with roars of laughter, he is informed that it has been accepted. |
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| 14 | 500 |
Grunt, he made it clear, must now either accept or reject that offer. |
10 |
| 18 | 233 |
I could not smile, but, too, I did not offer resistance. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 136 |
I am sure, if a good offer had been made, he would have traded off Pimples' collar, with its trade beads, for, say, a well-beaded parfleche or a sash of ornamented sleen skin. |
10 |
| 4 | 307 |
This was tantamount to an offer of marriage. |
10 |
| 7 | 488 |
The offer of a man to help with a woman's tasks is almost always refused. |
10 |
| 7 | 575 |
I will offer a kaiila for her and bring a rope". |
10 |
| 15 | 67 |
It did not occur to me that, in making peace between us, I should not offer you splendid gifts. |
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| 18 | 108 |
If he is, he makes Grunt an offer. |
10 |
| 45 | 95 |
They could offer no defense. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 64 |
"And what of the resistance you intended to offer?" one girl was asking another. |
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| 15 | 82 |
"Tassy," said the other, "he is going to make an offer for me!" "That is marvelous, Yitza!" said the first girl. |
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| 20 | 169 |
"Sometimes a man can get an offer on a girl that way". |
10 |
| 23 | 178 |
"See her offer herself!" said one of the women. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1281 |
Then he turned aside, to offer paga to another. |
10 |
| 6 | 906 |
"I am prepared to offer any evidences that you might suggest," she said. |
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| 8 | 272 |
"Show yourself," he cried, "as befits your office, that of those who courageously do war with brigands, that of those who do nobly defend and support the law, or as plain honest men, if that you be, that I may ally myself with you, that we may then offer to one another, no, then pledge to one anothe... |
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| 12 | 207 |
"I will offer you a draw, if you like," he said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 460 |
"I was only going to offer two tarsk bits for you originally," he said, "a standard price for a female infant, but after I had seen your mother, seen her fully, and performing, and under the lash, you understand, and considered how you might have something of her beauty, I raised my offer to three". |
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| 25 | 891 |
"But if an offer were made?" I asked. |
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| 25 | 892 |
"It would depend, of course," she said, "on the offer". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 765 |
Several men seemed to offer assent to this. |
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| 11 | 973 |
I wanted him to offer me comfort, or perhaps even rescue me from the floor. |
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| 11 | 1643 |
I had once at a zoo, I recalled, seen a female animal, a female baboon, actually, frightened at the stalking, menacing, meaningful approach of a stern, dominant male, turn about and timidly offer herself to him. |
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| 13 | 364 |
"You made an offer on me?" I asked, delighted. |
10 |
| 13 | 373 |
"Why, then, did you offer so much?" I asked. |
10 |
| 14 | 173 |
"Did she offer you the position of second girl for your support?" he asked. |
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| 20 | 202 |
Accordingly some cities have been willing to offer inducements to farmers to remain in their vicinity, such as a liberalization of the requirements for citizenship, the performance of rural sacrifices, the holding of games in rural areas, subsidizing the touring of theatrical and musical troupes in ... |
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| 29 | 9 |
"If you disapprove of our offer," said the leader of the five men, a bearded fellow, "return to Tharna, and there mine the difference". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 785 |
"It is not your responsibility," I said, somewhat ungraciously, I fear, considering the generosity of his offer. |
10 |
| 10 | 264 |
Perhaps I should have held out for more, seeing the eagerness of the fellow, but, after all, I was taken by surprise by the splendid offer, and even opportunistic greediness has its limits, particularly when surprised. |
10 |
| 10 | 351 |
"It seems you offer us many inducements to admit you," called a fellow. |
10 |
| 13 | 308 |
"I was going to offer it to you anyway," she said. |
10 |
| 15 | 126 |
He could offer no resistance. |
10 |
| 15 | 533 |
"You were bearing much gold," I said, "which, foolishly, you thought to offer to Cosians, that they might spare you and keep you as a slave. |
10 |
| 15 | 844 |
"Usually, by this time, they are numb with fear and dread, and offer no resistance. |
10 |
| 16 | 445 |
"And I would offer them to you without the whip," she said, "—Master". |
10 |
| 17 | 441 |
Too, I thought I might buy some time for them by seeming to offer the Cosians an enviable prize, the capture of the wall commander. |
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| 17 | 495 |
Did this not suggest that I might regard myself as trapped, as I seemed to be, that I might regard my position as untenable, that I thus might choose not to offer resistance, that I might be prepared to surrender? Almost at the same time one or two score of fellows, from both sides, began to race to... |
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| 19 | 244 |
"On my own authority," called the officer, "and at my own risk, that of my life for yours, should this not be found meet by Aristimines, I again offer you the gold of Cos!" I sheathed my sword. |
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| 21 | 1239 |
Interestingly, such girls often try to call themselves to the attention of men, hoping for an offer to be made for them. |
10 |
| 24 | 805 |
Let us see what Port Cos has to offer in the way of enslaved females. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 1849 |
"Perhaps you might meet one in the brothel," I said, "among the patrons, and attract him, perhaps influencing him in virtue of the excellence your services, to make an acceptable offer on you to the brothel master". |
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| 32 | 310 |
"Come, join us!" "Any who would attempt to harm him, or offer him violence," said Plenius, "will be cut to pieces". |
10 |
| 37 | 397 |
"Accept any reasonable offer," I said. |
10 |
| 37 | 402 |
"Seek him out and see if he will make an offer on her," I said. |
10 |
| 37 | 403 |
"I have little doubt he will make an offer on her," said Ephialtes. |
10 |
| 37 | 404 |
"Accept any reasonable offer," I said. |
10 |
| 37 | 452 |
"Perhaps you would care to make an offer on her?" "I was intending to speak to you about such a matter," he admitted. |
10 |
| 37 | 456 |
"I am prepared to offer you ten silver tarsks," he said. |
10 |
| 37 | 466 |
"Do you accept my offer?" he asked. |
10 |
| 37 | 473 |
"Do you accept my offer?" he asked. |
10 |
| 47 | 89 |
"Accept the offer," said the fellow who had proposed the ten pieces of gold. |
10 |
| 48 | 473 |
"If you want," I said, renewing my offer, "I will buy her back". |
10 |
| 48 | 475 |
I did not think, of course, that he would accept my offer. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 52 |
"And thus," I said, "her offer is of no more import than would be the similar offer of any other free woman of Ar". |
10 |
| 5 | 76 |
In making an offer of this sort, of course, Talena was implicitly claiming for herself the status of being a Ubar's daughter, else the offer would have been, as one of the fellows had suggested, absurd. |
10 |
| 3 | 109 |
Were his offer genuine, I would indeed be eager to purchase such an object. |
10 |
| 5 | 69 |
"Her offer to deliver herself to the Cosians, that the city may be spared," said a fellow, "is preposterous. |
10 |
| 5 | 78 |
It was not as though she were merely one, say, of a thousand free women who were making the same offer. |
10 |
| 5 | 80 |
The extremely interesting thing to my mind would be the Cosian response to this offer. |
10 |
| 5 | 81 |
I had little doubt, personally, from what I had learned of the intrigues in Ar that this offer had some role to play in the complicated political games afoot in that metropolis. |
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| 6 | 71 |
I offer you the alternatives of annihilation or friendship, of devastation or prosperity. |
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| 9 | 36 |
It is a simple enough duty to perform, and a worthy enough act, as female citizens, given the guilt of Ar, her complicity in the wicked schemes of Gnieus Lelius, to offer themselves for reparation consideration". |
10 |
| 9 | 54 |
"She, too, it might be recalled," said a man, "appeared in public barefoot, in the garb of a penitent, prepared to offer herself to save Ar". |
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| 19 | 602 |
"Did you weep and beg, kneeling before them and licking their feet? Did you make it clear to them that your entreaties were those of one like themselves, only another slave? Did you offer to work for them? Did you do so? Did you serve them, and wait upon them, on a lengthy probationary basis, as tho... |
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| 25 | 207 |
I had expected him to be outraged with Milo and be ready, in effect, to kill him, at which point I was prepared to intervene, with a princely offer. |
10 |
| 25 | 208 |
If he were rational, and the offer was attractive enough, as it could be, as I had a fortune in gold with me, I could obtain the slave. |
10 |
| 25 | 513 |
"But master did not sell me, nor offer me for sale," he said. |
10 |
| 27 | 409 |
"I now offer you an even trade," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1022 |
It would have seemed to me, in effect, to acknowledge one's inner realities, to call attention to what lay within one, to proclaim one's inner self publicly, to offer oneself for bondage, to beg, in a way, the collar. |
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| 31 | 285 |
"I do not come to offer you any," said the officer. |
10 |
| 34 | 17 |
In the case of the first man, the pit master had reminded the leader of the strangers that various security devices in the corridors were armed, especially in view of the incursion of the raiders earlier, and reiterated his offer to furnish expert guidance. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 207 |
It would want them to be appealing, attractive items of merchandise when it came time to offer them to buyers. |
10 |
| 24 | 490 |
Going about so brazenly, is it not their intention to offer themselves for the scrutiny of slavers; is it not a way to court the collar, to beg for it? Certainly Gorean slavers on Earth are grateful for the custom, as it considerably facilitates their assessment of the slave wares of Earth. |
10 |
| 24 | 675 |
What have we to offer, to bargain with, to petition with, but our beauty, our desirability, our intelligence, our passion, our desire to serve and love helplessly and wholly, asking nothing, giving all? I feel the music. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 453 |
She could not drive her off, of course, given the peculiar enclosure in which she found herself, but she could certainly warn her off, and, hopefully, so terrify or intimidate her that she would not dare to offer the least challenge to her priority. |
10 |
| 11 | 90 |
"He may be informed," said Cabot, "that his offer is under the most earnest scrutiny". |
10 |
| 11 | 92 |
"If it will speed your deliberations, you might consider that a similar offer might be made to others, whose deliberations might be less prolonged". |
10 |
| 11 | 96 |
"If you accept the offer," said Peisistratus, "the medallion of a world's Ubar might be yours, power, hundreds of cities, rivers of wealth, innumerable pleasure gardens, exquisitely stocked with game and slaves". |
10 |
| 11 | 97 |
"Who but a fool could refuse such an offer?" said Cabot. |
10 |
| 11 | 99 |
"But suppose one did refuse such an offer?" "I would not care to be he," said Peisistratus. |
10 |
| 11 | 205 |
"I offer you my chain, Master," she said. |
10 |
| 20 | 219 |
"Have you pondered the offer of Agamemnon, proposed to you in the palace?" inquired Peisistratus. |
10 |
| 22 | 246 |
"I am to inform Agamemnon that you decline his offer?" "You may do whatever you wish," said Cabot. |
10 |
| 24 | 155 |
"You would decline the offer of Agamemnon, to arm and lead the humans of Earth against the Sardar," said Grendel. |
10 |
| 26 | 197 |
It was he who had been dispatched earlier, shortly after Cabot's arrival in the cylinder, for the strings of coins, Cabot's winnings from the arena, which had once been strung loosely about the throat of an unclaimed cylinder slave, who, however unworthy, had been permitted to pose and dance for Cab... |
10 |
| 36 | 157 |
His offer was received with a growl. |
10 |
| 37 | 29 |
"Many, the cattle," said Cabot, "might be neutral, others might favor the Theocrat of the World, and seek the emoluments he might offer for their allegiance". |
10 |
| 56 | 127 |
"This generous offer, I suspect, is motivated less by considerations of tactics, mercy, or military courtesy, than the desire to bring us helplessly and humiliatingly before Agamemnon's tribunal of retribution". |
10 |
| 58 | 15 |
"He is renewing his original offer?" asked Grendel. |
10 |
| 62 | 9 |
"I still have much to offer," said Flavion. |
10 |
| 77 | 204 |
"Why not offer them to me, to buy your life?" suggested Flavion. |
10 |
| 77 | 231 |
"Would you not like, first, to kneel before me, offer me rubies, plead for your life, and such?" "No," said Cabot. |
10 |
| 79 | 757 |
"You offer me your wine," said Cabot. |
10 |
| 79 | 783 |
"You may now," he said, "offer me wine". |
10 |
| 79 | 787 |
"I offer you my wine, Master," she said. |
10 |
| 80 | 42 |
He was perhaps waiting for a better offer, on Gor. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 521 |
"A woman," she said, "is entitled to use her charms, to tease, to appear to offer, when there is no offer, and such". |
10 |
| 5 | 671 |
"And what bribe might she, unthroned and sought, a fugitive, offer to better the bounty of ten thousand tarn disks?" asked a fellow. |
10 |
| 9 | 93 |
When it became clear to her, however, that the offer was to be withdrawn, and her dreams of unusual wealth were fading, she swiftly relented, agreeing that it might be amusing to play such a role, that of a mere slave. |
10 |
| 9 | 189 |
Sometimes, of course, as an act of cruelty, a free woman, for her amusement, before company, consisting of other free women, will order a terrified slave to offer her drink as she might a male, and then, when she does so, she will be denounced. |
10 |
| 10 | 242 |
Do masters not sometimes bind and lash their slaves for their insolence and pride, until, at his feet, they offer him their beauty's placation, piteously reminding him that it is his to do with as he wishes. |
10 |
| 10 | 731 |
Too, she may have feared that I might accept Lord Nishida's offer, and then she would no longer be my only slave. |
10 |
| 10 | 739 |
His offer, in honor, had to be genuine, but I am confident he did not expect it to be accepted. |
10 |
| 10 | 761 |
Again, I thought the offer of Lord Nishida was genuine, but, again, I was confident he did not expect it to be accepted. |
10 |
| 14 | 219 |
"There must be balance, harmony," I said, "and so I offer something in return". |
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| 14 | 223 |
I offer you something of far greater value". |
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| 20 | 172 |
As I had hoped, his cohorts, mercenaries, as well, would be more willing to act on my offer than Licinius himself. |
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| 25 | 166 |
The readiness of the command sentry to furnish two others without demur, however, reassured me that his offer had been solicitously motivated. |
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| 26 | 154 |
"I will offer you five thousand tarns of gold," he said, "of double weight". |
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| 44 | 14 |
I want to offer them to him!" "Then do so," I said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
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| 33 | 172 |
What had freedom to offer a woman which might compare with the caress of her master? "Does a master not look upon me with desire?" she said. |
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| 34 | 49 |
If your offer is reasonable, you will be hailed to return, however begrudgingly. |
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| 36 | 31 |
The captain, for some reason, had wished for the stranger to stay on board the River Dragon, but, as I would not be allowed to do so, as well, the stranger declined the offer. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 235 |
What is so special about their terrified, groveling rival, licking and kissing at her master's feet, with her marked thigh, and band-encircled throat? What could she, a slave, an animal, possibly have, or offer, that might begin to compete with the accorded favor of a free woman, standing on her dig... |
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| 8 | 1476 |
She has little to offer a man but herself. |
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| 10 | 1210 |
"Perhaps Master will make an offer for her". |
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| 16 | 47 |
It is a common act of courtesy at a feast, or a visit, to offer a guest the use of a slave, but too, it is understood that the sensitive guest will graciously forgo this gift. |
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| 37 | 12 |
She served his purpose as a pretext for hesitation in allying himself with Kurii, to win himself a more estimable offer of wealth and power. |
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| 41 | 23 |
A similar amnesty had been granted to the Kurii who had served with Lucius, but only five availed themselves of this offer. |
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| 48 | 15 |
"Did we not allow all conspirators twenty Ahn in which to surrender themselves?" "The generosity of your offer was beyond question, Lord Agamemnon," said Desmond of Harfax. |
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| 48 | 16 |
"But, unfortunately," said Agamemnon, "none availed themselves of our gracious offer". |
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| 49 | 238 |
He had offered half a silver tarsk to the Lady Bina for me, but his offer had been declined. |
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| 49 | 242 |
He had not approached the Lady Bina on my behalf, he had made no offer to buy me. |
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| 49 | 424 |
"Had you been able to offer the least resistance, and had you been so foolish as to have done so, which we feared you might, delaying the theft, or jeopardizing it in any way, you might have been summarily slain. |
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| 50 | 46 |
"My offer," she said, looking at the cards, "was refused, again refused". |
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| 50 | 47 |
"What offer?" I asked. |
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| 51 | 29 |
"It might interest you to know," said the Lady Bina, "that I made a similar offer to Desmond of Harfax, twice". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 132 |
The usual reason a slave is brought to an auction is merely that their masters enjoy having them at hand, relish them, and do not wish to leave them at home, caged, kenneled, chained to a couch ring, or such; on the other hand, many masters enjoy being seen with slaves whom others might envy, the ow... |
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| 8 | 41 |
I had not forgotten the offer of the golden stater. |
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| 8 | 42 |
I had inquired and learned that the offer to most was in copper tarsks, to the equivalent of a silver stater. |
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| 9 | 282 |
Or perhaps they had less to offer the enemy, and thus were of less interest to them Or perhaps they were stronger than their betters, more willing to suffer and wait, and endure. |
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| 15 | 167 |
She was still reserved with me, and regarded me with condescension, but would no longer strike me, or speak to me as she had originally, perhaps if only because doing so would offer her chain sisters an excellent, and welcome, pretext for administering, given the recent past, another unpleasant less... |
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| 15 | 697 |
What had freedom to offer, which might compare with the fulfillments of belonging to, of being possessed by, a master? I had heard of slaves, pathetic collared animals, mere properties, who had undertaken long journeys, undergone terrible hardships, and braved fearful dangers, to find their way back... |
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| 22 | 86 |
"He may be thinking of making an offer for you," I said. |
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| 23 | 108 |
I might have wondered too if the Alexandra could even offer so mighty a keel a feasible passage to the sea had I not realized that her depth and course would have been well scouted in this regard. |
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| 26 | 37 |
As I did not know a great deal about sleen, and animals sometimes differ considerably in their habits and temperament, and one usually hires both a sleen and a sleen master, I was not adverse to what I took to be his offer. |
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| 54 | 34 |
"Yes," I said, "and then petition for my Companionship, which offer I might then accept or refuse, as I might please". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 |
Accordingly, despite the undetected, and precipitous attack of Yamada's strike force, several tarns and their riders, vastly outnumbered and unable to offer an effective resistance, comprehending the hopelessness of their situation, had taken flight, making good their escape. |
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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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| 6 | 97 |
He thought then that I, most of all, and surely more than others, might convey his lenient appeal and gracious offer. |
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| 30 | 108 |
As far as I could gather, this offer was quite generous on the part of Haruki, perhaps exceedingly so. |
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| 30 | 794 |
"Perhaps I could offer you a drink?" said Tajima. |
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| 31 | 112 |
I offer you a choice. |
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| 47 | 35 |
"I am prepared to offer a truce," said Lord Yamada. |
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| 47 | 47 |
"We shall offer the truce, and the bounty for surrender," said Lord Yamada. |
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| 61 | 442 |
Lord Yamada, obviously, even in the depleted state of his treasury, could offer much more. |
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| 61 | 445 |
"But," said Haruki, "who then will tend your garden?" "Very well," said Lord Yamada, "I will offer you a golden chain. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 18 |
"Twenty-one copper tarsks then!" called out the fellow who had bellowed forth the supposed offer of twenty tarsks but a moment ago. |
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| 30 | 252 |
Had he not claimed I was not worth keeping, had he not sold me, had he not rid himself of me? Looking at me, he put the bit of bread he had pretended to offer me in his mouth, and finished it. |
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| 36 | 143 |
"If our friend, Decius Albus, is of the faction of Lord Arcesilaus," he said, "doubtless to welcome me to Ar, to offer me instruction, and abet my cause". |
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| 46 | 143 |
"I decline your kind offer. |
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| 49 | 397 |
Too, we need you to convey our offer to Lord Grendel". |
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| 49 | 418 |
The free woman has her freedom, her place in society, her influence, her connections, her resources, her position and power, all that she can offer a man, while the slave has little more than her helplessness, her collar, and her needs. |
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| 55 | 54 |
"Were such an offer authentic," said Lord Grendel, "it would have been tendered at the time of the exchange, by the officer, Surtak". |
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| 56 | 24 |
In a small house an overnight guest may, as a gesture of courtesy or hospitality, be offered the use of a slave, but he will commonly, while expressing his appreciation of his host's generosity, politely decline to accept the offer. |
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| 56 | 25 |
This is less because he might have his own slave, or slaves, in attendance, and more because he is well aware that the master's offer is likely to be little more than an exercise in etiquette, a mere concession to social proprieties. |
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| 56 | 32 |
How they want to keep their collars on them! How they want to own them! What joy is theirs, having their slave at their feet! But even were Drusus Andronicus staying the night, I suspected my master might not offer me to him, even were this to constitute an obvious infringement of the canons of hosp... |
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| 56 | 33 |
To be sure, if I were offered to a guest, and the guest accepted the offer, or if I were ordered to serve a guest, I would have to obey. |
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| 64 | 237 |
May we offer you something? Ela, we do not have enough for your fellows". |
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| 67 | 66 |
"She was somewhat mollified, of course," said Kurik, my master, "when he informed her of how he had rejected your offer, and left you bound on the street, his rejection of you inscribed on your bared left shoulder with a marking stick, for all to see. |
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| 68 | 424 |
Do you not think some of those men would wish to lead you home with them? Might not a man offer your master coin for you, coin that he would be unlikely to refuse?" "It is too late," she said. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 98 |
Yes, ela, she is a barbarian, only that, forgive the House of Anesidemus, for daring to offer such inferior, shabby goods to such discerning discriminating buyers, but perhaps some of you have heard rumors of the nature of these barbarians, of how they crawl to the whip, of how they beg, perhaps hav... |
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| 3 | 119 |
Where men may not be men, how can women be women? They would kneel and offer food and drink to a master, and there is no master. |
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| 3 | 211 |
"Even so, Master," responded the auctioneer, "one would offer more for a she-tarsk". |
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| 3 | 372 |
And how do males and females in this world, meeting in its crevices, at permitted times, relate to one another? The hapless, pathetic males sue for smiles, and offer gifts, which they can often ill afford and the women, scorning such males, accept those gifts and solicit more. |
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| 7 | 227 |
"Why would he offer so much to have her stolen?" "He claims to be her former master, desiring to recover her," said another. |
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| 14 | 144 |
I can offer you nothing for your silence, neither riches nor your freedom. |
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| 40 | 330 |
I supposed it would depend on the offer. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 151 |
We offer it in exchange for our lives". |
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| 7 | 83 |
I offer to you intriguing considerations, bright with portent. |
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| 18 | 56 |
"I would offer you the opportunity to save yourself". |
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| 23 | 69 |
May we offer you food?" "I hunger," said the stranger, "but not for food". |
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| 37 | 230 |
"How can one refuse such an offer?" muttered Thurnock. |
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| 41 | 79 |
The corsairs found this offer, generous as it might be, unsatisfactory. |
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| 62 | 122 |
"I am prepared to offer you an arrangement". |
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