Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
1
1048
To be sure, the codes make it abundantly clear that this pertains only to females with whom one shares a homestone.
To be sure, the codes make it abundantly clear that this pertains only to females with whom one shares a Home Stone.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #1048)
Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
1
1045
Too, one supposes many men might, if only as an assertive effrontery to Priest-Kings, a way of mocking their subtleties, of refusing to suffer, might have made prompt use of the goods placed at their disposal.
1
1046
Cabot, of course, unwisely or not, was not such a man.
1
1047
The codes do, you see, recommend respect for the status of the free female, if not for the female herself.
1
1048
To be sure, the codes make it abundantly clear that this pertains only to females with whom one shares a homestone.
1
1049
Cabot, however, as some Warriors, tended to generalize this recommendation to free women more generally, saving, of course, those who might be insolent or abusive, or of an enemy city.
1
1050
Whereas there are clear cases in which the codes apply or do not apply, they, as most recommendations, rules, principles, and such, perhaps unavoidably, were occasionally afflicted with a regrettable penumbra of obscurity.
1
1051
More acutely, a personal sense of honor, one which seems to me misplaced and overly sensitive, seems to have been involved, one clearly exceeding the parameters of the codes.
Too, one supposes many men might, if only as an assertive effrontery to Priest-Kings, a way of mocking their subtleties, of refusing to suffer, might have made prompt use of the goods placed at their disposal.
Cabot, of course, unwisely or not, was not such a man.
The codes do, you see, recommend respect for the status of the free female, if not for the female herself.
To be sure, the codes make it abundantly clear that this pertains only to females with whom one shares a home stone.
Cabot, however, as some Warriors, tended to generalize this recommendation to free women more generally, saving, of course, those who might be insolent or abusive, or of an enemy city.
Whereas there are clear cases in which the codes apply or do not apply, they, as most recommendations, rules, principles, and such, perhaps unavoidably, were occasionally afflicted with a regrettable penumbra of obscurity.
More acutely, a personal sense of honor, one which seems to me misplaced and overly sensitive, seems to have been involved, one clearly exceeding the parameters of the codes.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 1)