| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
Such a connection seems unlikely for a number of reasons, among them the fact that my people were simple tradesmen of Bristol, and uniformly fair-complexioned and topped with a blaze of the most outrageous red hair. |
10 |
| 2 | 188 |
My own speculation, which I judge as likely or unlikely to be true as the more popular superstitious stories, is that it is death to learn the secret of the Priest-Kings". |
10 |
| 2 | 235 |
There was another possibility I mentioned to my father—perhaps the planet had been in our system all the time, but had been undiscovered, unlikely though that might be, given the thousands of years of study of the skies by men, from the shambling creatures of the Neander Valley to the brillia... |
10 |
| 12 | 61 |
Indeed, it was unlikely my body would reach the delta at all. |
10 |
| 15 | 33 |
Given the depth of the foundations of Ar's mighty walls and the mantle of rock on which they were fixed, it would be extremely unlikely that her walls could be successfully undermined to the extent of bringing down a significant section, but it was surely possible that if one of the tunnels managed ... |
10 |
| 16 | 5 |
It seemed unlikely that Pa-Kur would be so politically naive as to use the girl before she had publicly accepted him as her Free Companion, according to the rites of Ar. |
10 |
| 16 | 80 |
"It is unlikely that Marlenus will ever again be a danger," said Kazrak. |
10 |
| 17 | 11 |
I considered attempting the destruction of Pa-Kur, but this would not only be unlikely of success but would bring me no nearer my goal of rescuing Talena. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 142 |
"Good day, Master," smiled Targo, bowing as well as he could from the waist, hastily taking account of the unlikely stranger who stood before him. |
10 |
| 23 | 190 |
It was unlikely a small party like that above would freely lose the height of the wall to pursue two rebels. |
10 |
| 24 | 15 |
From behind three or four of the low tables, to the left of the counter, a band of sweating musicians sat happily cross-legged on the rug, somehow producing from those unlikely pipes and strings and drums and disks and wires the ever intriguing, wild, enchanting—beautiful—barbaric melo... |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 59 |
It seemed foolish, unlikely, a puzzle of nature. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 496 |
To be sure, having seen Kamchak with his Aphris, it did not seem to me that either of these possibilities were actually unlikely. |
10 |
| 23 | 54 |
Indeed, as we rode together, we wondered that Kamchak had even sent us on an errand so unlikely of success, an errand in its way, considering the temper of the Wagon Peoples, so foolish. |
10 |
| 24 | 219 |
"How do you know I didn't beat you?" "Well," said Harold, "I don't know—but that would certainly seem unlikely, would it not?" "Yes," I said, "I suppose so". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 82 |
"Unlikely," had said the Older Tarl, "for Assassins are commonly too proud for poison". |
10 |
| 4 | 95 |
"Further," I pointed out, "now that Kazrak of Port Kar is no longer Administrator of Ar it seemed unlikely that Ar would welcome Koroban Warriors within her walls". |
10 |
| 4 | 106 |
"It is unlikely though," said Cernus, "for those who favor the Greens are numbered in the thousands and come from all the castes of Gor. |
10 |
| 4 | 128 |
I had anticipated that there would be some mention of Vella, for it was unlikely that Cernus would be unaware of my contact with her. |
10 |
| 15 | 124 |
There had been nothing clandestine about her sale, and it was unlikely that she would not be able to convince her master, eventually, that she was of high family in Ar and might be richly ransomed. |
10 |
| 19 | 94 |
I wondered if Elizabeth, and Virginia and Phyllis, were yet in the ready cells, being prepared; I judged it unlikely, for they would probably be sold late, and would not be prepared until the sales were in progress; the last touches of their makeup might not even be made until minutes before they as... |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 500 |
It seems not unlikely to me that these two powers may well be weary of war, as Samos informs us he is. |
10 |
| 16 | 64 |
"Ah," she said, looking up at me, "it is not unlikely that in the end I will succumb to you". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 105 |
It did not seem unlikely to me that the ship had been attacked. |
10 |
| 7 | 31 |
It seemed not unlikely that one of Targo's village girls, if trained and brought to Ar, might net him from ten to fifteen, perhaps even twenty, gold pieces. |
10 |
| 11 | 768 |
And, I mused, the men of the black, disklike ship, who had brought me here, were not such that I would expect them, even if they should find me, which I regarded as unlikely, to return me to Earth. |
10 |
| 13 | 790 |
This angered me, that it was unlikely he would keep me. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 26 |
If she should untie it, it is unlikely she will be able to retie it properly. |
10 |
| 6 | 106 |
"The tabuk he expects to net," I said, "are not unlikely panthers, she-panthers, following him, intent upon their own hunt". |
10 |
| 6 | 332 |
I had also pointed guards about the camp, in case, as was unlikely, there should be an attempt to make an approach through the forests. |
10 |
| 18 | 410 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that this would be the night. |
10 |
| 19 | 59 |
It was not unlikely that I would lose them. |
10 |
| 22 | 719 |
It is not unlikely that men, over the generations, have selected out for breeding, for marriage, women of certain sorts. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 632 |
If Samos were correct that 'Kurii' was a Gorean corruption of the name of such animals for themselves, and that the word was used in Torvaldsland as a designation for beasts, then it seemed not unlikely that such animals were not unknown in Torvaldsland, at least in certain areas, perhaps remote one... |
10 |
| 6 | 315 |
Furthermore, of course, were it not for goods won by his ship or ships, it would be unlikely that he would have the means to build a hall and house within it his men. |
10 |
| 8 | 291 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that the Forkbeard's speculation might be true. |
10 |
| 9 | 247 |
"But of your own free will you would be unlikely to enter upon the furs?" asked Ivar. |
10 |
| 11 | 81 |
Still I regarded it unlikely that these Kurii were from as far north as his words might suggest. |
10 |
| 17 | 164 |
Kurii, unlike Goreans, do not subject bondmaids to heavy labor; it toughens their meat; the bondmaids are separated from the males, that they be deprived of leadership; furthermore, the technique of keeping prisoners in single file, separating them by some feet, and preventing speech between them, t... |
10 |
| 21 | 144 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that the Grendel of legend had been a Kur, a survivor perhaps of a forced landing or a decimated scouting party. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 242 |
"Unlikely," said Samos. |
10 |
| 1 | 344 |
"That seems unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 2 | 406 |
Even if she were not to be sold by the magistracy of Tor I thought it not unlikely that she would fall to the noose of a slaver. |
10 |
| 5 | 407 |
"South," he said, "is Aretai territory!" "It seems unlikely they would expect you to move in that direction," I said. |
10 |
| 5 | 590 |
I thought it not unlikely this slave might stir the interest of a man of means. |
10 |
| 9 | 82 |
It was not unlikely she would please a master. |
10 |
| 11 | 44 |
"It is unlikely," said Hassan. |
10 |
| 11 | 186 |
It seemed to me unlikely that this was a mirage. |
10 |
| 21 | 293 |
After the failure of the major probe in Torvaldsland, it seemed not unlikely a given party or tribe might have fallen from power. |
10 |
| 24 | 390 |
But, too, it would be highly unlikely that Vella would be lying. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 386 |
But it seemed unlikely that, if I should have worn such a necklace, it had not been placed on me; and unlikely, too, that someone, in such a wilderness, would come upon me while I there lay chained and remove the necklace. |
10 |
| 4 | 82 |
The original beans, I suppose, had been brought, like certain other Gorean products, from Earth; it is not impossible, of course, that the opposite is the case, that black wine is native to Gor and that the origin of Earth's coffee beans is Gorean; I regard this as unlikely, however, because black w... |
10 |
| 5 | 140 |
It seemed not unlikely that the match would ultimately prove profitable and politically expedient for both Fortress of Saphronicus and the Salerian Confederation. |
10 |
| 20 | 585 |
Too, of course, if Clitus Vitellius should somehow regain his freedom, unlikely though that might be, I had little doubt that he would remember the girl who had betrayed him. |
10 |
| 25 | 121 |
"It seems unlikely," he said. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 540 |
If it was a disease, and that seemed not unlikely, it was at least one which afflicted perhaps a majority of Goreans. |
10 |
| 6 | 109 |
It was unlikely that either of the girls would bring so much on the block. |
10 |
| 8 | 212 |
It did not seem to me, objectively, that it was unlikely they would eventually be supplanted in the system by a fiercer, more territorial, more aggressive form of life. |
10 |
| 13 | 81 |
Then he said, "That is not unlikely, but it is difficult to help matters of that sort". |
10 |
| 23 | 179 |
"That seems to me unlikely," said Ram. |
10 |
| 27 | 94 |
"It is unlikely that sleen, new sleen, would come this far out on the ice," he said. |
10 |
| 30 | 92 |
When one has killed one's friend one is then unlikely to find mercy in his heart for another. |
10 |
| 33 | 23 |
This seemed to me, however, quite unlikely. |
10 |
| 35 | 695 |
Her modesty had made it unlikely that many in the complex would recognize her body or features, which had, I gathered, been generally kept from view by the multitudinous robes and veils of concealment common to the Gorean free women of the high cities. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
Their recommendations, it seems, are unlikely to be incorporated into formal Gorean. |
10 |
| 1 | 586 |
In this case I thought it unlikely, given the latitude and style of life of Lydius. |
10 |
| 1 | 603 |
"That seems to me unlikely for two reasons," said Samos. |
10 |
| 13 | 21 |
He might question the option selected by the master, as a woman is more lovely, say, on her knees, or supine, or prone, but he would be unlikely, without some provocation, to lash the slave. |
10 |
| 14 | 203 |
"You will get no pleasure from me!" That seemed to me highly unlikely. |
10 |
| 16 | 137 |
"It is unlikely that such, however," I said, "could truly do more than delay the progress of the canal". |
10 |
| 16 | 150 |
"The first," I said, "is unlikely, considering his army and its training. |
10 |
| 32 | 1002 |
"Do you think," she asked, "that people may have lived before, that they may have had many lives and have met one another perhaps time and time again?" "I would not wish to rule out such possibilities," I said, "but such a thing seems to me very unlikely". |
10 |
| 43 | 132 |
"It is unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 52 | 142 |
"That is highly unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 53 | 169 |
"How is it," I asked, "that you fear you may have wronged Bila Huruma?" That seemed as unlikely to me as a fellow worrying about wronging a larl who was padding along upon his trail. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 975 |
It did not seem unlikely that the frustrations of my world, particularly those of men, might precipitate the madness and irrationality of thermonuclear war. |
10 |
| 16 | 146 |
They seemed an unlikely pair of fellows to be patrons of the shop of Veminius. |
10 |
| 16 | 154 |
Too, I reminded myself, to my chagrin, it was unlikely that my mistress would send men to spy upon me. |
10 |
| 21 | 224 |
"Even if Vonda were willing to afford such men as Terence or Ha-Keel," said Barus, "it is unlikely they would be willing to take saddle in her behalf. |
10 |
| 22 | 70 |
Yet from her laugh I thought it not unlikely that she knew well what was in store. |
10 |
| 29 | 54 |
Too, being a slaver, I think it not unlikely that he may have dealings with various parties. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 20 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that it might, if it had such a will, tear loose the very ring in the boards to which it was chained. |
10 |
| 21 | 146 |
I thought this not unlikely. |
10 |
| 25 | 92 |
"If either Aemilianus or Callisthenes should be felled in my tavern, I think the incident would be unlikely to escape the attention of their allied guardsmen". |
10 |
| 25 | 99 |
It is unlikely that he can be subtly contacted. |
10 |
| 27 | 106 |
Similarly, before I could dodge or run, it seemed to me not unlikely that he could strike at the back of my neck. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 227 |
In such a situation it was not unlikely that he would have come about and, at his leisure, still in strength, withdrawn to the west. |
10 |
| 5 | 141 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that others of her galleys, as well, might by now have met a similar fate. |
10 |
| 19 | 964 |
If this was not true, then, as a simple matter of economics, it is highly unlikely that she would have been brought to Gor. |
10 |
| 20 | 1823 |
Free women are unlikely to forgive her such grievous faults. |
10 |
| 21 | 195 |
We had finished the creams last night and, in any event, it was unlikely they would have lasted the night. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 340 |
"That seems unlikely," said Samos, "over the city". |
10 |
| 1 | 1071 |
For example, it is unlikely that one can advance within a tribe, or become a leader or chieftain, unless one has frequently counted coup. |
10 |
| 1 | 1239 |
"Yes," said Kog, "in the unlikely and dangerous terrain of the Barrens". |
10 |
| 2 | 12 |
It was unlikely that we could have adequately defended ourselves against a sudden onslaught of such foes at that short a distance. |
10 |
| 2 | 25 |
"That possibility would not be unlikely to occur to such creatures," said Samos. |
10 |
| 2 | 44 |
If they had had such an agent, then it is unlikely they would have approached us in the first place. |
10 |
| 2 | 45 |
Similarly the Barrens would seem to be an unlikely, desolate and profitless place in which to have placed an agent". |
10 |
| 4 | 141 |
It seemed to me not unlikely that an influx of barbarian females, in a given area, at a given time, might depress prices. |
10 |
| 5 | 102 |
"It seems unlikely they would sell one of their own tribe," I said. |
10 |
| 6 | 86 |
I think it not unlikely that the red savage could discharge three to five shafts in the time a single quarrel could be set in the clumsier weapon. |
10 |
| 10 | 4 |
"That is unlikely," he smiled. |
10 |
| 13 | 202 |
"This is unlikely to be painful," I said, "but, if it is, the pain will be brief, and the soreness will be temporary". |
10 |
| 13 | 1153 |
"It is not unlikely". |
10 |
| 16 | 390 |
It seemed unlikely. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 256 |
Shortly thereafter we were apprehended by a mixed group of unlikely allies, representatives of Sleen, Yellow Knives and Kaiila, who, in virtue of the Memory, as it is called, had joined forces to attack the wagon train and soldiers. |
10 |
| 3 | 261 |
It seemed to me rather unlikely that debutantes from high society would be trained to perform the supplication and passion dances of slave girls. |
10 |
| 3 | 264 |
It seemed to me not unlikely, for many reasons, having to do with sexual selection, in particular, that such behaviors were, at least in broad outlines, genetically coded. |
10 |
| 9 | 258 |
"Too," she said, "we are permitted to act in certain ways in which I think it would be unlikely that a free woman could, or would, act". |
10 |
| 18 | 95 |
"That is highly unlikely". |
10 |
| 18 | 333 |
"That is not unlikely," she said. |
10 |
| 32 | 46 |
It seemed unlikely that it had been one of the party which had escaped, and had then been sent back, perhaps to look for food. |
10 |
| 33 | 349 |
"That is not unlikely," said Cuwignaka. |
10 |
| 37 | 121 |
Helplessness and vulnerability seem strange shields; how implausible is gentleness as an instrument of diplomacy; what an unlikely weapon is her tenderness. |
10 |
| 42 | 130 |
"Do not try to explain things in unlikely categories," I said. |
10 |
| 44 | 216 |
Sometimes the girls, particularly if they are of high caste and are unlikely to be familiar with such things, are put through a course of training involving such domestic duties as cleaning and cooking, laundering and sewing. |
10 |
| 44 | 589 |
"In their numbers," cried Iwoso, elatedly, "they will storm your upper barricade, overwhelm the defenders and then be amongst you!" "It is unlikely that one of them will reach the upper barricade," said Hci. |
10 |
| 44 | 725 |
But Hci was unlikely to quirt a free woman. |
10 |
| 45 | 30 |
"That is unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 47 | 7 |
It seems to me highly unlikely that the discipline of the soldiers and beasts can long be maintained over them". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70 |
"That seems unlikely," he said. |
10 |
| 1 | 84 |
Even then, in so small and common an object, and in so unlikely an object, he can create a work of art". |
10 |
| 2 | 554 |
It was unlikely that even her fiercest and most desperate signals would be audible more than a yard or so from her tiny prison. |
10 |
| 6 | 321 |
If the event or performance is an important one, and the ostraka are limited, their number being governed by the seating capacity of the structure or area in question, it is unlikely that they will be publicly displayed until after the event or performance. |
10 |
| 29 | 234 |
"I find that unlikely, too, given times and shipping, and the unlikelihood that her presence would be undetected on either island. |
10 |
| 30 | 228 |
For example, "the street where the Initiates have their temple" is not unlikely to become "Temple Street"; "the street where you can find the brewery" may well become "Brewery Street," and so on. |
10 |
| 31 | 152 |
"Surely that would be most unlikely, Master," I said. |
10 |
| 31 | 169 |
"Master?" "Would it not be clever," he said, "to plant a false trail to a decoy, and meanwhile conceal the true Tatrix elsewhere, under a different identity, one unlikely to arouse suspicion, one almost inconceivably inappropriate, to conceal her even, perhaps, as a slave?" "I am Tiffany," I said, "... |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 884 |
Indeed, for such a strategy to eventually prove successful, it seemed not unlikely they would have at least the tolerance of the Sardar itself. |
10 |
| 2 | 1016 |
I did not think, however, that Marlenus, of Ar, her Ubar, he who had banished me, would be likely to send a covert assassin from Brundisium against me, from Brundisium perhaps to make the connection with Ar seem unlikely or tenuous. |
10 |
| 2 | 1111 |
"All things considered, such as the coins in his wallet, robbery seems to me, at least, to be a very unlikely motive for this attack". |
10 |
| 3 | 105 |
Fifthly, her garmentry revealed clearly a vanity and taste for sumptuous luxury, a penchant for self-indulgence and ostentatious elegance, also unlikely to be characteristic in such a woman. |
10 |
| 12 | 398 |
"I think," I said, "that it is highly unlikely that they are games, or parts of games". |
10 |
| 12 | 401 |
Indeed, it seems unlikely that that is even what they are supposed to be. |
10 |
| 18 | 444 |
"That is highly unlikely," said the man. |
10 |
| 22 | 215 |
"On the supposition that the housing of such stores was near the harbor," said Scormus, "I would regard it as unlikely. |
10 |
| 22 | 308 |
"Too, with all due respect, it is unlikely that one such as yourself, given the assumed lowliness of your background and origins, would know her". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 235 |
I had gathered, for example, from what the officer had said, that the girl's mother, number 261 on the list, was somewhere in this very chain, which would have been unlikely if its prisoners were being added to it in a strict numerical sequence. |
10 |
| 13 | 286 |
If she escapes from one master, which is exceedingly unlikely, she will doubtless soon find herself in the chains of another, and one who is perhaps worse. |
10 |
| 13 | 309 |
But self-alienation is an unlikely route to bliss. |
10 |
| 16 | 1146 |
She might also, of course, have been put out for punishment, but, given the current conditions in the city, that seemed unlikely. |
10 |
| 19 | 50 |
"In this camp," said Boabissia, "it seems unlikely that there could have been so skilled a thief". |
10 |
| 24 | 98 |
Even in a paga tavern he is unlikely to quickly relinquish the girl he has ordered to an alcove, who has simply come with the price of a drink. |
10 |
| 24 | 102 |
This seems to me unlikely, but I am content to express my views, at whatever hazard. |
10 |
| 25 | 1866 |
It seemed to me extremely unlikely that she would recover consciousness before the fellow. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 857 |
Could I be remembering it, I wondered, from a sunlit shelf in Memphis, from a patio in Athens, from a post in Rome or a ring, cords on my wrists, in a women's quarters in Bokara, Basra, Samarkand or Baghdad? Had I felt it before, somewhere, or in many places, and never, even through a succession of ... |
10 |
| 11 | 279 |
This is unlikely, however. |
10 |
| 24 | 58 |
"It is unlikely that they will attempt to kill you while they are in their chains. |
10 |
| 27 | 130 |
I was sure of it! Then I realized, with misgivings, a sinking feeling, that it was unlikely I would have heard the tiny sound, seen the movement, been aware of a presence beyond the bars, so subtle a presence, in the darkness, unless it had been intended that I, if only subliminally, take note of it... |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 584 |
If that was the case it was not at all unlikely that he might have been rented the space after mine. |
10 |
| 8 | 352 |
That did not seem to me unlikely. |
10 |
| 10 | 95 |
And the fellows from Cos itself, and from Tyros, and their close allies, were surely by now, if they had not been before, hardened veterans, men unlikely to be swayed by the self-serving appeals of beautiful women, men accustomed to seeing such women, of whatever city, in terms of the collar and cha... |
10 |
| 15 | 429 |
"It is not unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 15 | 804 |
At any rate, if she had had secret, internal pretensions to manhood, or to similarity to men, or something along these lines, it seemed unlikely she now retained them. |
10 |
| 17 | 585 |
Still, at best, it seemed these additional obstructions would be unlikely to long impede the progress of our visitors. |
10 |
| 17 | 627 |
The head of the ram was so constructed, and the horns on it so curved back, that it was unlikely, given the forces involved, that it could become lodged in the door. |
10 |
| 18 | 508 |
"Surely that seems unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 20 | 361 |
"It seems to me unlikely that these could be ships of the Vosk League," said the fellow beside me, "for the Vosk League, as is well known, is neutral. |
10 |
| 20 | 362 |
Does it not seem unlikely to you, as well?" "Yes," said the man on the ship. |
10 |
| 20 | 363 |
"It seems quite unlikely to me, as well". |
10 |
| 21 | 829 |
One common difference between rape on Earth and rape on Gor is that rape on Earth is usually over with quickly, and is unlikely to be succeeded by social and legal consequences to the enjoyed woman, whereas rape on Gor may prove to be, and often is, a prelude to enslavement. |
10 |
| 21 | 944 |
Too, it is not at all unlikely that she will find herself under the governance of the slave, now "first girl" to her, who was given her name, and now wears it, while she, perhaps, now wears the earlier name of the slave, perhaps Sandal Thong. |
10 |
| 21 | 1244 |
I wonder if some readers, if readers there should ever be, for a manuscript of this nature, perhaps so unlikely or problematic, have well followed these exchanges. |
10 |
| 24 | 147 |
This seemed to me not unlikely. |
10 |
| 24 | 337 |
Too, they are unlikely to withdraw to the terrain of the Salerian Confederation, for it will not wish to risk war with Ar. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 248 |
"I think it unlikely," I said, "that is, directly. |
10 |
| 3 | 288 |
It was not unlikely that we could hold this small camp until then. |
10 |
| 6 | 16 |
"It is unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 13 | 140 |
"It would seem, however, would it not," I asked, "to be an unlikely choice for a troop transport?" "What do you mean?" he asked. |
10 |
| 16 | 33 |
"I think it unlikely that a single column can withdraw successfully from the delta". |
10 |
| 16 | 77 |
"That is unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 16 | 83 |
I regard it as unlikely you could, with this strength, enforce an exit". |
10 |
| 17 | 319 |
Also, used to taking prey in the water, or near the water, they are unlikely to clamber upon rafts, and such. |
10 |
| 19 | 1733 |
"I would think that extremely unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 24 | 131 |
"It is highly unlikely that a free female would be on this barge". |
10 |
| 27 | 475 |
As you are not marked, it would be highly unlikely I could palm you off as a slave. |
10 |
| 27 | 477 |
Too, given what I told our friend, Plenius, the fellow I saved from the sand, my former keeper, they will be unlikely to associate you with the Lady Ina. |
10 |
| 28 | 421 |
"Surely it is unlikely that a given rence girl, picked up in the marsh, would be a mute," he said. |
10 |
| 28 | 423 |
"I would think it extremely unlikely". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 318 |
But the city was now under the governance of the regent, Gnieus Lelius, who, I had little doubt, might have efficiently managed a well-ordered polity under normal conditions, but was an unlikely leader in a time of darkness, crisis and terror. |
10 |
| 1 | 402 |
It is unlikely that they would be killed, any more than tharlarion or kaiila. |
10 |
| 10 | 408 |
As things were going in Ar, it did not seem unlikely that she would eventually find herself on a slave block in Tyros or Cos. |
10 |
| 11 | 218 |
The captain was a shrewd fellow, and thusly an unlikely candidate to enlist in my efforts to initiate rumors, or at least this particular one. |
10 |
| 11 | 219 |
To be sure, even a fellow of genuine probity, one who is unlikely to nourish, reproduce, transmit, or credit a rumor in its infancy, may find himself uncritically accepting it later on, when it becomes "common knowledge," so to speak. |
10 |
| 12 | 64 |
On the other hand, it is highly unlikely that the slave wishes to feel the whip. |
10 |
| 12 | 83 |
The Gorean master, after a training period, is extremely unlikely to be cruel to a slave who is sincerely trying to serve and be pleasing. |
10 |
| 12 | 100 |
But, a girl who is beyond her initial trainings, who has well learned her lessons, her movements, attitudes, services, and such, who has come to understand her collar, and that she is truly in it, and that her master is truly her master, and who is sincerely and honestly, and humbly, and passionatel... |
10 |
| 12 | 139 |
They are unlikely, however, to be long fooled, for the signs are clear enough, and, soon enough, the couple will be generally recognized as love slave and love master. |
10 |
| 12 | 356 |
If an investigation were initiated, which seemed to me unlikely, as many women were delivered on one pretext or another to the loot pits, and there would not be likely to be much interest in any particular one of them, Marcus and I could always claim that she had come into the power of the Delta Bri... |
10 |
| 17 | 261 |
It was highly unlikely, of course, that there would be any Anangoans in the audience. |
10 |
| 19 | 221 |
Indeed, although I regarded this as quite unlikely, it seemed an empirical possibility. |
10 |
| 19 | 844 |
What matters it that the slave is white silk or red silk? Once purchased it is quite unlikely she will long remain white silk, unless perhaps she has been purchased for a resale. |
10 |
| 20 | 461 |
"That is highly unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 21 | 242 |
If such a letter fell into the wrong hands it was not unlikely he would find himself keeping an appointment with leech plants or sleen. |
10 |
| 22 | 163 |
This is accepted as Gorean theatrical convention, it seems, much as background music is accepted in our modern films, even in such unlikely locations as city streets, airplanes, life rafts, and deserts. |
10 |
| 23 | 194 |
"The substitution was made quite early in the performance, when I looked up at the clouds, speculating that they would be unlikely to bother raining on such an unworthy stone. |
10 |
| 26 | 120 |
In such an arrangement it would be extremely unlikely a given woman could be stolen, and she will be kept under perfect control. |
10 |
| 26 | 231 |
Surely it would now seem to him unlikely that she, so obviously aware of the danger of such notes, would have sent one herself. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 677 |
But surely it was unlikely that I had been purchased and brought here, apparently from so far away, for such a purpose. |
10 |
| 8 | 925 |
How did I know that it was not some wild creature of the mountains, come to the ledges, hunting for prey? There were various reasons for supposing that unlikely, even if it had not been for one item. |
10 |
| 9 | 70 |
How lacking they are! Earth is such a thin, unlikely, impoverished soil for slaves. |
10 |
| 9 | 175 |
I might thrust aside a woman or women, but it was unlikely I could accomplish this with a man, nor was it likely I could elude a man, as my body, for whatever reason, had not been designed by nature to permit this, nor was it likely that I could hope to escape his grip once it had closed on me. |
10 |
| 11 | 1345 |
Perhaps this is an implicit recognition, even in such unlikely quarters, that men are the masters. |
10 |
| 12 | 293 |
It would seem somewhat unlikely that any caste would be likely to accept that distinction. |
10 |
| 12 | 762 |
If that were not the case, it seemed unlikely that the men here would be holding her for ransom. |
10 |
| 14 | 1367 |
"And so," I said, "they would be unlikely to interfere". |
10 |
| 29 | 22 |
It was, accordingly, highly unlikely that he would consider abusing me. |
10 |
| 36 | 78 |
"It is unlikely that one could far outdistance the other". |
10 |
| 37 | 80 |
It was unlikely he could run before them, once he realized them behind him, for more than a few minutes. |
10 |
| 37 | 628 |
Given its weight, it was unlikely that the slaves could have raised it, even if it had been unlatched. |
10 |
| 37 | 1130 |
"That seems unlikely," said the pit master. |
10 |
| 40 | 96 |
For the figure had turned to the outside, standing on the wall, that unlikely brick-and-mortar margin, that brink of forever. |
10 |
| 45 | 192 |
"Without such treachery it is unlikely that Cos could have secured her success". |
10 |
| 46 | 7 |
"They wanted one to attend upon a prisoner, one who would be utterly ignorant of the affairs of our world, one who could be depended upon to innocently and naively discharge the duties of a keeper, relieving free men of that responsibility, thus, too, enabling the contacts with the prisoner to be th... |
10 |
| 46 | 465 |
That seemed unlikely. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 228 |
But that now seems unlikely to her. |
10 |
| 4 | 336 |
She now realizes that much of her earlier malaise, her headache, and such, if not associated with the alcohol she had imbibed, which seems unlikely, was presumably associated with her lack of nourishment. |
10 |
| 11 | 178 |
Perhaps it had been best left unsaid? Perhaps she was only being trained to be some sort of intimate servant? But surely that seemed unlikely, that the young man would have accorded her so exalted a status as "servant". |
10 |
| 16 | 383 |
And even if a girl knows, or suspects, that she is not being taught normal Gorean, she is unlikely to know precisely in what subtle and numerous ways her speech will betray her as slave. |
10 |
| 16 | 887 |
Indeed, even on another world which occurs to me, such developments would seem unlikely, once the fevers and fits of madness have passed. |
10 |
| 17 | 809 |
She moved her neck a bit, too, in her collar, that collar which was not the typical light, graceful slave collar, the attractive collar worn by most slave girls in the city, which might merely mark her as bond and identify her master, but the large, heavy, massive collar put by Targo on his properti... |
10 |
| 21 | 17 |
Whereas nudity is certainly not unknown amongst slave girls, and is relatively familiar, even publicly, and masters often keep their slaves naked in their own quarters, still a naked slave is likely to be noticed; she is unlikely to blend in with "clothed" sisters in bondage, permitted perhaps an op... |
10 |
| 21 | 203 |
Ellen was grateful to the masters for the chance to bathe, to wash away the misery and grime of the march, but she realized that the motivation underlying the provision of this welcome opportunity was surely unlikely to be simply that of generous impulse. |
10 |
| 22 | 133 |
Ellen, however, thought that this was surely unlikely. |
10 |
| 22 | 238 |
That seemed very unlikely. |
10 |
| 25 | 1109 |
Perhaps, say, a woman, doubtless a free woman, as a slave would be very unlikely to risk this, has irritated or annoyed a man. |
10 |
| 26 | 353 |
Perhaps one might also note something further, but hope, as well, that this further observation will not be found disturbing, or disconcerting, to free women, might these recollections and reflections, however unlikely, come somehow someday within their ken, that of creatures so noble and refined, s... |
10 |
| 26 | 595 |
Such would seem an opportunity unlikely to be neglected. |
10 |
| 27 | 274 |
She was sure she would have understood, even there, on some level, even in such an unlikely place and time, that she was looking into the eyes of a master, one who could detect, and knew how to deal with, the slave in her. |
10 |
| 27 | 399 |
"If they are this close to us, it is unlikely they are afoot," said Selius Arconious. |
10 |
| 27 | 559 |
"It is a weapon!" "Surely an unlikely weapon," said Selius Arconious. |
10 |
| 27 | 1223 |
Ellen had heard that a good slaver could discern the needful, waiting slave even in cases in which, prima facie, it might seem unlikely. |
10 |
| 27 | 2406 |
How horrified might have been her former feminist sisters of Earth, but they were not collared on another planet, brazenly tunicked, and the tunic now and again thrust up almost to their breasts, grasped in the mud and put to the service of masters! Or would they have been thrilled, and envy her the... |
10 |
| 30 | 603 |
One thing is clear to me, that it is surely unlikely that these things will be allowed to be known on my old world. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 195 |
"It is unlikely," said Lord Grendel, "that without intelligence he would have anticipated, and prepared so carefully for, even to the removal of guards, so unlikely and bold a stroke as an attempt on the arsenal itself". |
10 |
| 1 | 200 |
It seems unlikely that it was originally designed as a facility for the retention and storage of life forms, or, if you like, as a maximum-security prison for, say, particular prisoners. |
10 |
| 1 | 789 |
How unlikely that this female should be in the container! Many were beautiful slaves, and it would not be hard to find them on Gor. |
10 |
| 18 | 125 |
This is a common strategy with an unwary and unsuspecting line, but it is unlikely of success with, say, Warriors, or Assassins, as they are alert to, and familiar with, such procedures, often resorting to them themselves. |
10 |
| 32 | 370 |
Thus, it is not unlikely that she will be whipped from time to time". |
10 |
| 35 | 50 |
A swift motion in one's vicinity is likely to be the strike of the predator and he who pauses to reflect in such a situation is unlikely to reflect long, or again. |
10 |
| 36 | 19 |
A woman, for example, would be unlikely to be able to bend the bow, and many men could not. |
10 |
| 42 | 97 |
The throat of the Lady Bina, of course, was not constructed to utter Kur, nor would she know much of that language, saving perhaps to recognize some words addressed to her, and what Kurii might be in the facility would be unlikely to have translators, or, even, if so, would not be likely to have the... |
10 |
| 44 | 17 |
"Unlikely," said Lord Grendel. |
10 |
| 50 | 7 |
"It is highly unlikely you would be slain," he said, "as you are nicely curved, and would have value in the markets of Gor". |
10 |
| 53 | 96 |
They had been fired on, twice, by Kur patrols, but had managed to elude them, once by taking refuge within a shambling herd of cattle humans, and once by slipping into an area within which it was unlikely, in any event, that power weapons would be employed. |
10 |
| 53 | 99 |
Charges are precious, and, at the distances involved, would be unlikely of much efficacy. |
10 |
| 54 | 41 |
"It is unlikely all the bands will be located," said Cabot. |
10 |
| 67 | 138 |
It is not an inexplicable happenstance that foods which nourish beasts tend to have an agreeable taste to them and those unlikely to nourish them tend to have a disagreeable taste to them. |
10 |
| 73 | 165 |
Contented men, in any event, are unlikely to rob, to kill, to practice cruelties, and such. |
10 |
| 79 | 237 |
But such stratagems, often so effective with males, are unlikely to prove availing with an owner of her own sex. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 116 |
Do you think this is a guerdon for obscure services she rendered, or a gift to Lord Grendel?" "It seems unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 1 | 158 |
"That seems unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 3 | 681 |
"It is unlikely there would be another in the vicinity". |
10 |
| 3 | 781 |
It seemed to me quite unlikely that she would have been recruited by Priest-Kings. |
10 |
| 4 | 35 |
That would be highly unlikely. |
10 |
| 4 | 38 |
Too, they could be rewarded on Gor, if not on Earth, where curiosity might be aroused, and in ways which would be unlikely on Earth, but appealing to males. |
10 |
| 4 | 56 |
It seemed unlikely a slave would be so charged, so privileged. |
10 |
| 5 | 72 |
"Perhaps I am an unlikely agent," he said. |
10 |
| 5 | 330 |
Once this rendezvous had taken place it seemed to me unlikely that the Kurii would have further use for Lady Constantina. |
10 |
| 7 | 164 |
It seemed unlikely then that the next sign, if there had been one, would have become undetectable. |
10 |
| 9 | 37 |
On the other hand, having been embonded on a Steel World, that of Agamemnon, later that of Arcesilaus, an unlikely place to encounter free women, she knew little of free women, at least of a Gorean sort. |
10 |
| 13 | 343 |
To be sure, this was highly unlikely, for a careful watch would have been kept. |
10 |
| 13 | 345 |
"If she escaped, Master," said the slave, "I think it unlikely she will long remain at large". |
10 |
| 13 | 353 |
Too, it was unlikely that she would be long shielded from discovery, given the price on her head, and the hostility with which she was so generally regarded. |
10 |
| 14 | 82 |
And, of course, if one is aflight, a lost lance is highly unlikely to be recovered. |
10 |
| 19 | 143 |
If we were talking of the bodies of men this was unlikely. |
10 |
| 19 | 199 |
"But it is unlikely," I said, "as she is a meaningless beast". |
10 |
| 22 | 51 |
Too, if he had had time to think, which seemed unlikely, the last thing he would wish to risk would be falling into the hands of vengeful captors. |
10 |
| 23 | 244 |
In this way her presence is not obtrusive, and is unlikely to either distract or encumber him. |
10 |
| 23 | 317 |
It seemed unlikely the enemy, whomsoever, or whatsoever, it might be, would have placed its entire wager on a single arrow fired from tarnback, would have placed the outcome of a large and bold enterprise on a single cast of the marked stones. |
10 |
| 25 | 56 |
To be sure, if the assassin were also a spy, or the spy, to be sure a role unusual for one of that caste, I supposed that Lord Nishida was in no immediate danger, for the spy would wish to gather information, and would be unlikely to make his strike, until his reports were complete, or no longer req... |
10 |
| 25 | 130 |
I thought this possible, but unlikely. |
10 |
| 25 | 167 |
It seemed unlikely that an entire guard group would have been recruited to set upon me in the darkness. |
10 |
| 26 | 172 |
It is unlikely you could manage it yourself. |
10 |
| 34 | 76 |
"I know little of these things, Master," she said, "but surely that seems unlikely". |
10 |
| 36 | 24 |
It was hard to think of that small, twisted, wiry, energetic body, the unlikely frame of so mighty and unusual a mind, belabored and weakened, succumbing to the ravages of illness. |
10 |
| 38 | 38 |
And, too, of course, many men first found their personal slave in so unlikely a place, little suspecting that the collared beauty, kneeling, head down at the table, serving their paga, one of others, might somehow come to seem special to them. |
10 |
| 38 | 330 |
"I think it unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| 38 | 359 |
"Unlikely," I said. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 |
I did not think it unlikely he had indeed ventured upon Thassa. |
10 |
| 3 | 184 |
Actually I thought it highly unlikely that a single individual could bring Talena to Ar. |
10 |
| 5 | 65 |
Is it not a saying of warriors that one does not sell one's blade, that steel is to be prized above gold? And honor above life? How came then such a man here, if he were such a man, on this ship, amidst this unlikely, motley crew? Had he betrayed the codes? But it is difficult to forget the codes. |
10 |
| 7 | 244 |
"I think that is unlikely," said Andronicus. |
10 |
| 8 | 51 |
It seemed not unlikely that the voyage of the great ship had now come to her final port, one of Thassa's choosing. |
10 |
| 8 | 86 |
The sea sleen will attack a human in the water, which it will see as food, but it is unlikely to attack one on the ice. |
10 |
| 8 | 95 |
To be sure, the sea sleen, like its confreres on land, is an intelligent animal, and we did not think it unlikely that it might prove quite dangerous if it were attacked, or thought it necessary to protect a breathing hole. |
10 |
| 9 | 141 |
It seemed unlikely, for both men were astute. |
10 |
| 9 | 330 |
Escape even under ideal conditions, given our presumed location, would have been unlikely. |
10 |
| 15 | 29 |
Even so it seemed unlikely we could have freed the great ship, as opposed to small boats, if we had not had an enormous complement of men, a small army, to work at the vines in our path, and cut them away from the ship. |
10 |
| 15 | 31 |
If it were not for the tarn scouts and the complement of men at our disposal, it seems unlikely we could have effected the release of the great ship. |
10 |
| 21 | 323 |
It seemed unlikely to me that the hooded slaves, however beautiful they might be, would be that much more beautiful than their chain sisters, in either the Venna or Kasra keeping areas. |
10 |
| 21 | 609 |
To men, she was only another woman, and one unlikely to be of interest. |
10 |
| 21 | 622 |
It was quite unlikely they would be hooded now, in the area. |
10 |
| 25 | 11 |
A small group of skilled climbers, approaching at night, might have reached the foot of the walls, but it seemed that an ascent of the plateau by any large group, certainly undetected, would have been unlikely. |
10 |
| 31 | 35 |
To be sure, as these containers were sealed, and marked, it was unlikely that any such tampering, or pilfering, would take place, certainly without being eventually detectable. |
10 |
| 35 | 39 |
"You think," I said, "it may be a prize, taken by the ships of Lord Yamada's admiral?" "I think it unlikely," he said, "quite improbable, but, in any event, caution is advised". |
10 |
| 35 | 40 |
"Why unlikely, why improbable?" I asked. |
10 |
| 36 | 97 |
In certain circumstances, then, it seems not unlikely they might once more look to him for leadership, and once more follow him". |
10 |
| 37 | 69 |
Given the look of this slave, who was quite beautiful, though I had seen many better, it seemed unlikely she was truly white silk. |
10 |
| 37 | 370 |
All such risks, however unlikely or tenuous, are put aside". |
10 |
| 37 | 413 |
I noted blood on her leg, which suggested that, however unlikely it seemed, the Pani had actually kept her white silk. |
10 |
| 37 | 1503 |
"She has informed me of certain tricks of the alcove," said Alcinoë, "unlikely to lie within the repertoire of the average free woman, which I once was". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 20 |
"That is unlikely," I said, "for women on my world do not rush about, unclothed". |
10 |
| 4 | 122 |
And even if such efforts should prove overtly successful it is not unlikely that some copies will elude the insecure and bigoted, and will continue to circulate, as an underground literature, if nothing else, hidden here and there, and passed secretly from hand to hand, a badge of understanding and ... |
10 |
| 4 | 417 |
"Such practices, and refrainings," I said, "seem an unlikely route to the prestige of a high caste". |
10 |
| 5 | 405 |
"To be held captive in some remote desert palace?" "That seems unlikely," he said. |
10 |
| 7 | 256 |
It seems not unlikely then that the women who most swiftly and successfully learned the languages of their captors and masters, and were then most successful in pleasing and placating them, would be those most likely to survive and breed. |
10 |
| 7 | 340 |
But, if this were so, I asked myself, it seems unlikely such a thing could exist in isolation, as some sort of biological anomaly. |
10 |
| 10 | 179 |
Would I be freed? That seemed unlikely to me. |
10 |
| 10 | 831 |
In short, the Lady Bina, counting on her unusual beauty, and well aware of its usual effect on men, and bolstered by an unchastened vanity, one as yet little bruised by the contact with reality, planned to become, however unlikely or incredible it might seem, literally the Ubara of Ar, Gor's greates... |
10 |
| 11 | 113 |
"Could a larl be in the city," I asked, "or a wild sleen?" "Unlikely," she said. |
10 |
| 15 | 223 |
There he may have established, to his satisfaction, by the trail of scent, that the Kur may have emerged, even frequently, perhaps habitually, from this particular opening, which, at night, would be in an area unlikely to be traversed by humans. |
10 |
| 18 | 725 |
I would not even be permitted to speak to Jane or Eve, or even to the Lady Bina or Lord Grendel, unless I was commanded to do so, which commands were highly unlikely of issuance, as free persons tend to be consistent where the discipline of slaves is in question. |
10 |
| 20 | 103 |
It seemed to me unlikely that that Allison Ashton-Baker could have loved. |
10 |
| 23 | 148 |
"It is unlikely that some twenty men with ten wagons would be mad". |
10 |
| 33 | 38 |
I supposed it was unlikely that large quantities of gold or silver, for obtaining goods, would be carried in the wagons, as such an indiscretion, difficult to conceal, would be likely to attract the attention not only of outlaw bands but of some of the less savory "free companies," assemblages of me... |
10 |
| 35 | 70 |
Then, with a Kur Gor, so to speak, with large amounts of smuggled weaponry in place, the way would be cleared for a massive invasion fleet from the remote habitats, one unlikely to be significantly deterred by Priest-Kings. |
10 |
| 35 | 288 |
¹ "That would be the initial conjecture," he said, "but it seems unlikely, as each card is different". |
10 |
| 35 | 332 |
"That seems unlikely," he said, "for, as far as we know, the conspirators feel themselves unidentified and secure at present. |
10 |
| 35 | 388 |
If one runs quickly enough, it is unlikely that one will be caught, and one's thigh marked. |
10 |
| 37 | 97 |
"I will now," said Desmond of Harfax, "command an unlikely speaker to address you, the barbarian kajira, Allison, whose thigh some of you may have marked". |
10 |
| 37 | 220 |
"It would be a future in which you would be unlikely to participate," said Desmond of Harfax. |
10 |
| 41 | 6 |
Too, one supposes that the charisma of the almost legendary Agamemnon, whom many had followed on another world, was unlikely to be eclipsed by a renegade upstart. |
10 |
| 41 | 113 |
"We are unlikely to forget that on this world," I said. |
10 |
| 49 | 77 |
It seemed unlikely that the Cave, in any case, even if inhabited by several Kurii, would remain the center of future conspiracies. |
10 |
| 49 | 80 |
There are, apparently, various enclaves of Kurii, usually small groups in remote areas, where interaction would be unlikely between them and native Goreans. |
10 |
| 53 | 7 |
It is my conjecture that it is as unlikely to be taken any more seriously by them than, as I gather, the numerous warnings issued privately to various city councils on known Gor. |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 155 |
Considering that the coast is generally kept in view, it seemed unlikely it would have been lost at sea; considering how long it had been with us it seemed unlikely it would have encountered difficulties of which we would have been unaware; and now, considering our position, and how far north we wer... |
10 |
| 8 | 179 |
Reprisals are unlikely. |
10 |
| 9 | 322 |
"That is unlikely," he said. |
10 |
| 11 | 109 |
Happily, most carnivores, if young, if fresh in their skills and strength, if healthy, are unlikely to attack humans, as the human is not their natural prey. |
10 |
| 11 | 164 |
I recalled an incident, from my former world, which had occurred in an unlikely venue, the aisle of a large, crowded emporium, when I had been seen, and looked upon, and looked upon, though I was fully clothed, as a slave might be looked upon. |
10 |
| 24 | 79 |
"It is unlikely you can apprehend your quarry before the laris," he said. |
10 |
| 25 | 308 |
Though it was rumored that the great ship would soon cast its moorings, any day now, many had scoffed at this, speculating that it was unlikely, for the season. |
10 |
| 31 | 14 |
But we, unlikely informants, unsuspected women, no army to be encountered, but a small band, invisible in the woods, as elusive as panthers, have penetrated the forest, and discovered what men had not, not only that the rumored ship exists, but its actual location, and that its departure is imminent... |
10 |
| 32 | 8 |
"Why do you ask?" "It is a bold stratagem," he said, "doubling back, to confuse the trail, though one unlikely to succeed, given sleen". |
10 |
| 34 | 31 |
"That is unlikely," he said, smiling. |
10 |
| 36 | 17 |
"It seems unlikely," he said, "for Panther Girls seldom league themselves with men, for before men their bravado fades, its fraudulence becomes transparent. |
10 |
| 39 | 435 |
Her hands are then tied behind her, and she must hurry behind her captor, struggling to keep up, later to be penned with other slaves amongst whom, as she lacks the brand and collar, she is unlikely to be well treated. |
10 |
| 41 | 24 |
Free women on my former world, for example, while more open with respect to their bodies than their Gorean sisters, even to the extent of commonly forgoing facial veiling, would be unlikely to consider bathing naked before men. |
10 |
| 43 | 130 |
"If there are two large and complex forces involved, it is not unlikely that each has spies in the camp of the other, perhaps even highly placed spies". |
10 |
| 43 | 133 |
It did not seem unlikely, however. |
10 |
| 43 | 221 |
"He is unlikely to be satisfied". |
10 |
| 47 | 85 |
I supposed she would be unlikely to move east on the Alexandra for in that direction lay Shipcamp and if she moved west that would put her in the wake of the mariners and mercenaries who had surprised Genserich's camp. |
10 |
| 51 | 6 |
"It seems unlikely to me," I said, "that the ship, mighty as it may be, will reach the World's End, if such a place exists. |
10 |
| 51 | 30 |
"They were located," I said, "and are unlikely to report their findings, or, in any event, in time for their intelligence to be meaningful". |
10 |
| 52 | 420 |
"But it is unlikely that the great ship will reach the World's End," said Axel. |
10 |
| 54 | 105 |
"I am unlikely to do so," I said, "as it will be locked on my neck". |
10 |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 343 |
"It is highly unlikely then that any on foot escaped," he said. |
10 |
| 1 | 422 |
"Its appearance, by itself, is unlikely to rout an enemy more than once or twice. |
10 |
| 3 | 30 |
I was then confident of the location of at least one person, and it seemed unlikely there would be more. |
10 |
| 3 | 31 |
It was unlikely that groups would have escaped, more likely single persons, if they, in the fighting and confusion. |
10 |
| 3 | 37 |
In this way, one is not well illuminated, and, if the fire is large, one is unlikely to be dazzled; let others look into the fire, and strain to see. |
10 |
| 4 | 44 |
But then, too, it was unlikely there would be a patrol or kill squad in this particular area at this particular time. |
10 |
| 6 | 29 |
But, I thought, if there should be something to this, that a strange, invisible game was afoot, it seemed unlikely to me that it would be a game fairly played, a game innocently played. |
10 |
| 6 | 133 |
It seemed unlikely on the part of a siege master. |
10 |
| 12 | 24 |
Two free women may each regard themselves as the superior of the other, each thinking herself more beautiful, more desirable, more exciting, than the other, but, if both were to be collared and placed on the block, well bared to buyers, as is appropriate for such goods, it is unlikely they would go ... |
10 |
| 12 | 162 |
I doubted that her contract was for sale, and, even if it were, it seemed unlikely young Tajima could afford it. |
10 |
| 13 | 434 |
"He is unlikely to remain long on the defensive. |
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| 13 | 457 |
What gave me pause in the matter, or at least uneasiness, were the references to such a beast by so unlikely an informant as Tyrtaios, who was not Pani, and would not have been likely to be acquainted with Pani lore. |
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| 15 | 47 |
Anchored in the top of the wall were pieces of broken glass, shards of pottery, and blades, and, strung about the wall, were dangling strips of metal which would be difficult to elude, and which, if not eluded, would produce a jangling of disturbed metal unlikely to pass unnoted. |
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| 19 | 238 |
Similarly, as she would not be new to bondage, it seemed unlikely that her indiscretion might be attributed to self-consciousness, or shyness, let alone modesty, which is not permitted to female slaves, no more than to verr and tarsk. |
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| 21 | 10 |
Surely it seemed unlikely that the assailant would have entered the garden through the palace itself. |
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| 21 | 97 |
Too, Priest-Kings, in all their wisdom, must realize that Kurii, suspicious, ambitious, and aggressive, would be unlikely, indefinitely, to peaceably and harmoniously share a world. |
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| 23 | 36 |
"But on a night of rain," I said, "as their songs desist, their silence would be unlikely to motivate an investigation". |
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| 25 | 204 |
To be sure, it was unlikely the shogun would do this, as it might too soon bring the business to its conclusion, prematurely terminating the tension, anticipation, and suspense which, one gathers, add much to the pleasures of the spectacle. |
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| 25 | 227 |
On the other hand, it is extremely unlikely that one, bound, and blindfolded, in traversing such a board, foot by foot, could keep to an undeviating, centered, linear path. |
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| 25 | 335 |
I feared he would be an unlikely match for the dangerously skilled Tyrtaios, who, I was confident, was of the black caste, trained in tenacity and guile. |
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| 27 | 103 |
Second, there were several in the pens and the likelihood of removing an occupant or two without some sort of outcry or contretemps was unlikely. |
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| 27 | 111 |
And, additionally, of course, adding a pair of slaves, and white-skinned slaves at that, would be unlikely to augur well for the success of our flight. |
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| 27 | 142 |
"He is unlikely to postpone the march of thousands of men for such a purpose," said Haruki. |
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| 28 | 25 |
Farther north, where we are unlikely to be sought, such precautions will not be necessary. |
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| 29 | 45 |
"How is it you are here?" I asked "One supposes for the same reason that you are here," said Tajima, "the need for shelter and food, for concealment, the desire for a refuge unlikely to be suspected, one not fond of the exactions of the shogun". |
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| 30 | 260 |
"If we encounter an inn we are unlikely to be suspected, as men come and go, and where all are strangers none is a stranger. |
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| 39 | 110 |
"I have a friend about," I said, "a Pani gardener, named Haruki, you do not know him, but were it not for him, a colleague and guide, it is unlikely I would be here. |
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| 41 | 17 |
"A single seeker, astute and suspicious, might do so," said Haruki, "turn back, but a directed party is almost certain to have its route delineated in advance, a route from which it is unlikely to deviate, indeed, one from which it might be dangerous to deviate, given the discipline of Lord Yamada". |
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| 41 | 33 |
"It is unlikely," I said, "that Nezumi would be in a particular retinue". |
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| 41 | 85 |
"That is unlikely," I said, "for it would be examining the same path twice, once going, once coming". |
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| 42 | 83 |
"But how is it that these other three, your Cecily, and Pertinax's Jane, and the fair-haired slave, Saru, are here, as well?" "It is unlikely it is a coincidence," said Haruki. |
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| 42 | 174 |
Certainly I would not look forward to conducting three naked slaves through the camp, an action unlikely to pass unnoticed. |
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| 45 | 168 |
"Access is unlikely?" said Pertinax. |
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| 49 | 80 |
When one is unfamiliar with a life form, or disinterested in a life form, one is unlikely to be particularly discriminating where individuals of that life form are concerned. |
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| 49 | 209 |
An Ashigaru might well think him an Ashigaru, which would be unlikely with us. |
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| 50 | 4 |
"I fear this disguise," said Pertinax to me, "is unlikely to be convincing". |
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| 54 | 185 |
Too, the garrison of the holding, given its slightness, would be unlikely to mount a sortie in force. |
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| 54 | 248 |
"The success of such an attack would be unlikely," I said, "if the dragon chose to defend itself. |
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| 55 | 194 |
"That is unlikely," he said. |
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| 57 | 335 |
"It is not unlikely," said Tajima, "that among certain trophies might be found weapons". |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 131 |
But it seemed unlikely he would be apprised of such things. |
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| 1 | 493 |
Then I realized what might be easily, and sensibly, done, something which would be less embarrassing, something unlikely to have negative repercussions. |
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| 9 | 141 |
He is unlikely to desert the caste that is his own. |
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| 9 | 293 |
They seemed unlikely redemptors. |
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| 9 | 317 |
Surely that surprising cry could not be traced to so unlikely a venue. |
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| 11 | 25 |
They are unlikely to attack human beings, unlike pool eels, unless their nests are threatened. |
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| 14 | 35 |
What male appetite is unlikely to be stirred by the presence of a lovely woman reclining at his side? As I mentioned, there were nine to be served, five men, including my master, Lysander, and four women. |
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| 15 | 289 |
As we had stopped, and I had been incarcerated in this small, unlikely wickerwork cell, I gathered that we had eluded our pursuer, or pursuers. |
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| 18 | 32 |
"Doubtless," he said, "but I am most concerned with those who, as yourself, are unlikely to be able to read Gorean". |
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| 18 | 50 |
"As Lita, you are unlikely to be known". |
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| 20 | 57 |
On the other hand, such would be highly unlikely during daylight hours in any public place, and certainly so in a "high city," such as Ar. |
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| 20 | 115 |
"That is unlikely," said Lita, quietly, backing further into the doorway. |
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| 26 | 170 |
That legend, I was informed, would return me to an address unlikely to be recognized as having anything to do with the black court, from which address I would then be, in due time, returned to the court. |
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| 26 | 201 |
"Even free women are unlikely to strike a girl in the black tunic". |
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| 27 | 134 |
I supposed there was no such inn, or, if so, that it was unlikely to be in this area. |
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| 28 | 246 |
During that time we are unlikely to see one another". |
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| 33 | 77 |
It seems highly unlikely that it would have been committed to those who could not communicate with it, and with whom it could not communicate". |
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| 50 | 245 |
A free Gorean male is highly unlikely to strike a free woman, unless as a prelude to reducing her to slavery. |
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| 50 | 310 |
It was unlikely she could tear away the head of a tabuk with her teeth. |
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| 51 | 91 |
They are unlikely to be attentive, to be suspicious". |
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| 54 | 123 |
"The purport," said Lord Grendel, "is that the armament of our friends, those before us, and those behind us, is unlikely to be in violation of the laws of the Priest-Kings. |
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| 55 | 78 |
"One is unlikely to miss at this range," said Kurik. |
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| 57 | 105 |
"It is not unlikely," said Kurik. |
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| 62 | 179 |
He is unlikely to again risk insurrection amongst his cohorts over kajirae. |
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| 64 | 198 |
"That is unlikely," said Surtak. |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 112 |
"I think," said the second man, "she was a woman of position and power, perhaps well known, say, the daughter of an administrator, high merchant, or judge, stolen by a disgruntled petitioner, a dissatisfied customer, an unsuccessful litigant, to be disposed of discreetly, as an act of vengeance, or ... |
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| 2 | 183 |
If you present yourself well, you are unlikely to be beaten by the auctioneer, and you would be likely to obtain a better-placed master, one with more coin to waste on a worthless slave". |
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| 3 | 171 |
It is unlikely she would do so again. |
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| 11 | 36 |
One conjectures, similarly, that the vulnerability of many of the bridges in Port Kar, like ornamented, lanterned, lovely, painted tinder, is unlikely to be mere coincidence. |
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| 14 | 202 |
It seemed to me reasonably clear that she could not be my interlocutor's Lady Julia Leta of Ar's Street of Coins, unless she was an actress of unusual skill and subtlety who, while actually being the Lady Julia Leta, chose to claim that identity in such a way that I would be unlikely to believe the ... |
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| 15 | 189 |
I supposed that unlikely. |
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| 29 | 54 |
What could a woman be to such a man but a slave? What such men do to us! How they treat us! How they own us! How on Earth I had dreamed of such men, and now I was on Gor, where they were abundant, helpless, in a collar! But how was it that he had come to the apartment of Bruno of Torcadino? Had Brun... |
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| 29 | 55 |
And far more unlikely yet that such a stranger would be Addison Steele, who on Earth, as I understood it, contemptuous and displeased with me, had first called me to the attention of Gorean slavers, a possibly suitable prospect for the sales block. |
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| 33 | 143 |
But it was unlikely the presence of Bruno of Torcadino had been anticipated, nor was it likely it would be welcomed. |
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| 33 | 145 |
Those who seek stealth and secrecy are unlikely to view exposure and intrusion with either tolerance or equanimity. |
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| 33 | 495 |
"You are unlikely to know me, kajira," said he at whose feet I knelt. |
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| 34 | 72 |
"Such a happenstance seems very unlikely," said Ho-Tosk. |
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| 34 | 79 |
If I was not aware that the fabulous Talena, of Ar, so despised and hated, so grievously sought, the treacherous Ubara, the scheming traitress to her city, the betrayer of her Home Stone, the colleague of mortal enemies to Ar, was now safe in Cos, the guest of Lurius of Jad, I might have dared to en... |
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| 39 | 25 |
Had his words been a pretext to get me to this place? That seemed unlikely. |
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| 42 | 30 |
Did that mean that the parapet had been retaken by the intruders? Did that mean that Addison Steele, Florian, Miles, and the others were now dead? I had gathered from the character of the intruders that they were unlikely to take prisoners. |
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| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 201 |
"That is unlikely," I said. |
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| 2 | 123 |
"That seems unlikely," I said. |
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| 6 | 338 |
"If all goes well, following suitable arrangements, our work, which we alone would be unlikely to bring to a successful consummation, will be done for us". |
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| 7 | 2 |
"It is possible, certainly," I said, "but I deem it unlikely". |
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| 9 | 17 |
A single vessel, and perhaps even two, would be unlikely to engage the Dorna and Tesephone". |
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| 14 | 9 |
I supposed that the search for us, which we had earlier evaded, it turning up nothing for the raiders, was unlikely to be resumed, at least at that place, no more than at dozens of other inlets and coves which had been examined in vain. |
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| 18 | 81 |
Interestingly, it seems likely, as such things have often occurred, that large animals, megafauna, are commonly brought to extinction by a smaller, seemingly unlikely foe. |
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| 27 | 82 |
But such considerations are often unlikely to deter the zealous gambler. |
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| 27 | 138 |
"That is unlikely," I said. |
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| 35 | 105 |
"It is unlikely that the living island even knows it is inhabited," said Clitus. |
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| 43 | 148 |
I hoped my stratagem would prove fruitful, that of bringing about a scaling attack on Mytilene, which presumably would be unsuccessful and inflict heavy losses on the enemy, losses which mercenaries would be unlikely to accept with equanimity. |
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| 44 | 58 |
Such things being the case, and their conviction, at least initially, that they were dealing with foes which need not be taken seriously, not formidable foes, but only with unprepared and naive townsfolk, led them to make mistakes which they would be unlikely to have committed at the walls and gates... |
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| 44 | 88 |
"But I think that unlikely". |
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| 44 | 95 |
"And that is why," I said, "a mutiny is unlikely". |
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| 45 | 44 |
Also, troops which have followed orders and risked their lives in battle are unlikely to view with tolerance or equanimity those who have shirked their duty and thus, quite possibly, put their fellows in greater peril. |
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| 45 | 175 |
"Unlikely," I said. |
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| 48 | 137 |
Goreans are unlikely to forget such things. |
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| 62 | 93 |
"What you may not know," said Archelaos, "is that she was discovered far from Ar, in unlikely Port Kar, improbably and brilliantly hidden, kept as a publicly displayed tavern slave. |
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| 62 | 135 |
"It is unlikely we could cut our way to the first gate," said Clitus. |
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