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Book 1. (4 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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3 41 Whereas there was a main common tongue on Gor, with apparently several related dialects or sublanguages, some of the Gorean languages bore in sound little resemblance to anything I had heard before, at least as languages; they resembled rather the cries of birds and the growls of animals; they were ...
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6 89 It apparently translated sound impulses, below my auditory threshold, into the sounds of human speech.
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9 35 She laughed again and disappeared, and I soon heard the sounds of her splashing delightedly in the water.
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20 4 The sounds of playing children carry through the open window.
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Book 2. (9 results) Outlaw of Gor

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1 91 I became aware of his silence, and the light subdued patter of conversation at the bar, the clink of glasses, the sounds of a foot scraping, of liquid swirling into a small, heavy glass.
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4 6 An ost, I thought! But the fangs held fast, and I heard the popping, sucking sounds of the bladderlike seed pods of a leech plant, as they expanded and contracted like small ugly lungs.
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9 40 It was customary to find diversions other than paga in the Paga Taverns, as well, but in gray Tharna the cymbals, drums and flutes of the musicians, the clashing of bangles on the ankles of dancing girls would be unfamiliar sounds.
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9 51 "It sounds to me as though the Palace of the Tatrix were the more comfortable," I said.
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9 150 Men from the streets, dumbfounded by the sounds which came from within, pressed through the squat door and soon had joined in.
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14 42 I know this sounds strange, but I believe some animals have pride, and if any did, I knew that this monster was one of them.
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17 65 I sat with my back against the damp wall, listening to the sounds of their sleep.
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18 133 We heard him in the shaft, grunting, gasping, the sounds of chains scraping on stones as he began the torturous inch by inch ascent.
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25 28 I could hear the sounds of approaching men in the corridors.
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Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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10 25 Their number is, of course, potentially infinite, as would be the number of possible phonemes in English, but just as we take a subset of sounds to be English sounds and form our utterances from them, so they take a subset of odors as similarly basic to their speech.
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18 29 "That sounds fair enough," I said.
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24 45 About an Ehn after I had turned and began to move away from the cavern, Vika on my shoulder, I heard from the cavern one of the strangest and most horrifying sounds I had ever heard in my life, a long, weird, frantic, enraged rush of sound, more than a rush of air, more than a wild hiss, almost a cr...
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26 279 On the other hand, I, like many Gorean masters, provided the girl was not testing or challenging me, and provided that free women, or others, were not present whom I had no wish to offend or upset, preferred as a matter of fact to have my own name on the girl's lips, for I think, with acknowledged v...
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27 313 At the low volume I received the message the other translators in the room would not be likely to pick it up and transduce the sounds into odor-signals.
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28 257 We heard only human sounds and the extent and fearfulness of these were our only index to the destruction being wrought above.
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32 10 Now the bubbling mass inside the purple globe began to burn through the globe itself and there were cracking sounds and rivulets of thick, hissing substance, like blue lava, began to press through the breaks in the globe.
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Book 4. (4 results) Nomads of Gor

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11 116 Behind us we could hear still the sounds of combat, the cries of men.
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13 203 The "w" sound, incidentally, is a complex one, and, like many such sounds, is best learned only during the brief years of childhood when a child's linguistic flexibility is at its maximum—those years in which it might be trained to speak any of the languages of man with native fluency—...
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21 215 This train of thought was interrupted by the sounds of an altercation below, the shouting of an annoyed guardsman at the gate, the protesting cries of the driver of the merchant wagon.
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25 527 "That sounds to me," I said, "like a silly theory".
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Book 5. (11 results) Assassin of Gor

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2 64 The three Musicians bent to their instruments, and, in a moment, there were again the sounds of a paga tavern, the sounds of talk, of barbaric music, of pouring paga, the clink of bowls, the rustle of bells on the ankles of slave girls.
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15 236 I noted, however, that Sura had insisted that the girls not refine their accents overly much, for it must remain clear they were barbarians; further, Virginia and Phyllis were encouraged to slur and lisp certain sounds, it being thought appealing in female slaves; on the other hand Sura, who did not...
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23 204 I pulled it through the body and threw it onto the horizontal panel, next to the flashing cone, to the other cone from which unusual sounds, inhuman sounds, continued to emanate.
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1 26 The procession did not chant, nor sing, for this was not a time for such things, nor did it carry boughs of Ka-la-na, nor were the sounds of the sista or tambor heard in the sunlight that morning.
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5 277 Slowly, numbly, she began to make sounds, saying what came into her head.
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5 284 "Sometimes it takes a quarter of an Ahn before the initial adjustments take place, basically the recognition that the sounds they spontaneously associate with the marks are actually the words of their language.
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5 285 In a short time she will easily read the marks as words, and not as mere patterns associated with arbitrary sounds.
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5 288 "When I look at it," said Elizabeth, excitedly, holding the sheet of plastic, "I just know what the sounds are—I just know!" "Of course," said Kusk, "but it grows near the Ahn of the fourth feeding.
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16 272 Vaguely I was aware about me of the sounds of men, tense, speaking curt words, mounting into the high saddles of tarns.
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19 108 The individual sounds of their conversations were undistinguishable, blurring into a melded roll of gray thunder, low-keyed, far-off.
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23 212 I went to the horizontal panel and picked up the cone through which the sounds were being transmitted; I noted a switch in the cone and pushed it; immediately the voice stopped.
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Book 6. (3 results) Raiders of Gor

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8 301 I heard only my footsteps, and the occasional sounds of the morning in the marsh, and the movement of the Gorean blade in my sheath.
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13 428 Obediently the oars slid outboard, and suddenly, all along the starboard side there was a great grinding, and the slaves screamed, and there was a sudden ripping of planks and a great snapping and splintering of wood, the sounds magnified, thunderous and deafening, within the wooden hold.
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17 378 Behind us I could hear shouts and cries, and the sounds of men dropping from their ropes to the deck, and of weapons meeting weapons.
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Book 7. (9 results) Captive of Gor

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12 688 The sounds of blades carried to where we knelt.
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13 507 In a few minutes it became clear that the sounds were becoming closer.
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14 131 I enjoyed the smells of the camp, and its sounds.
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15 825 Outside, she heard the sounds of pleasure and feasting, that celebration called in honor of the capturing of two young girls, who had fled from undesired companionships, which had been arranged by their parents.
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15 844 Tiny things, with tiny sounds, moved, crawling over and about one another in it.
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16 123 Far off, in the tarn compound, a tarn screamed, and then there was only the silence, except for the sounds of the insects.
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16 412 "Again conquer me!" * * * * There were the sounds of the early morning in the camp.
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16 416 I heard the sounds of pans.
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16 424 We heard the sounds of the camp.
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Book 8. (7 results) Hunters of Gor

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3 14 From within a nearby paga tavern I heard the sounds of musicians.
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6 776 There were sounds of assent.
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6 913 I heard the sounds of insects.
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8 274 We heard the sounds of pursuit.
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8 281 I heard the cries of pursuit, the sounds of branches being broken and rudely thrust aside.
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8 303 I plunged into the underbrush, hearing the sounds of pursuit.
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18 273 The forest at night, with its sounds, its perils, the teeth and claws of its predators, was a nightmare of terror for them.
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Book 9. (2 results) Marauders of Gor

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12 8 Messages such as 'Attack,' 'Heave to,' 'Regroup,' and 'Communication desired' have each their special combination of sounds.
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17 264 I heard others moan, and then the moans give way to the sounds of beasts, utterances of incontinent rage.
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Book 10. (14 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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2 527 The "l" sound in this name is rolled, one of two common "l" sounds in Gorean.
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7 58 The vowel sounds which are explicitly represented, incidentally, are represented by tiny marks near the other letters, rather like accent marks.
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7 60 Vowel sounds which are not explicitly represented, of course, must be inserted by the reader.
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7 61 At one time in Taharic, apparently, no vowel sounds were represented.
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11 498 I heard the sounds of axes.
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12 521 She could not speak, but twisted, only tiny, almost inaudible, indistinct sounds coming from her mouth.
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12 599 I heard the muffled sounds of the two seraglio mistresses, Lana and she in whose charge had been the oils of the bath.
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12 602 Each uttered tiny sounds of protest; their eyes were wild over their gags.
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14 6 My left leg broke through a dozen layers of crust, breaking it to the side with a hundred, dry, soft shattering sounds, the rupture of innumerable fine crystalline structures.
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21 455 The howling of the wind screened the sounds of my movements; its swift, lacerating blasts must have torn the atmosphere of my scent to pieces, scattering it wildly about, affording the Kur only sudden, misleading, fleeting, confused sensations.
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21 491 I made no attempt to conceal my sounds.
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24 687 I might even, I thought, put her in the bondage of the she-sleen or she-tarsk, and deny her words, refusing to let her rise to her feet, and limiting her discourse to small sounds, whimpers and such, by which she might attempt, as she could, to make clear her wants.
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25 398 There was singing, the sounds of carousing.
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25 624 We heard sounds, from the level above.
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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3 486 I heard the sounds of the camp about me.
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4 448 Yet theirs was a music of bondage, one which, in its tiny, delicious sounds, rustling, whispered, "Kajira.
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4 555 I heard, too, in the sounds, Eta cry out with pleasure, much delighted.
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5 645 "Pity her!" I heard the sounds of the night outside the tent, the insects, the cries of fleers.
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9 2144 She finds herself in a world whose colors are deeper and richer than she ever knew they could be; she finds she hears sounds she never heard before; she smells smells she has never smelled before; she becomes aware of subtleties of taste which doubtless were there to be experienced, but were never h...
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20 136 I heard the sounds of chains, and a whip.
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20 377 I lifted my head, with the small sounds of the bells on the collar.
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Book 12. (10 results) Beasts of Gor

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4 581 I saw the booth, closed, from which the sounds came.
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5 144 "It sounds as though there is an intruder," I said.
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15 295 "It sounds very beautiful," she said.
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20 169 Should cloud cover occur, of course, or there be a storm, this light is negated and one, remaining indoors, must content oneself with the sounds of wind in the darkness, and the occasional scratching of animals on the ice outside.
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23 41 It was clear and still outside, and sounds, even slight ones, were very obvious.
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29 76 He could probably, too, make some sounds recognizable to humans.
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31 68 It uttered sounds, low, guttural, inquisitive.
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31 72 Certain of its sounds, for example, were more reminiscent of the snort of the boar, the snuffling of the grizzly, the hiss of the snake, than those of the large cats.
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31 79 The sounds, separate, had been emitted from the dark, flatish, boxlike object on the table.
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31 82 After a moment a set of sounds, brief, like a growl, came from the translator.
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Book 13. (10 results) Explorers of Gor

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1 20 Certain scribes have recommended adding to the Gorean alphabet new letters, to independently represent some of these sounds which, now, require alternative pronunciations, context-dependent, of given letters.
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13 580 I heard, outside the curtain, the sounds of the early morning.
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16 56 Analogues to the major vowel sounds of the inland speech are found in certain of the drum notes, which differ, depending on where the hollowed, grooved log is struck.
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26 57 "That sounds intelligent to me," I said.
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27 163 I could hear the sounds of pleasure, from Kisu and Tende, at the side of the hut.
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34 346 I listened to the crackling of the fire, and the sounds of the jungle night.
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47 2 I could hear the sounds of their musical instruments, and the pounding of their drums.
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47 51 I could hear the sounds of their musical instruments, and the pounding of the drums.
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47 52 Too, we could hear, within, the sounds of chanting and the beatings of the sticks carried in the hands of the dancers.
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50 94 It would permit her only the tiniest and most inconsequential of sounds.
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Book 14. (4 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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1 73 "That sounds like something that would be said only by a woman whom it would be very difficult to value for her body".
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1 600 "It sounds like you want to put a collar on me and lead me away to your bed".
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1 1009 I then understood the meaning of the two metallic sounds I had heard earlier, one within each door.
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8 41 These things would be to them simply colors they could not see, sounds they could not hear, worlds which must remain to them forever beyond their ken.
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Book 15. (5 results) Rogue of Gor

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1 401 I listened to the musicians outside of the alcove, the sounds of the tavern.
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15 10 Only the tiniest, muffled sounds could escape her.
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24 676 Their sounds, their cries, their breathing, their movements, the sweat, the smells, their interest, are clearly evident to her, almost engulfing her on the block, almost like possessive hands upon her body.
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31 20 The whip, then, struck elsewhere, too, and there were cries of pain, and the sounds of men moving in chains.
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32 196 I then heard the sounds of chains, moving in a slow cadence.
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Book 16. (10 results) Guardsman of Gor

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1 5 I heard them echoed in the distance, the sounds first taken up by the Mira and Talender.
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6 82 Again we heard the sounds of battle horns.
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6 91 The trumpeters on the stern castle of the Olivia, too, seized up their instruments, and then, too, from the Tais, and from the Talender and Hermione, came the clear, unmistakable, brave sounds of men determined to stand together.
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8 355 "Is the battle nearly over?" We could hear the occasional sounds of fighting outside, from some hundreds of yards off, across the water.
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8 611 She was uttering small, muffled sounds, whimpering piteously.
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18 133 "When the gong sounds," said the other girl.
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18 252 Head down, then, on all fours, to the small sounds of the slave bells on her wrists and ankles, and collar, she slowly ascended the three broad steps of the carpeted dais.
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20 464 There were sounds of pleasure, and surprise, from those about the table.
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20 1661 Without it I cannot be complete!" "It sounds as though you thought women were slaves," I said.
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21 597 Perhaps that sounds strange to many of Earth, but it is the Gorean way.
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Book 17. (3 results) Savages of Gor

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1 118 The brushing of the sides of the girl's neck by the dangling ornament is, in itself, a delicate stimulation of a sensitive area of her body, the sides of her neck beneath the ears; this area is quite sensitive to light touches; if the earring is of more than one piece, the tiny sounds made by it, to...
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8 749 There is no mistaking the sounds of a chastened, penitent slave.
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19 304 There are many husky and guttural sounds in it, rasping and sibilant.
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Book 18. (14 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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1 91 I raised my voice somewhat, against the sounds of the beasts, their bellowing and the thud of the hoofs.
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3 104 The necklaces and ornaments she wore rustled and shimmered, making tiny sounds, as she labored.
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7 107 I could hear the sounds of the camp outside.
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7 109 There was laughter, and joking, the sounds of playing children, the calls of women, the shouts of men, the bustle of people moving about, many in their best, conversing, parading, visiting, occasionally the squeals of kaiila.
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9 19 I listened for a moment to the sounds of the camp outside.
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9 692 "Yes," she said, "yes!" "You will, further," I said, "utter low-volume sounds, indicative of arousal".
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9 696 It helps to intensify the slave's responses, she responding in part to, and being in part aroused by, her own sounds of arousal.
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9 697 Secondly, the sounds, her helpless moans and cries, her whimpers, her sighs, her gasps, please, and can be stimulatory to, the master.
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9 698 Thirdly, the sounds aid him in his management and control of her.
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22 155 She was shuddering, and could scarcely utter articulate sounds.
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28 297 At the back of the camp, there were screaming and the sounds of numerous kaiila, squealing and snorting, their clawed feet tearing at the grass.
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31 17 We could hear the sounds of revels in the distance, where, together, Yellow Knives, soldiers and Kurii celebrated their victory.
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43 324 Such sights and sounds were not unfamiliar to it.
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43 456 "There are the sounds of pursuers," said Iwoso.
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Book 19. (12 results) Kajira of Gor

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2 337 I wondered if these men had occasionally heard such tiny sounds before, such inadvertent little noises, almost piteous, almost pleading, in their way, from other women—perhaps situated as was I to one side, similarly ignored.
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4 556 "Let me out!" I heard two sliding sounds.
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8 625 There were sounds from outside the window, cries in the street.
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12 110 "It sounds far away," I said.
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14 128 As we passed another tent, a darkened one, I heard the sounds of chains from within.
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15 374 "It sounds like an alarm bar, back in the south part of the camp," said a man.
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16 317 "The word sounds very natural on your lips, Lita," he said.
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17 44 I heard the sounds of the links of chain.
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17 45 How helpless such tiny sounds make one feel.
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32 50 I uttered muted, tiny sounds.
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32 70 I uttered tiny, helpless sounds.
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33 84 "Yes," he said, "that is she! That is the infamous Tatrix of Corcyrus!" She uttered wild, tiny, desperate, muted sounds, shaking her head wildly.
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Book 20. (11 results) Players of Gor

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1 889 Outside I could hear the sounds of yet another troupe traversing the canal, with its raucous cries, its drums and trumpets.
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2 421 Judging from the timing and the sounds of the coins bounding about inside the pot there was not much there.
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2 1232 We could hear the sounds of carnival outside.
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2 1582 I listened to the sounds of the carnival.
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6 493 "Ah!" "The sounds you utter, sir," she said, "would almost make me believe, could I but see them, which, of course, I cannot, that your facial expressions and bodily attitudes might be those of one who looked relishingly upon me".
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10 872 A slave, like a sleen, tends to recognize, and be alert to, the tiny sounds, his step and such, which might betoken the approach of her master.
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14 61 The side which had lifted before a bit, now, a little at a time, to my elation, with small sounds of loosening, breaking mortar, rose upward.
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16 184 He listened to these small sounds intently, professionally.
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16 672 "That sounds fair," said Lecchio.
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20 58 Some can make semihuman sounds.
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20 236 "Just because you cannot hear such sounds at such distances, does not mean that the sleen cannot, or that I cannot".
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Book 21. (13 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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26 23 From within many I could hear, as I moved past, the small sounds of chains, sometimes pathetic sounds, responding doubtless to the restricted, helpless movements of small, fair limbs on which they were locked, and the soft love moans of used slaves.
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4 310 There was a rumble of angry sounds from the gathered warriors.
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5 465 Even the tiny sounds of the links of her chain can be arousing to the slave girl.
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6 153 "That sounds like Hurtha," I admitted.
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11 332 I knew such sounds.
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12 4 There were no sounds of rushing feet, of flight.
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12 26 But no sounds of carnage rang about me.
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13 16 Too, we could hear shouts, and other sounds, such as furniture being broken.
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15 834 I heard the sounds of her chains.
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16 1520 Sometimes these are taught as functions of arbitrary sounds, so that she must learn them as any animal might, without the benefit of an earlier understanding of the words used.
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21 22 "That sounds nice," said Boabissia.
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21 384 "I do not think it sounds bad," I said.
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26 235 "That sounds serious," I granted him.
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Book 22. (26 results) Dancer of Gor

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11 503 He was proud of me! Too, there were conventionalized sounds, indicative of interest and approval, the intake of breath through saliva, certain sounds made with the tongue and lips, certain clickings and smackings, and such, of the sort that might cause a free woman to swoon with dismay, but are addr...
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1 206 I listened to the sounds from outside, mostly those of traffic.
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3 176 As I warmed up, I could hear the jewelry on me, the tiny sounds of the skirt.
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3 322 Even as I tried they would make their tiny sounds.
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3 866 I whimpered, tiny, begging sounds, pleading for mercy.
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5 90 When the gong sounds the girl stops eating immediately, and assumes this position.
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6 193 I listened to sounds from outside the wagon.
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6 256 Too, one would be awakened by other girls, screaming, or crying out hysterically, at the sounds, or movements, or touches in the darkness of the tiny beasts.
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6 358 I could sense the movements of other girls, by the chain on my neck, the sounds, the vibrations, those tiny physical transmissions, indicative of their stirrings, through the flooring of the metal cage.
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6 484 The cage, too, I conjectured, judging from the metal flooring, from the weighty, efficient sounds of the closing and locking of the gate, from the feel of the stout bars behind me, was quite sturdy.
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6 650 I heard, too, the movements of chain, from our necks, and the small sounds of the chains linking manacles, and the stirring, and scrambling, the movement of naked bodies on the iron flooring, of the other girls.
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6 751 A moment later I felt its other end move, and heard sounds as though it were being twined about metal.
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10 301 Then I heard a succession of wild, startling sounds, like the snapping of great sheets, and it seemed I was in the midst of a whirlwind, mad, choking dust swirling up and about me.
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10 332 I heard great snapping sounds.
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11 6 I listened to the sounds of the men.
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11 32 I listened again to the murmur of the men outside, the small sounds of their goblets and plates.
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11 470 In a moment or two, as Mirus solicited further interest among the customers, I heard the sounds of the instruments, the czehar and kalikas being tuned, the flautist trying passages, the drummer's fingers light on the taut skin of his instrument, the kaska, then adjusting it, then trying it again, th...
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11 500 I heard sounds of relish, and anticipation.
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11 842 I could not move now without the sounds of the beads, the anklets and bracelets, the shimmering belt with its two loops.
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11 1114 There were cries of good-natured protest, sounds of disappointment.
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11 1222 I heard the tiny sounds of the links of the chain, running between the shackle and its ring.
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11 1356 I heard sounds in the tavern outside.
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15 35 I then felt steel touch my wrists, and heard the tiny sounds of the ratchets and pawls.
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17 182 I think that anyone in the square must have heard those sounds.
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27 293 I could now, the rags in my mouth, utter only tiny, helpless sounds.
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29 535 Interestingly, though I think such a beast might easily detect the small sounds, even the whispers, we made, it did not seem to notice them.
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Book 23. (18 results) Renegades of Gor

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8 555 I heard the tiny sounds of the linkage of the slave bracelets.
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8 579 There were, too, if I am not mistaken, the sounds of blows, or, at least, sudden grunts and cries of pain.
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8 929 I heard the small sounds of the links, jerking taut, then relaxing, then jerking taut again, joining the bracelets.
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9 333 From Ar's Station came the sounds of trumpets, far off.
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11 260 There were sounds of agreement, perhaps rather desperate ones, behind me.
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14 55 Do you have six Ahn, or three, or two? Tremble within your cell, waiting to hear them come for you! When you hear the small sounds outside the door you will know they are here.
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14 102 Too, even more obviously, we could hear the sounds of the city, and not of the harbor.
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14 103 Indeed, of late, we had even heard the sounds of collapsed buildings, some of them perhaps within a hundred yards of us.
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14 201 There were then two more sounds, much like the first.
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15 813 Lady Publia began to squirm and wriggle wildly, making piteous sounds.
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15 842 She uttered desperate, piteous, pleading sounds.
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16 16 That being so, perhaps she could not understand the sobs, and the sounds of commiseration, she heard behind her.
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17 278 What effort it must have taken to force the long ram shed up this incline, how much more arduous must be the labor of those within the shed, hauling on the ropes, swinging the great ram upward! I could hear, too, between the heavy, periodic strokes of the ram, the blows of hammers and axes, and the ...
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17 603 "It sounds by your own command.
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18 212 We heard, too, the sounds and screams of those swept, as by a flood, from the landing, and from the sides of the walkway, striking into the water.
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18 546 "That sounds like a slave," I said.
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21 129 The chains made small sounds.
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21 1101 These tiny, sensuous, lovely sounds tend to be sexually stimulating, as well, to both the master and the slave.
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Book 24. (14 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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1 68 I listened to the sounds of the Vosk River in the background.
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1 386 Woe to the slave who would dare to serve paga or wine in a dirty goblet! I listened to the Vosk in the background, the murmur of conversation within the enclosure, the sounds of the camp.
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1 577 The girl across the burly fellow's knees squirmed and made small sounds.
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1 1121 I had doubled back through the environing tents, most of which were empty, presumably thanks to the sounds of the paga enclosure and various hastily spreading rumors, such as that of Borton's generosity, that there was to be a parade of slaves, and that a curvaceous woman was now dancing her slavery...
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10 32 I heard the sounds of two or three men.
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14 199 "The sounds will now be closer," I said.
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14 201 "The sounds are regular," I said.
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14 285 In a moment there were other sounds, similar.
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16 72 Out in the marsh we could hear various sounds, movements in the water, the occasional bellow of a tharlarion, usually far off, and the cries of Vosk gulls, perhaps Vosk gulls.
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17 250 All about me was screaming, sounds of misery, the striking about, the slapping, the cursing of men.
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26 132 "Yes," she laughed, "how they move in them, how they make them make those little sounds, and so on".
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27 550 "And with respect to moans and whimpers, considering what is likely to be done to you, you will probably find such sounds appropriate enough".
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31 539 To be sure, I had heard several of these sounds emanating from the shrubbery.
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39 211 Quickly, with a tiny sound of bells, and the small sounds of the necklaces and bracelets, the girl reached for the paga goblet.
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Book 25. (11 results) Magicians of Gor

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2 12 We could hear the sounds of the camp about us.
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7 91 The sounds of the drums and trumpets to our right were now closer.
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7 406 We could trace the withdrawal of the Cosians by the sounds of the crowd, ever farther away.
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7 422 Too, far off now, like the sounds of Thassa breaking on a distant shore, we could hear the crowds.
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7 533 It now seemed quiet at the park of the Central Cylinder, save for the sounds of the workmen, striking apart the boards of the platform.
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9 806 The women then, with the sounds of chain, began to get to their feet.
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17 260 The ponderous fellow then looked upward and called out, "Oh, Saba Boroko Swaziloo, old chap, if you can hear me, and if it be you who has wafted away my little Litsia, perhaps for her instruction and improvement, please return her to me now!" Such names, of course, are nonsense, and are not really A...
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20 437 "That sounds like a job for your own block script," he said.
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20 844 In a few moments she wept, "I yield me, Master!" and I then held her like iron and cried out with joy and she sobbed "I am helpless and taken!" and Phoebe, too, in the arms of Marcus, cried out, herself as well taken, and he, too, uttered a wild cry and a then sudden, low, satisfying growl, and the ...
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23 45 Hitherto I had heard such sounds emanating only from larls and sleen.
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27 1100 "The word sounds well on your lips, slave," said I, "as it does on the lips of any woman.
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Book 26. (25 results) Witness of Gor

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42 48 I could utter only small sounds, pleading sounds, questioning sounds, sounds of misery and fear.
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12 810 Now I could hear tiny sounds, unusual sounds, in the approaching passage.
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2 106 Save for the sounds of a bit of chain it had been silent.
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4 160 To be sure, similar sounds need not mean similar words.
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5 90 Sometimes, when there were harsh sounds in the street outside, I looked at some of the others, and saw them regarding one another, fear in their eyes, drawing their silks more closely about themselves.
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6 168 I heard exclamations from the men, the sudden intakes of breath, tiny sounds of surprise, murmurs of approval.
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7 465 I heard again the sounds of voices, from the house.
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7 908 Sometimes we heard lamentations, of such as we, and the sounds of chains, and the cracking of whips.
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7 909 Sometimes we heard even, to angry cries, and the cracking of whips, cries of weariness, and misery, and effort, of such as we, cries mingling with the sounds of the tightening and slackening, and tightening, of harness, the groaning of heavily laden wagons, the creaking of large wooden wheels turnin...
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7 1060 I had been alarmed at the sounds of voices.
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8 672 I had thought I had heard great snapping sounds, doubtless now the beating of wings, and certain cries, doubtless, now, of such a creature, or of one somewhat like it, utilized for draft purposes.
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8 862 The entire cell reverberated with the sounds of the beast's fury.
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9 160 I had speculated, by the sounds I had heard, that there had been two carts outside the bars, one of which followed the other, the wastes cart coming first, the food-and-water cart second.
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10 355 The beast, whose hearing was doubtless acute, seemed discomfited by these sounds.
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11 1092 "The word 'Master' sounds well on your tongue," he said.
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12 233 Something below, perhaps, had surfaced, or approached, hearing the sounds above.
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12 787 To be sure, she might have learned, somehow, to detect and interpret the slightest of sounds in such a place.
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13 1314 They made tiny sounds.
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14 9 We had come from the bazaar with its sights and sounds, and booths and stalls, and the crowding, and the music.
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24 357 In a moment the sounds were ended.
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31 423 He strained against the chains, uttering terrible sounds, like no human.
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37 720 We could now hear tiny, helpless, terrified sounds from her.
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41 15 One knew there was a world there, teeming, busy, with its sights, and sounds, and smells, a turbulent, active world, one different from that of the garden.
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43 120 She would certainly realize that I would understand, if only from the voices, and the sounds, what had been done to her, and the sort of treatment which she had been accorded.
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44 8 I also heard, a moment or two later, two small clicks, from which sounds I gathered that she had been braceleted.
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Book 27. (37 results) Prize of Gor

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16 7 Indeed, at first she did not really think of the sounds as of a language, at all, but only as human sounds, and then, gradually, she realized they must be in a language.
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16 10 These were not the sounds of animals, the roars, and growls, the bleating, bellowing, shrieking, howlings, and hissings of animals, nor the sounds of nature, nothing like the dashings of branches against one another, lashed by the wind, nothing like the pattering of rain, the tumbling of rocks, the ...
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27 957 The sounds were quite unlike the sounds which it had earlier uttered.
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4 179 His smiles, his expressions of understandings, his tiny sounds, of amusement, and such, at exactly the right moments, encouraged, and thrilled, her.
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4 456 They made small sounds, sometimes, as you moved your wrist.
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9 200 Some of the women present uttered small sounds of admiration.
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16 1 The Sunlit Cement Shelf For a time she could make nothing out of the sounds about her.
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16 2 It seemed for the moment an indiscriminate babble, and, one supposes, from one point of view it was, as the sounds were then unintelligible to her, as she lay there, only dimly, distantly, vaguely conscious.
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16 9 There was something articulate and precise in the music, in the sounds.
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16 49 She did not sleep nude! She would never do that! She was not that kind of woman! She would never permit herself to be so vulnerable! She became more aware, then, of the sounds about her, the hardness of the surface on which she lay.
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16 72 The noise about her, the sounds, the language, the speech, now seemed even more obtrusive.
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17 375 She heard, not really understanding them for a moment or two, so wild and frightened were her own responses, similar sounds of fear and dismay from Lydia, Cichek and Emris.
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17 944 The market returned to its normal sounds.
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17 1075 She was certain that she was still within the city, from the paving, and the sounds, the absence of challenges, and such, at gates.
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19 58 Portus rushed inward, to the loft office, and, in moments, carrying a heavy bundle over his shoulder, from which escaped the sounds of metal, emerged, seized up a tarn goad and, throwing open the latch to the huge cot, the general housing area, that mighty cage, which held several of the gigantic wi...
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20 698 Shortly thereafter, with a creak of wheels, the wagon moved, being drawn, judging from the sounds, by a small, draft tharlarion.
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22 213 She could recognize, incidentally, several of the signs of the Gorean alphabet but knew only two or three of their names and sounds.
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23 141 "Kardok is hungry," said the man who seemed to understand the sounds of the beasts.
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24 561 She then, for the first time in her dance, seemed to notice the bells tied on her left ankle, and the sounds they made.
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24 704 Ellen, her head down, then heard small sounds, and the murmur of conversation, as men moved toward the exits of the enclosure.
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24 856 Ellen heard the tiny sounds of small coins.
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25 4 There had been metallic sounds, as the locks had been undone, the hasps flung back, and the padlocks, partially opened, slipped over the staples.
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25 43 The lead girl, whom Ellen understood to be 115, was then put in leading position, bent over, a hand in her hair, and, as she whimpered, she was conducted from the area, amongst various cages, shelters, tents and stakes, toward distant sounds of men, shouts and calls, and the rest of the chain follow...
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25 175 She could hear the sounds of the crowd, it seemed far off, like distant surf, vague cries, calls, shouts, crashings, rumblings, responses.
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26 245 Then, after a time, she was not sure how long, she awakened, finding herself a bound slave girl, to the sounds of excited voices.
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26 269 Ellen also heard the creak of wagon wheels, and various sounds about her, as of the breaking of a camp, or parts of it.
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26 994 * * * * Scarcely had Ellen backed away, on her knees, bent humbly, head down, from the fourth guardsman, that she might not rise to her feet at his side, this perhaps being taken as insolence, he supine and bound, than she heard, vaguely, obscurely, not really registering it at first, as she now rec...
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26 1009 The sounds were far off.
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26 1030 Two of the guardsmen must have heard the sounds, too, for they were struggling to free themselves.
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26 1128 Ellen, under the blanket, could see nothing, but she gathered from small sounds that the counsel of Portus Canio and Fel Doron had prevailed, and that their uneasy fellows had now returned to their places by the fire.
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26 1168 How alive the collar makes us! How welcoming and sentient we become in so many ways in this so sentient world! We welcome its myriads of sensations, its aromas, its colors, its sounds, its textures and tastes, the feel of wet sand beneath our bared feet, that of the wind on our bared arms and legs, ...
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26 1469 "How well the word 'Master' sounds on your lips," he said.
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27 469 She knew that it, and at least some of the others, could speak, or, at least, make sounds which might, with some transpositions, be understood as Gorean, at least by those she had taken to be their masters, or, better, by at least one of them, for only one of them, she recalled, had seemed to transl...
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27 841 There were sounds from it, guttural emanations, yet somehow half articulate, suggesting Gorean, or surrogates for its phonemes.
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27 954 The sounds had now been unmistakable Gorean, cavernously, vitally, exotically, distantly, strangely formed, but Gorean.
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27 956 The sounds, despite their frightening, astonishing nature, and their remarkable source, could be clearly understood.
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27 1018 But at that moment there was indeed a beating of wings in the sky, a whirl of wind, a blasting of grasses, the screams of mighty forms overhead, wild gigantic darting shadows darkening the grass, the shouts of men, the piercing sounds of tarn whistles.
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Book 28. (28 results) Kur of Gor

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4 6 It is possible, of course, for a Kur to recognize certain sounds in, say, Gorean, and for a human to recognize certain sounds in Kur.
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27 22 "It is a sound which surely no woman ever forgets! Is it not the most meaningful of sounds, that snap, that click, as the collar is closed on one, and one realizes that it is now on one, and that one is collared?" "There are many meaningful sounds," said Cabot, "the snarl of the sleen, the roar of t...
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1 93 He may not have recognized this, or, if he suspected it, he might have supposed that somehow sounds from within the container might be conveyed, doubtless by means of some listening device, to some point at which they might be audited, or recorded, for future audition.
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1 699 She seemed startled that such seemingly articulate sounds should emanate from a human.
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1 705 But he soon discounted this speculation as she did not seem to speak to him in a different language, hers, but seemed rather to be trying to make his own sort of sounds.
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1 706 He did not think she was retarded because she had a lively, seemingly perceptive sense about her, and she repeated a number of his sounds with an alacrity and accuracy that suggested, rather, an agile, quick mind.
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1 708 Clearly she was not mute for she could utter sound, and she could not have been deaf, for she produced many of his sounds, though not all, with surprising fidelity.
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1 1127 She, an exquisite little animal, was very sensitive to a variety of odors, a variety of sounds, and such.
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1 1257 The male apparently made soothing sounds to the blonde, as she had no language, who then crouched down beside him, docilely, looking up at him.
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2 43 The blonde stirred and lifted her head, and then, pressing her hands against the glassine barrier, began to squirm and utter excited sounds.
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2 77 The blonde pounded on the wall, uttering eager sounds.
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2 81 The blonde continued to utter eager sounds.
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2 294 Some humans, incidentally, can make out carefully spoken Kur, but they are unable to reproduce the sounds.
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6 40 She could repeat sounds well.
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9 33 Her handling of the sounds may not have been perfect, but it was comprehensible.
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15 78 She squirmed in her bonds, and uttered frightened, muffled sounds.
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16 12 He heard tiny, angry, demanding, muffled sounds.
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16 77 She awkwardly scrambled to her feet and lifted her face to him, uttering tiny, pleading sounds, that he might free her of the heavy, obdurate packing and straps which so effectively denied her speech.
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18 79 He could hear, more clearly now, the sounds of sleen.
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19 5 He heard Kur sounds, most discordant, some articulate, others half uttered, or blurred.
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19 6 The translators, several of which must have been still on, transmitted sounds in Gorean but the emanations were so disordered as to be largely unintelligible.
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21 26 "But it sounds not like music, but rather like throbbings, like the wind in the forest, like rushing streams, subtle, distant, sometimes cries, as of seized, frightened animals, such things".
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21 284 Many sounds of disapproval from the tiers, encompassing hissings and snarls, had greeted this pair upon their appearance.
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29 319 "One tiny sound," said Cabot, "for 'Yes', two such sounds for 'No'.
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29 325 "That is two sounds," said Cabot.
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30 101 "Have me, please!" "That sounds as though of Earth," he said.
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41 8 "It sounds in pain," she said.
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56 185 Cabot could hear the sounds of fighting, of grappling, the hiss of weaponry, the striking of blades, axes, doubtless, into shoulders and flesh.
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Book 29. (5 results) Swordsmen of Gor

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5 737 This is not as surprising as it sounds for free women are not allowed in paga taverns, and such places, and would seldom have an opportunity to observe what takes place between a female slave, particularly a pleasure slave, and her master.
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9 492 "It sounds close," I said.
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10 276 More tiny, inarticulate sounds emanated from Miss Wentworth.
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10 283 The prisoner of such a device can make only tiny, miserable sounds.
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13 10 When I had entered I heard tiny sounds in the darkness, whimperings, small noises of fear, here and there the movement of a body on the straw-filled mat, the rustle of a chain.
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Book 30. (13 results) Mariners of Gor

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3 248 We avoided, as we could, the avenues and boulevards, and sought small streets, away from the shouts of men and the sounds of war, the ferocity of rude battle, and made our way to the pomerium, no longer marked by walls and towers.
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9 210 They followed the sounds of war, and sought their source.
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9 383 We heard no sounds of fighting on the deck.
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10 40 Few were the sounds that now emanated from those places.
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10 65 She discovers, now a half-naked slave, an animal, a new and rich world, one filled with fresh and remarkable sounds, scents, sights, touches, and tastes.
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12 482 Even when a woman is gagged, one can easily read such sounds.
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14 213 The nearest galley, I conjectured, from the faint sounds I heard, men calling out, was two hundred yards distant.
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16 252 Tyrtaios, alerted by the sounds, turned and blocked a blow that would have cleft the head of Lord Okimoto.
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21 487 We could hear the sounds of men, and slaves, and chains, within.
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21 520 "It sounds as though there are pleasantries within the Venna keeping area," she smiled.
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24 133 And, as is common, many were the remarks, comments, whistles, observations, sounds, and such, to which the shackled kajirae were exposed.
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33 1 It is Now Morning in Brundisium The tharlarion oil had burned low in the lamps, and, outside, we could hear the sounds of the morning, the roll of carts, men calling to one another.
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33 318 "It sounds like no simple announcement to me," said the stranger.
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Book 31. (18 results) Conspirators of Gor

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29 15 Again I heard some sounds in Kur, to my ears still little more than a bestial rumbling, reminiscent of sounds which one might expect from something like a larl, or sleen, but, oddly enough, different, seemingly articulated.
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32 100 Now and then, at the conclusion of one phrase or another, several of the assembled Kurii uttered sounds which I took to be sounds of agreement, or approbation.
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7 260 Too, I did not care for the occasional impatient admonition of the switch when I badly misused a word, confusing similar sounds, or found myself guilty of some lapse in grammar.
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7 681 Too, I heard some tiny sounds, some suggesting the placing of lamps on shelves, others the hanging of lanterns on ceiling hooks.
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10 73 I knew that some individuals can follow a language which they do not care to speak, or are not adept at speaking Too, how could a beast such as this articulate the phonemes of a human language, presumably no more than we could recreate the sounds of its own speech.
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10 1154 I then heard some small, frightened sounds, as though limbs had been jerked about, behind backs, and then tiny noises, as though wrists had been thonged together, and not gently.
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12 96 He can even approximate human sounds".
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26 92 Her speech cannot make the sounds.
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27 15 These, in human sounds, were said to be Timarchos and Lysymachos.
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29 11 How is it you are here?" I heard sounds of Kur from the guard.
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32 22 A few Ehn later, there was a sharp, ringing sound, resulting one supposes from the striking of one of the small bars, to the sounds of which the Lady Bina, amongst other festal tokens, had been welcomed to the Cave.
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33 129 There would also, of course, if the beast were to speak, be a difference in the sounds uttered.
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35 149 "This sounds complex," I said.
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42 52 Such a piece of meat, even one much smaller, would choke a human; on the other hand, the structure of the human throat is such that it is capable of assisting in the utterance of a subtle and theoretically infinite variety of sounds.
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42 78 Before returning to the kitchen, that from which I had received the provender and drink, I heard harsh Kur sounds, and spun about.
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45 63 Certainly it was familiar with the sounds humans made, from its captors, from the carnival, from the house of Epicrates, perhaps even from before its capture, from the Cave, and from after its brief return to the Cave, before its banishment into the wilderness.
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49 358 I made clear to him, with small sounds, kneeling before him, that I wished to speak.
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51 176 No longer might I utter intelligible sounds.
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Book 32. (10 results) Smugglers of Gor

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7 347 Too, from the sounds, and the smells, it was clear that we were in the vicinity of water.
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21 256 The sounds which emerged from the device, however, were even, and noncommittal.
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21 266 On the other hand, many are the marks by which the same sounds might be represented.
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29 242 One sound signifies "Yes," two sounds, "No".
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29 253 I could not cry out, for the cruelty of the gag, but tiny, startled, miserable sounds escaped me.
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31 71 Small sounds of pain escaped us.
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31 85 Tiny sounds of pain escaped us, scarcely audible, as we were hurried on, more and more quickly, the river to our left.
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35 148 It seemed strange to enunciate sounds.
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43 1242 The sounds of the sleen's growling, and feeding, though at the shore, carried to the camp.
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50 197 Even the sounds of the links moving against one another can be an informative, illuminating music.
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Book 33. (10 results) Rebels of Gor

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50 120 Indeed, if one listened only briefly, or did not listen carefully, one might have supposed that something of that sort was on the other side of the door, perhaps caged, perhaps chained, but, if one attended more carefully, one began shortly to suspect, and it was a most unsettling suspicion, particu...
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6 220 We prepared to attend closely, for his words were commonly weighty and it was not always easy to decode the light, rasping sounds, like hoarse, sibilant whispers, which escaped his scarred throat.
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11 246 "That sounds convenient," I said.
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21 361 I must run! Then, to my joy, I heard, from the direction of the road, the sounds of men.
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25 172 I suspected the eels well anticipated, by now, perhaps from the past, perhaps from a variety of cues, sounds, movements, and reflections, if not from the two token feedings earlier administered, designed to do little more than sharpen the ravenous blades of hunger, that food was in the offing.
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44 324 If it were governed by an ensconced brain, I think the brain, housed in the object itself, would, in its own interest, have had things arranged in such a way that it could sense an attack, perhaps being aware of impinging sounds, or responding to vibrations following strikes on the surface, or fusel...
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49 137 In gag signals, one sound betokens "Yes," and two sounds, "No".
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50 118 Then, from the other side of the door, there came an issuance of sounds, of a sort with which I was quite familiar, but it was doubtless new, and perhaps disturbing, to my friends.
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52 89 "It sounds so," I said.
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57 249 "You might also understand," I said, "that if any unwelcome or displeasing sounds should escape your lovely lips, we may, at our discretion, prevent the future escape of such by a suitable, effective, and unpleasant application of leather and cloth".
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Book 34. (29 results) Plunder of Gor

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24 74 Far off I thought I heard the sounds of men, shouts, and the striking of metal on metal, often quick, and sharp, and sometimes so rapidly I could not distinguish the sounds.
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6 577 Further, we were not permitted to speak, though we were free to express ourselves, if we wished, by small sounds, animal noises, whimpers, and such.
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9 59 I must be cold! I heard tiny sounds escape me.
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9 170 As he held it, and lifted it, I heard, within it, the small sounds of jostled metal.
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9 459 The girl in the cage to my right laughed aloud, and I heard sounds of mirth from the other cages.
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15 62 I knew I could utter only the tiniest of sounds, or whimpers, and dared not even do so.
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15 149 I heard a grunting noise, as of large animals, and, from the conversation in the tunnel, I knew these heavy, bestial sounds must have been emitted from tharlarion.
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15 193 I could utter only tiny sounds.
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19 26 To be sure, there are a thousand ways a girl can signify her needs, and her supplications that her master will condescend to satisfy them, glances, subtle movements, seemingly inadvertent proximities, tiny sounds, kneelings, licking and kissing the feet and ankles, and then raising one's eyes, tear-...
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20 201 Indeed, did not men and women on my former world occasionally, however irrationally, chat pleasantly to their animals, as though such animals might comprehend their words? Does not such persiflage please the master or mistress, and the beast, as well, welcoming such sounds, however ignorant it might...
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22 50 One such sound means "Yes," and two such sounds signifies "No".
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23 167 "He trolled," he said, "casting his lines about, a word here, a word there, in the taverns, in the markets, words that would be meaningless to most, stray sounds, but telling to he who might have an ear for the name 'Phyllis', for the name 'Kurik of Victoria'".
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24 45 After the better part of the Ahn, we had doubtless entered one of the gates of Brundisium, as I then heard the cries of vendors, the rolling of wheels, the snorting of draft beasts, the sounds of men, music, a kalika, from somewhere.
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33 67 At that point, emanating from the beast in the crate, was a stream of what, initially, I took for simple bestial noises, rude, guttural, snarling sounds, growls, and rumblings.
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33 126 It is a matter of subtle adjustments, of transposing sounds, of substituting one sound for another".
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33 807 Only toward the end of her interrogation, shortly before our hirsute friends appeared, did I begin to fathom her analogs to the sounds of Gorean.
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34 279 "And what is the name of the other?" "The names of Kurii, and such," he said, "cannot be rendered in the sounds of Gorean, or, I suppose, in any human language".
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44 50 The sounds were subtle, to me little more than a susurration.
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50 64 And then she began to make soft sounds, in Kur.
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53 276 Lyris was uttering terrified, rushing, howling, piteous sounds in Kur.
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54 50 Cannot five fingers hold, grasp, caress, and touch as well as six? Your voice is soft, and not harsh; it can utter Kur, and make human sounds, as well.
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59 2 I heard whimpering about me, small sounds of questioning, of fear.
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61 672 To be sure, even without translators, I think few would have been in doubt as to the significance, the intent and menace, of the affrighting sounds, and emotions and attitudes, about us.
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64 159 Part of our circle, so to speak, the fire pit to one side, restfully crouching, as might Kurii, was Lord Grendel and, beside him, touching him, making tiny loving sounds from time to time, was Eve.
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64 275 Are masters not familiar with such sounds, from a slave at their feet? There was a sudden, ferocious shriek from Eve and she leaped upon Lyris, seized her, the pan of meat flying away, and hurled her to the ground on her belly, pushed her head down to the dirt, and snapped at the back of her neck.
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65 98 "And again, and again, always fearing small sounds, an unrecognized step, an unfamiliar face? They will take a stand, one calculated to discourage pursuit".
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66 13 First, they wished to please the Lady Bina, who was fond of the sights and sounds of Ar, and, second, they wished to provide Lord Arcesilaus, the lord of some metal world, with an eye and an ear, an agent and an informant, in Ar.
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66 25 How I delighted in the small sounds of the metal, the rustle of an obdurate linkage.
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67 97 One sound or whimper, as in gag signals, signifies "Yes," and two sounds or whimpers, again, as in gag signals, signifies "No".
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Book 35. (16 results) Quarry of Gor

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11 663 I could hear the sounds of the crowd in the tavern, and the music.
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26 111 As far as I knew, our passage had made little, if any, difference in the sounds of the marsh.
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31 56 Too, there was some hissing, and some sounds reminiscent of the bleating of verr and the grunting of tarsks.
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32 24 Perhaps someone was confused or mistaken, had entered the building by mistake, but the sounds had suggested stealth.
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32 78 So why then, when he returns, will he find you still here? Perhaps the slave thief is a rank amateur, hoping to find you unsecured, as slaves often are, or the keys conveniently about, in the apartment, perhaps in a drawer or chest, perhaps dangling just outside your reach? More likely, he was inter...
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33 116 "Those are the sounds of the nesting marsh kite," whispered Bruno of Torcadino.
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33 162 I first heard the sounds only as mechanical noises, much as one might note whirs, or clicks, in a machine.
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33 163 A moment later, this half freezing my blood, I realized these sounds were surrogates for, or facsimiles of, Gorean phonemes.
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33 176 Once again then I heard sounds seemingly emanating from the large, frightening artifact in the water, that formed so much like a predatory, aquatic beast.
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33 299 There was no agitation in the machine, or thing, either in its sounds or in its demeanor.
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35 9 One listens for the metallic sounds, one reminds oneself by so simple a test of how closely together one's wrists are fastened.
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40 84 "And it is said there are strange lights, and sounds, mysterious doings, in the delta," said the newcomer.
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40 304 Behind me I could still hear, for some time, the sounds of the feast.
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42 80 Then, from the other side of the barricade, now back several yards, I heard Pa-Kur cry out, "Be done with it! Swiftly! Sweep them aside like vulos, trample them like urts! Kill all! Spare none!" There was a scrambling, the sounds of slipping, of breaking wood, cries of anger, and death.
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42 277 I could then make only the tiniest of helpless sounds.
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46 665 I heard the sounds of music from behind me, as the slave, Sandra, danced, and men, jubilant, and content, well satisfied, too, with a free round of paga, failed to note our departure.
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Book 36. (8 results) Avengers of Gor

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45 69 This time I had detected sounds, soft, tiny encroachments on the silence, cautious, careful, almost inaudible sounds.
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17 112 She seized my ankles, and pressed her lips again and again to my feet, covering them with eager, mad kisses, and uttering broken sounds and garbled, incoherent words.
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18 38 "Paga," he said, the sounds slurred.
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42 111 "Be silent! Be cautious!" I heard soft sounds, the shuffling of high-laced marching sandals.
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45 72 The sounds were resultant from the movement of sandals on the wooden floor.
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48 111 On whose side was Tarchon? How could the mercenaries know? Might he not be a patriot of Mytilene? He doubtless told them of our shortage of supplies, but their scouts doubtless, too, reported the sounds of singing and feasting from within the walls.
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49 132 Shortly thereafter, oars were drawn inboard, crews disembarked, and, with intermittent, soft, sliding sounds, the Tesephone and Dorna were thrust partly onto the beach.
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52 89 As a sleen, tenacious and swift, can follow scent on land, tenacious and swift, a living island can follow sounds, disturbances, stirrings, in the water, schooling fish, the wake of a passing vessel, and such.
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