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Book 1. (75 results) Tarnsman of Gor

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4 131 The ceiling was lit as if by stars, and the walls were of five colors, applied laterally, beginning from the bottom—white, blue, yellow, green, and red, caste colors.
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4 133 These tiers shared the color of that portion of the wall behind them, the caste colors.
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20 33 There was shouting and laughter, and the glorious colors of the castes of Gor mingled equally in the cylinders.
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3 60 I sensed that a certain distrust existed between the caste of Scribes and the caste of Initiates.
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3 84 But, similarly, if a child does not show the aptitude expected of his caste, whether it be, say, that of physician or warrior, he is lowered in caste".
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3 121 I met many Goreans, other than Torm, in these weeks—free Goreans, mostly of the caste of Scribes and the caste of Warriors.
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4 140 I was pleased to note that my own caste, that of the Warriors, was accorded the least status; if I had had my will, the warriors would not have been a High caste.
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5 53 In Ar, for example, early in the day, a member of the Builders will go to the roof on which the Home Stone is kept and place the primitive symbol of his trade, a metal angle square, before the Stone, praying to the Priest-Kings for the prosperity of his caste in the coming year; later ...
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20 18 Those members of the caste of Assassins, the most hated caste on Gor, who had served Pa-Kur, were taken in chains down the Vosk to become galley slaves on the cargo ships that ply Gor's oceans.
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2 28 The building in which I found myself was apparently one of an indefinite number of towers, like endless flat cylinders of varying sizes and colors, joined by narrow, colorful bridges that arched lightly between them.
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2 127 "These stones," said my father, "are various, of different colors, shapes, and sizes, and many of them are intricately carved.
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3 258 The plumage of tarns is various, and they are bred for their colors as well as their strength and intelligence.
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4 16 The reins are of different colors, but one learns them by ring position and not color.
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4 37 The hills and plains of Gor were a blaze of colors far below me, and it may have been my imagination, but it seemed almost as if I could see the curve of the world.
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6 175 The dominant colors of her Robes of Concealment were subtle reds, yellows, and purples, arrayed in intricate, overlapping folds.
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19 35 I could see the white robes of Initiates and the variegated colors of soldiers, both of Ar and of Pa-Kur's horde.
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20 32 Shimmering strings of bells pealed in the wind, and festive lanterns of a thousand colors swung from the innumerable flower-strewn bridges.
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3 1 The Tarn "Ho!" cried Torm, that most improbable member of the caste of Scribes, throwing his blue robes over his head as though he could not bear to see the light of day.
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3 52 "You must learn," Torm had said matter-of-factly, "the history and legends of Gor, its geography and economics, its social structures and customs, such as the caste system and clan groups, the right of placing the Home Stone, the Places of Sanctuary, when quarter is and is not permitte...
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3 57 Religious matters on this world tend to be rather carefully guarded by the caste of Initiates, who allow members of other castes little participation in their sacrifices and ceremonies.
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3 61 The ethical teachings of Gor, which are independent of the claims and propositions of the Initiates, amount to little more than the caste Codes—collections of sayings whose origins are lost in antiquity.
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3 62 I was specially drilled in the Code of the Warrior caste.
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3 77 "Rulers," he said, "are chosen from any High caste".
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3 78 "High caste?" I asked.
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3 80 "In fact, in the First Knowledge, there is a story told to the young in their public nurseries, that if a man from Lower caste should come to rule in a city, the city would come to ruin".
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3 82 "The caste structure," said my father patiently, with perhaps the trace of a smile on his face, "is relatively immobile, but not frozen, and depends on more than birth.
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3 83 For example, if a child in his schooling shows that he can raise caste, as the expression is, he is permitted to do so.
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3 92 I had learned enough of Gor by now to know that one could not always count on the caste Codes being observed.
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3 109 Economically, the base of the Gorean life was the free peasant, which was perhaps the lowest but undoubtedly the most fundamental caste, and the staple crop was a yellow grain called Sa-Tarna, or Life-Daughter.
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3 123 I had seen few women, but knew that they, when free, were promoted or demoted within the caste system according to the same standards and criteria as the men, although this varied, I was told, considerably from city to city.
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3 140 The caste system was socially efficient, given its openness with respect to merit, but I regarded it as somehow ethically objectionable.
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3 142 But far more deplorable than the caste system was the institution of slavery.
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3 143 There were only three statuses conceivable to the Gorean mind outside of the caste system: slave, outlaw, and Priest-King.
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3 265 They are trained by men of the caste of Tarn Keepers to respond to it while still young, when they can be fastened by wires to the training perches.
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4 94 "A member of the caste of Assassins," said the Older Tarl, gazing at the retreating speck in the distance.
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4 150 "I, Tarl, Swordsman of Ko-ro-ba, give my word that this man is fit to become a member of the High caste of Warriors".
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4 166 Aside from candidates for the status of Warrior, none of my caste was permitted to enter the Council armed.
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4 167 Had they been armed, my caste brothers in the last tier would have struck their spear blades on their shields.
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6 177 Many of the free women of Gor and almost always those of High caste wear the Robes of Concealment, though, of course, their garments are seldom as complex or splendidly wrought as those of a Ubar's daughter.
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8 31 In that moment I detested the Initiates of Ar, who, like other members of their caste throughout Gor, were only too eager to seize some particle of the political power they had supposedly renounced in choosing to wear the white robes of their calling.
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8 131 High caste daughters in Ar are raised in the Walled Gardens, like flowers, until some highborn suitor, preferably a Ubar or Administrator, will pay the bride price set by their fathers".
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8 142 Of High caste, it was natural that she was above the common superstitions connected with revealing one's name.
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9 16 Theoretically, given the seclusion of the High caste women of Ar, their gilded confinement in the Walled Gardens, it should be reasonably easy to conceal her identity.
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9 102 "I am Kazrak of Port Kar," he said, "in the service of Mintar, of the Merchant caste".
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9 109 "You would have me believe that she is of High caste," he said.
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9 178 "It is the caravan of Mintar, of the Merchant caste," said Kazrak.
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10 6 It is a matter of caste, an expression of respect for those who share their station and profession, having nothing to do with cities or Home Stones.
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10 7 As I stood tensely, ringed by the lances of the caravan guards, the wall of tharlarions parted to allow the approach of Mintar, of the Merchant caste.
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10 44 "Tarl of Bristol," he said, "do you take service with Mintar, of the Merchant caste?" "If I do not?" I asked.
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10 49 He would have had a man killed rather than risk the loss of a tenth of a tarn disk, so well he knew the codes of his caste.
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10 62 "Is she of High caste?" asked Mintar, apparently puzzled at my lack of interest in his bargaining.
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10 63 Perhaps his price was too low for a girl of High caste.
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11 24 I noted with satisfaction that Pa-Kur, Master Assassin, proud leader of perhaps the greatest horde ever assembled on the plains of Gor, had need of Mintar, who was only of the Merchant caste.
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11 52 She seemed to be pleased when her friends were bought by handsome tarnsmen, and laughed delightedly when one girl, to whom she had taken a dislike, was purchased by a fat, odious fellow, of the caste of Tarn Keepers.
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11 62 He wore the black helmet of a member of the caste of Assassins.
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12 7 I cleared my head as best I could, and into my uncertain field of vision moved a dark object, which became the black helmet of a member of the caste of Assassins.
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12 54 That I swear by the black helmet of my caste".
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14 130 "I myself, as one of the Afflicted, learned it from Mintar, of the Merchant caste.
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15 44 I stopped a hurrying slave girl and inquired the way to the compound of Mintar, of the Merchant caste, confident that he would have accompanied the horde back to the heartland of Ar.
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15 110 "Will Kazrak and his guest, Tarl of Bristol, please accompany me to the tent of Mintar, of the Merchant caste?" asked the man.
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15 118 One was Mintar, of the Merchant caste, his great bulk resting like a sack of meal on the cushions.
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15 261 You will see the black banner of the caste of Assassins".
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15 263 "Though you are of the Merchant caste, you are a brave man".
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16 100 Above them, at several places, flew the black banner of the caste of Assassins.
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17 8 In these days I did not wear the garb of the caste of Assassins, but dressed as a nondescript tarnsman, wearing the insignia of no city.
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17 54 Officers in the Warrior caste and their families were to be impaled, and in the population at large every tenth man would be executed.
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17 61 Perhaps I alone of that vast horde, with the possible exception of Mintar, of the Merchant caste, felt like weeping.
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17 66 I was puzzled as the great procession halted and a palanquin was borne forward by eight members of the caste of Assassins.
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17 98 It was as a warrior of Gor that I arose and donned the black helmet and the garments of the caste of Assassins.
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18 21 I wore the garb of the caste of Assassins, and on the left temple of the black helmet was the golden slash of the messenger.
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18 26 He did not enjoy being summoned by an enemy of Ar, and in particular by one who wore the habiliments of the hated caste of Assassins.
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18 104 These bulbs, invented more than a century ago by the caste of Builders, produce a clear, soft light for years without replacement.
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19 36 And, dark among these shapes, like shadows, I could see the somber black of members of the caste of Assassins.
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20 35 To my delight, even Torm, of the caste of Scribes, appeared at the tables.
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20 69 Perhaps the serums of the caste of Physicians, so skilled on Gor, have something to do with this, but I cannot tell.
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Book 2. (83 results) Outlaw of Gor

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8 8 Normally the caste colors of Gor would be in abundant evidence, enlivening the streets and bridges of the city, a glorious spectacle in Gor's bright, clear air.
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24 10 The shop itself was now hung with perhaps half a hundred lamps and the walls were bright with the caste colors of the men who drank there.
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26 33 In the streets of Tharna shortly after the end of the revolt the caste colors of Gor began to appear openly in the garments of the citizens.
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3 34 His stature and burden proclaimed him a member of the caste of Carriers of Wood, or Woodsmen, that Gorean caste which, with the caste of Charcoal Makers, provides most of the common fuel for the Gorean cities.
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3 40 None of course would accept a lower caste, and there were lower castes, the caste of Peasants, for example, the most basic caste of all Gor.
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12 74 After all, though the caste of Singers, or Poets, was not a high caste, it had more prestige than, for example, the caste of Pot-Makers or Saddle-Makers, with which it was sometimes compared.
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8 109 Since the siege of Ar, when Pa-Kur, Master Assassin, had violated the limits of his caste and had presumed, in contradiction to the traditions of Gor, to lead a horde upon the city, intending to make himself Ubar, the caste of Assassins had lived as hated, hunted men, no ...
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9 91 "You are of high caste, of the caste of Warriors," said the proprietor.
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24 16 I wondered at this, for the caste of Musicians had been, like the caste of Poets, exiled from Tharna.
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24 17 Theirs, like the caste of Poets, had been a caste regarded by the sober masks of Tharna as not belonging in a city of serious and dedicated folk, for music, like paga and song, can set men's hearts aflame, and when men's hearts are aflame it is not easy to know where the ...
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4 55 Why were the lanterns not hung on the lofty bridges? Why were the lamps of a hundred colors and flames not lit in the compartments of the city, telling in the lamp codes of Gor of talk, of drinking, of love? Why were the huge beacons on the wall not burning, not summoning Ko-ro-ba's fa...
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8 59 They were scarcely distinguishable from one another, an aggregate of grays and browns, so different from the thousand gay colors that gleamed in most cities, where each cylinder in towering splendor lodged its claim to be the bravest and most beautiful of all.
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13 28 It seemed that all the glorious colors of Gor which had been denied the buildings of Tharna were lavished on this place of its amusements.
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2 36 In it I found the scarlet tunic, sandals and cloak which constitute the normal garb of a member of the caste of Warriors.
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2 37 This was as it should be, as I was of that caste, and had been since that morning, some seven years ago, when in the Chamber of the Council of High castes I had accepted weapons from the hands of my father, Matthew Cabot, Administrator of Ko-ro-ba, and had taken the Home ...
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2 44 The Goreans generally, though there are exceptions, particularly the caste of Initiates, do not believe in immortality.
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2 75 There is nothing surprising in this inasmuch as each bird is trained, by the caste of Tarn Keepers, to respond to a different note.
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3 8 Yet this road, for all the loving craft of the caste of Builders which had been lavished upon it, was only an unpretentious, subsidiary road, hardly wide enough for two carts to pass.
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3 37 I knew the support of that weight depended partly on the skillful use of the cords and back, but sheer strength was only too obviously necessary, and this man, and his caste brothers, over the generations, had been shaped to their task.
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3 39 In rare cases, one might have been permitted by the Council of High castes to raise caste.
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3 77 It was hard to understand the words, for those of the lonely caste of Woodsmen do not often speak.
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3 80 "Then, Warrior," said the man, issuing Gor's blunt invitation to a low-caste dinner, "share my kettle".
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3 82 Whereas I was of high caste and he of low, yet in his own hut he would be, by the laws of Gor, a prince and sovereign, for then he would be in the place of his own Home Stone.
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3 114 With the ax in his hands, suddenly he seemed to remember his caste, and he crouched in the road, there in the dusk, a few feet from me, like a gorilla clutching the broad-headed ax, breathing deeply, sucking in the air, mastering his fear.
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4 4 Yet why was the road untended? Why had it not been traveled? Why had Zosk of the caste of Carriers of Wood acted as he had? Why did my shield, my helmet, my accouterments not bear the proud sign of Ko-ro-ba? Once I shouted in pain.
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5 21 In the next flash of lightning I saw the white robes of an Initiate, the shaven head and the sad eyes of one of the Blessed caste, servants it is said of the Priest-Kings themselves.
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5 24 I could not place the difference, yet it seemed there was something in him or about him that set him apart from the other members of his caste.
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5 43 It was common, of course, for Initiates to claim to speak for the Priest-Kings; indeed, it was presumably the calling of their caste to interpret the will of the Priest-Kings to men.
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5 46 "Are you truly of the caste of Initiates?" I asked.
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5 74 I was now only in the presence of a man, a fellow human being even though he wore the sublime robes of the proud caste of Initiates.
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6 5 Torm, my friend of the caste of Scribes, had been to such fairs to trade scrolls with scholars from other cities, men he would never have seen were it not for the fairs, men of hostile cities who yet loved ideas more than they hated their enemies, men like Torm who so loved learning th...
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6 33 To be sure, in certain cities, as had been the case in Ko-ro-ba, women were permitted status within the caste system and had a relatively unrestricted existence.
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8 7 On the shoulders of their gray tunics only a small band of color indicated caste.
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8 10 Even men of a caste as low as that of the Tarn-Keepers were intolerably proud of their calling, for who else could raise and train those monstrous birds of prey? I supposed Zosk the Woodsman was proud in the knowledge that he with his great broad-headed ax could fell a tree in one blow...
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8 11 Even the caste of Peasants regarded itself as the "Ox on which the Home Stone Rests" and could seldom be encouraged to leave their narrow strips of land, which they and their fathers before them had owned and made fruitful.
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8 29 He who speaks for her hand, especially if she is of low caste, is seldom unknown to her, although the parents and the young people as well solemnly act as though this were the case.
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8 110 Now many assassins roamed Gor, fearing to wear the somber black tunic of their caste, disguised as members of other castes, not infrequently as warriors.
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8 113 "The caste of Assassins no longer exists".
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9 85 "This is not a place," said the man, "for one of High caste".
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9 87 In the light it was difficult to determine their caste, for they all wore the gray robes of Tharna and only a band of color on the shoulder indicated their station in the social fabric.
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9 88 What struck me most about them had nothing to do with caste, but rather their lack of spirit.
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9 101 "What caste is it?" I demanded.
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9 103 "Money has no caste," he said.
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12 1 Andreas of the caste of Poets I had been hooded and driven through the streets, stumbling under the weight of the yoke.
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12 72 "And worse than that," she laughed, clapping her hands, "he was of the caste of Singers".
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12 84 It had not occurred to him that he owed misery and torment to his profession, and, on the whole, the caste of Poets was thought to be a most happy band of men.
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12 85 "A handful of bread for a song," was a common Gorean invitation extended to members of the caste, and it might occur on the lips of a peasant or a Ubar, and the poet took great pride that he would sing the same song in both the hut of the peasant and the halls of the Ubar, though it wo...
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12 86 Poets, on the whole, did not live well on Gor, but they never starved, were never forced to burn the robes of their caste.
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12 89 "The caste of Poets is not so bad," I said to Linna.
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12 111 "The caste of Physicians," she said, "under the direction of the High Council of Tharna, arranges these matters".
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12 150 "What," cried a merry young voice, insolent and good-natured, "could a wench like you know of fools, of the caste of Singers, of Poets?" Linna sprang to her feet.
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13 85 My opponent was not Andreas, but a squat, powerful man with short-clipped yellow hair, Kron of Tharna, of the caste of Metal Workers.
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14 10 Like most members of my caste, more than the monstrous tarns, those carnivorous hawklike giants of Gor, I dreaded such creatures as the tiny ost, that diminutive, venomous reptile, orange, scarcely more than a few inches in length, that might lurk at one's very sandal and then, without...
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14 103 I addressed myself to the giant tarn, as though he had been a warrior, a member of my caste.
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14 180 There was Andreas of Tor, of the caste of Singers, young, valiant, irrepressible, his hair wild like the mane of a black larl, who would rather die than try to kill me, condemned to the Amusements or the mines of Tharna.
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15 42 Her tarnsmen might be mercenaries, or perhaps men like Thorn, Captain of Tharna, who in spite of their city thought well of themselves and maintained at least the shreds of caste pride.
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15 220 "She is a Degraded Woman," said the Tatrix, "and he a member of a caste outlawed in Tharna".
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17 50 "You will inform against no one," said a voice, which I recognized as that of the bull-like Kron of Tharna, of the caste of Metal Workers, he whose life I had spared in the arena during the Battles of Oxen.
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17 130 Wondering, he watched us, for one of the men, of the caste of Peasants, had begun to hum a plowing song, and, one by one, the others joined him.
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19 40 We had soon come on the hammers that would strike our chains from us and, one by one, we filed past the great anvil where Kron of Tharna, of the caste of Metal Workers, with expert blows, struck them from our wrists and ankles.
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19 90 "In this cause," I said, "whether you are of the caste of Peasants, or Poets, or Metal Workers, or Saddle-Makers, you must be warriors!" "We shall," said Kron of Tharna, his fist holding the great hammer with which he had struck off our shackles.
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19 102 The squat giant of the caste of Metal Workers stood with his feet planted wide.
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19 129 "Hear, dull-witted scion of the caste of Warriors," he said, "my friends are more important to me than even my songs".
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19 132 "Are you truly of the caste of Poets?" "Never more truly than now," said Andreas, "for how could my songs be more important than the things they celebrate?" I marveled that he had said this, for I knew that the young Andreas of Tor might have given his arm or years of his life for what...
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19 135 Andreas of the caste of Poets stood in torment before me, agony in his eyes.
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20 115 What had happened would have been regarded by the untrained Gorean mind, particularly that of a low-caste individual, as evidence of some supernatural force, as some magical effect of the will of the Priest-Kings.
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21 12 It was a peaceful scene, the cooking fires, the domed tents, the unharnessing of the animals, one I remembered from the caravan of Mintar, of the Merchant caste.
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21 205 Perhaps I had once been in the trade? Actually, fifty silver tarn disks was an extremely high price, and indicated the girl was probably of high caste as well as extremely beautiful.
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21 206 An ordinary girl, of low caste, comely but untrained, might, depending on the market, sell for as little as five or as many as thirty tarn disks.
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23 105 Not only slaves of the city raised the banner of defiance but men of low caste, whose brothers or friends had been sent to the mines or used in the Amusements, now dared at last to seize the instruments of their trade and turn on guardsmen and soldiers.
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23 106 It was said the rebellion in the city was led by a short, powerful man with blue eyes and short-cropped hair, formerly of the caste of Metal Workers.
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23 148 I gathered that he had not enjoyed the performance of his duty, and that perhaps his heart lay with the rebels, but the pride of his caste had kept him at his post.
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23 230 There, standing before the low doorway, I looked once more upon the squat, powerful figure of Kron, of the caste of Metal Workers.
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24 19 Almost as one they cried out, "Tal, Warrior!" "Tal, Warriors!" I responded, raising my arm, addressing them all by the title of my caste, for I knew that in their common cause each was a warrior.
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24 30 "Free Kal-da for all!" cried Kron, and when the proprietor, who knew the codes of his caste, tried to object, Kron flung a golden tarn disk at him.
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24 154 If Dorna the Proud had ruled upon that rampart rather than Thorn, a Captain, and a member of my own caste, I was certain that a bolt from some crossbow would have pierced my body without warning.
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24 168 And I ask it in the name of the codes of your own caste, for your swords are pledged to the true Tatrix—Lara—not Dorna the Proud!" I could sense the reaction of the men behind the rampart.
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25 11 Seemingly almost impassive, the golden-robed figure on the throne watched the two warriors moving backward and forward before her, one clad in the blue helmet and gray tunic of Tharna, the other in the universal scarlet of the Gorean caste of Warriors.
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25 115 It did not seem it could have been a matter of caste obligation for this obligation had been owed not to Dorna but to Lara.
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25 116 He had broken the codes of his caste to support the treachery of Dorna the Proud.
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26 6 I shall deliver this manuscript to some member of the caste of Scribes whom I shall find at the Fair of En'Kara at the base of the Sardar.
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26 34 The marvelous glazing substances of the caste of Builders, long prohibited as frivolous and expensive, began to appear on the walls of the cylinders, even on the walls of the city itself.
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26 107 But I go to the Sardar for more than truth; foremost in my brain there burns, like an imperative of steel, the cry for blood-vengeance, mine by sword-right, mine by the affinities of blood and caste and city, mine for I am one pledged to avenge a vanished people, fallen walls and tower...
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Book 3. (59 results) Priest-Kings of Gor

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33 11 From where Vika and I stood together on the rocky trail, now scarcely able to keep our feet on the path, we could see vast crowds, robed in all the caste colors of Gor, clustered outside the remains of the palisade, looking fearfully within.
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9 120 I knew that Gorean caste lines, though largely following birth, were not inflexible, and that a man who did not care for his caste might be allowed to change caste, if approved by the High Council of his city, an approval usually contingent on his qualificat...
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2 11 At the gate I was met by one of the caste of Initiates, a dour, thin-lipped, drawn man with deep sunken eyes, clad in the pure white robes of his caste.
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7 31 The second girl was tall, fragile and willowy, with slender ankles and large, hurt eyes; she had dark, curling hair that fell about her shoulders and stood out against the white of her garment; she may have been of High caste; without speaking to her it would be hard to tell; even then...
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10 59 In the depths of this canyon and on the terraces that mounted its sides were innumerable structures, largely geometrical solids—cones, cylinders, lofty cubes, domes, spheres and such—of various sizes, colors and illuminations, many of which even towered to the level of th...
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27 49 The colors that are found in the Nest are always in the areas frequented by Muls.
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1 14 I would stop briefly at the fair, for I must purchase food for the journey into the Sardar and I must entrust a leather-bound package to some member of the caste of Scribes, a package which contained an account of what had occurred at the city of Tharna in the past months, a short hist...
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1 38 Further, members of castes such as the Physicians and Builders use the fairs for the dissemination of information and techniques among caste Brothers, as is prescribed in their codes, in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be hostile.
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1 39 And, as might be expected, members of the caste of Scribes gather here to enter into dispute and examine and trade manuscripts.
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1 40 My small friend, Torm of Ko-ro-ba, of the caste of Scribes, had been to the fairs four times in his life.
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1 41 He informed me that in this time he had refuted seven hundred and eight scribes from fifty-seven cities, but I will not vouch for the accuracy of the report, as I sometimes suspect that Torm, like most members of his caste, and mine, tends to be a bit too sanguine in recounting his num...
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1 43 In differences among members of my own caste, that of the Warriors, it is easier to tell who has carried the day, for the defeated one often lies wounded or slain at the victor's feet.
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1 45 I do not hold this against the contests of scribes; rather I commend it to the members of my own caste.
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1 64 Such contests, in which life is lost, used to be popular at Ar, for example, being sponsored in that city by the caste of Initiates, who regard themselves as being intermediaries between Priest-Kings and men, though I suspect that, at least on the whole, they know as little about the P...
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1 66 It was not an action which was popular with the powerful caste of Initiates.
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1 70 I had a friend once, Andreas of the desert city of Tor, of the caste of Poets, who had once sung at the fair and won a cap filled with gold.
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1 77 This pilgrimage to the Sardar, enjoined by the Priest-Kings according to the caste of Initiates, undoubtedly plays its role in the distribution of beauty among the hostile cities of Gor.
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1 102 I am of the caste of Warriors, and it is in our codes that the only death fit for a man is that in battle, but I can no longer believe that this is true, for the man I met once on the road to Ko-ro-ba died well, and taught me that all wisdom and truth does not lie in my own codes.
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2 4 I knew his caste, and he knew mine, and it was enough.
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4 5 There was nothing in the lighting of the passage, or its construction, to suggest that the Priest-Kings' caste of Builders, if they had one, was any more advanced than that of the men below the mountains.
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5 154 I listened intently, knowing that the girl could, even if of High caste, understand little of what had happened to her.
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6 78 Had I now become so much the Gorean warrior that I could disregard the feelings of a fellow creature, in particular those of a girl, who must be protected and cared for? Could it be that I had, as the codes of my caste recommended, not even considered her, but merely regarded her as a ...
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7 35 Still wondering if she were of High caste, and smiling to myself, I continued down the passageway.
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7 37 My Chamber Slave's accent had been pure High caste Gorean though I could not place the city.
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7 38 Probably her caste had been that of the Builders or Physicians, for had her people been Scribes I would have expected a greater subtlety of inflections, the use of less common grammatical cases; and had her people been of the Warriors I would have expected a blunter speech, rather bell...
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8 135 "My father," she said, "was of the caste of Physicians".
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8 185 "Vika," I asked, "was your father truly of the caste of Physicians?" "Yes," she said, "why do you ask?" "It does not matter," I said.
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9 53 "But my father," said Vika, "whose slave she was, and who was of the caste of Physicians of Treve, loved her very much and asked her to be his Free Companion".
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9 118 "Oh how pleased I was when they beat him and he cried out," she said, "for I hated him—so much I hated him—for he was not a true man and even though of the caste of Physicians could not stand pain.
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9 121 "Perhaps," I suggested, "it was because he could not stand pain that he remained a member of the caste of Physicians".
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9 164 I turned to face Vika once more, and I no longer saw the girl to whom I had been speaking but a woman of High caste, from the bandit kingdom of Treve, insolent and imperious, though collared.
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11 12 I would learn later that in scent it wore its rank, caste and station as clearly on its body as an officer in one of the armies of Earth might wear his distinguishing braid and metal bars.
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11 55 "None may see the Mother save her caste attendants and the High Priest-Kings," said Sarm, "the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Born".
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12 150 Neither Priest-King however seemed in the least disturbed by this oath which might have brought tears to the eyes of a member of the caste of Initiates.
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13 14 Torm, my friend of the caste of Scribes, never forgave me this and to this day, if he lives, he undoubtedly considers me partly illiterate.
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16 30 "So much the better," said Misk, "for the Men below the Mountains are then confused and fear us even more—but the members of the caste of Initiates, we have found, will produce an explanation of why the city was destroyed.
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17 31 "You were of the caste of Warriors," he said.
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17 126 On a green field somewhere, I had no idea where, a man in the garments of the caste of Builders, emerged from what was apparently an underground cave.
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17 130 The man from the caste of Builders then sat cross-legged on the ground and took from the pouch slung at his waist a tiny, cylindrical Gorean fire-maker, a small silverish tube commonly used for igniting cooking fires.
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21 40 On the surface it is spoken by none but members of the caste of Initiates, who use it primarily in their numerous and complex rituals.
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26 90 "Cabot," she said, "—what if my request were on the lips of a woman of High caste and of one of the high cities of all Gor—could you refuse it then?" "I don't understand," I said.
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26 95 "Look, Warrior of Ko-ro-ba," she said, "a woman of High caste of the lofty city of Treve kneels before you and begs of you that you will not leave her here".
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30 26 "He is a member of the caste of Physicians," said Kusk, "and his manual dexterity is superior even to that of Priest-Kings".
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33 35 I saw their shaven heads, their faces distraught in the bleak white of their robes, their eyes wide and filled with fear, their bodies trembling in the robes of their caste.
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33 95 I would not reveal to him my name, my caste, nor city.
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33 114 The Initiates had their way of life, their ancient traditions, their given livelihood, the prestige of their caste, which they claimed to be the highest on the planet, their teachings, their holy books, their services, their role to play in the culture.
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33 119 Who would believe them? Who would take the word of scattered vagrants against the word of the mighty caste of Initiates? And, if he did believe them, who would dare to speak out that he did so? The Initiates, it seemed, had conquered.
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33 140 "With most," he said, "it is as you think, and they are simple, believing members of my caste, and there are others who suspect the truth and are tormented, or who suspect the truth and will pretend—but I, Om, High Initiate of Ar, and certain of the High Initiates are like none ...
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33 152 Thus, unknown to most members of my caste, we exist to be overcome, thus in our way pointing the way to man's greatness".
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33 154 These were the strangest things I had heard from the lips of an Initiate, most of whom seemed interminably embroiled in the rituals of their caste, in the arrogance and archaic pedantry of their kind.
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34 10 I swept him off his feet and spun him around and the robes flew from his head and Torm of the caste of Scribes cried aloud in joy and that sandy hair wheeled in the wind and tears ran sideways down his face and he never lost hold of the scroll although he nearly batted the Older Tarl w...
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34 28 "You must not tell other members of the caste of Scribes," he cautioned.
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34 30 How clearly Torm wished to keep caste lines and virtues demarcated.
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34 31 "I will tell everyone," said the Older Tarl kindly, "that you are the bravest of the caste of Scribes".
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34 42 "Well," said Torm, thoughtfully, for it did not behoove a member of his caste to volunteer an opinion too rapidly on any matter, "it does not contradict any text with which I am familiar".
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34 43 I laughed and seized the little fellow by the robes of his caste and swung him about.
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34 57 He was, after all, a Scribe, and had the proprieties of his caste to observe.
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34 102 "In Treve," I said, "you might be ordered slain by members of the caste of Initiates".
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34 199 I regret that among them was not the dour, magnificent, yellow-haired Kron of Tharna, of the caste of Metal Workers, who had been my friend.
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Book 4. (23 results) Nomads of Gor

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9 82 I was pleased to see again, though often done in silk, the splendid varieties of caste colors of the typical Gorean city, to hear once more the cries of peddlers that I knew so well, the cake sellers, the hawkers of vegetables, the wine vendor bending under a double verrs...
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9 50 I glanced at Saphrar, who was now leaning on his yellow cushions, in his silken pleasure robes, white and gold, the colors of the caste of Merchants.
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9 20 I say "in effect" because the fairs are nominally under the direction of a committee of the caste of Initiates, which, however, largely contents itself with its ceremonies and sacrifices, and is only too happy to delegate the complex management of those vast, commercial phenomena, the ...
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9 32 I have heard, though, there is a caste of Thieves in Port Kar, a strong caste which naturally protects its members from such indignities as ear notching.
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21 164 The caste of Bakers is not regarded as a high caste, to which one looks for nobility and such; and yet her father and her brothers, outnumbered, had fought and died for their tiny shop; and this courageous girl, with a valor I might not have expected of many warriors, wea...
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21 298 Also he was of the caste of Warriors and would not permit himself to be seen on his funeral pyre in the robes of so low a caste as that of the Bakers.
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5 54 The wagons of the Wagon Peoples are, in their hundreds and thousands, in their brilliant, variegated colors, a glorious sight.
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7 5 The hides that formed the dome were of a thousand colors, and the smoke hole at the top must have stood more than a hundred feet from the flooring of that vast platform.
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9 162 Down the stairway, slowly, in trailing white silk bordered with gold, the colors of the Merchants, there regally descended the girl who was Aphris of Turia.
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9 164 Her face could not be seen, for it was veiled, a white silken veil trimmed with gold, nor even her hair, for it was hidden in the folds of the free woman's Robes of Concealment, in her case, of course, done in the colors of the Merchants.
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10 190 The stakes had recently been, I observed, brightly painted, each differently, in a delightful array of colors; further, each was trimmed and decorated variously, depending on the whim of the workman, sometimes simply, sometimes fancifully, sometimes ornately.
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17 52 There seemed to be wound through its fluids ribbons and filaments and it was dotted here and there with small spheres of various colors.
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17 72 Some of the filamentous streamers beneath the surface now seemed to roil beneath the surface and the colors of the spheres seemed to pulsate.
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17 89 The filamentous strands seemed to go mad with movement and the spheres of various colors were almost phosphorescent, pulsating beneath the surface.
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19 84 It was carpeted by a large red rug on which were several cushions of different colors, mostly yellows and oranges.
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26 132 We passed through kitchens and galleries, even through the private compartments of Saphrar himself, where we saw the multitudinous robes and sandals of the merchant, each worked predominantly in white and gold, though often mixed with hundreds of other colors.
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26 372 The yellows of the pool began to flicker and the filamentous fibers began to writhe, and the spheres of different colors beneath the surface began to turn and oscillate, and dart in one direction and then the other.
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1 10 Though I was of the caste of warriors and he of peasants, and I armed and he carrying naught but a crude tool, I would not dispute his passage.
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1 33 These barges, constructed of layered timbers of Ka-la-na wood, are towed by teams of river tharlarion, domesticated, vast, herbivorous, web-footed lizards raised and driven by the Cartius bargemen, fathers and sons, interrelated clans, claiming the status of a caste for themselves.
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2 31 It is worthy of a warrior of the caste of Warriors, a swordsman of the high city of Ko-ro-ba, the Towers of the Morning.
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3 105 "But I am of the caste of Warriors," I said, "of a high city and we do not stain our spears for the stones of men—not even such stones as these".
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3 107 "You dare to tempt me," I said, feigning anger, "as if I were of the caste of Assassins or a common thief with his dagger in the night".
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7 34 When Kamchak had finished he held out his right hand and a man, not a Tuchuk, who wore the green robes of the caste of Physicians, thrust in his hand a goblet of bosk horn; it contained some yellow fluid.
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Book 5. (13 results) Assassin of Gor

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12 372 There were poorly webbed, small tapestries; amulets and talismans; knotted prayer strings; papers containing praises of Priest- Kings, which might be carried on one's person; numerous ornaments of glass and cheap metal; the strung pearls of the Vosk sorp; polished, shell brooches; pins with heads ca...
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19 106 It was now packed with the various caste colors of Gor.
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22 291 The caste colors of Gor seemed turbulent in the high tiers.
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1 20 He was surprised for, judging from the colors of the garments of those who marched, it contained men of many castes, perhaps all castes of the city, only that he did not see among them the white of the caste of Initiates.
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19 65 From the outside it resembles several tiers of disks, surrounded by a circling portico with lofty, fluted columns; the predominant colors are blue and yellow, the traditional colors of the Gorean slaver; around the outside there are large numbers of well-wrought mosaics s...
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2 108 When charity is in order, as when a man cannot work or a woman is alone, usually such is arranged through the caste organization, but sometimes through the clan, which is not specifically caste oriented but depends on ties of blood through the fifth degree.
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12 31 There were other favored areas, too, about the stands, in the front, each covered by awnings, in which there sat members of the numerous high families of the city; I noted that some of these areas were now occupied by Merchants; I had no objection to this for I have always thought higher of the Merc...
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12 59 Generally, it was a small faction patch sewn on the left shoulder; the faction patches of the High-caste women tended to be fine silk, and tastefully done; those of low-caste women merely a square of crudely stitched, dyed rep-cloth; some of the masters had dressed their ...
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15 421 "I give you the trade of Ar! I want only my life! caste Sanctuary! caste Sanctuary!" Cernus smiled at Caprus and then, unexpectedly, as though he had been teasing him, he placed his first tarnsman at Ubara's Scribe Two.
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19 142 An extremely good price, under relatively normal market conditions, for a truly beautiful woman of High caste tends to be about thirty pieces of gold, though some go as high as forty, and fifty is not unknown; these prices, for women of low caste, may be approximately hal...
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12 91 The carts were painted in faction colors.
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19 60 Within, the hood was, to my satisfaction, removed; when the large wad of soured leather was removed from my mouth I threw up against one wall; the guards laughed and struck me; the lights, lamps, though they were feeble, seemed very bright, and ringed with many colors; the hood had bee...
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22 308 Both boxes were draped with the colors of the Greens.
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Book 6. (2 results) Raiders of Gor

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1 31 Gorean warriors, generally drawn from the cities, are warriors by blood, by caste; moreover, they are High caste; the peasants, isolated in their narrow fields and villages, are Low caste; indeed, the Peasant is regarded, by those of the cities, as being lit...
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14 24 Tarn ships are painted in a variety of colors; the Dorna, of course, was green.
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Book 7. (2 results) Captive of Gor

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7 125 Camisks may, however, be in a variety of colors, and the binding fiber, or leather, may be of matching or contrasting color.
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8 197 Many were ornamented, particularly above the great double doors, with carvings and woodwork, painted in many colors.
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Book 8. (4 results) Hunters of Gor

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9 327 She, even if freed, without family, and, by the same act, without caste, would have a status beneath the dignity of the meanest peasant wench, secure in the rights of her caste.
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22 440 Indeed, so jealous of their prerogatives were the caste of thieves that they often hunted thieves who did not belong to the caste, and slew them, throwing their bodies to the urts in the canals.
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1 24 I wore a white robe, woven of the wool of the Hurt, imported from distant Ar, trimmed with golden cloth, from Tor, the colors of the Merchant.
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5 210 The boards are alternately painted blue and yellow, the slavers' colors.
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Book 9. (2 results) Marauders of Gor

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4 56 I thought that Andreas of Tor, a friend, of the caste of Singers, might have been pleased to learn that his caste was represented, and honored, on the boards of the north.
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13 311 Her robes were marvelously wrought, subtle, soft, seeming almost in their sheens, like the jewels, to shift their colors in the light of the lamps and the flickering torches.
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Book 10. (3 results) Tribesmen of Gor

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2 351 At various places in the bazaar, from poles laid between the buildings, numerous skeins of wool hung, dyed in various bright colors, drying.
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8 96 These, made by the women, are often fringed, and of various colors, and beautifully decorated.
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23 58 Behind each of the arrangements of lines were hundreds of tents, striped in different colors.
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Book 11. (17 results) Slave Girl of Gor

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9 998 Whereas caste membership is commonly connected with the practice of an occupation, such as agriculture, or commerce, or war, there can be, of course, caste members who are not engaged in caste work and individuals who do certain forms of work who are not mem...
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9 1001 Normally mating takes place among caste members, but if the mating is of mixed caste, the woman may elect to retain caste, which is commonly done, or be received into the caste of the male companion.
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9 1008 The caste system is not inflexible and there are opportunities for altering caste, but men seldom avail themselves of them; they take great pride in their castes, often comparing others' castes unfavorably to their own; a Gorean's caste 6
9 487 On this table had been strands of thread and, in small cups, beads, slave beads, of various colors, red, yellow and purple, and other colors.
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19 48 I saw that at the foot of the dais, before me, before where I now knelt, released by the men who had held me, there was a low table, and, on this table there were strands of thread and, in small cups, beads, wooden slave beads, beads of various colors, of many colors.
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8 192 They are sometimes, too, used by assassins, though the caste of assassins itself, by their caste codes, precludes their usage; the member of the caste of assassins must make his own kill; it is in their codes.
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9 1005 Though there are doubtless difficulties involved with caste structure the caste situation lends an individual identity and pride, allies him with thousands of caste brothers, and provides him with various opportunities and services.
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9 994 "My master is Thurnus," I said, "caste leader in Tabuk's Ford, of the caste of peasants, one who makes fields fruitful and is, too, a trainer of sleen".
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9 1002 caste membership of the children born of such a union is a function of the caste of the father.
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9 1004 caste is important to Goreans in a way that is difficult for members of a non-caste society to understand.
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9 2008 "And, too, this night," said Ladletender, "I drink to one with whom I do not share caste but that which is stronger than caste, the blood of brotherhood, Thurnus, he of Tabuk's Ford".
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1 137 colors, too, seemed richer, deeper, more vivid.
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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, bu...
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18 28 Those hair colors tend to bring higher girl-prices.
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25 77 "See," said Bosk, who was examining the necklace, "the most frequent combination of colors is blue and red".
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27 363 Indeed, he, my master, had kept me generally in plain colors, usually gray or white rep cloth, and in tunics that were, for such wear, rather modest, rather than blatantly, boastfully exhibitory, as is often the case with Gorean masters who are proud of their girls and wish to show the...
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28 36 It is painted for the most part in blue and yellow, the colors of the slavers, and ornately carved, with many intricate patterns and projections.
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Book 12. (5 results) Beasts of Gor

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3 420 The caste of physicians is a large, complex caste, and deals with a number of specialties which have to do with medicine and health.
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30 85 Candidates for the caste are chosen with great care, and only one in ten, it is said, completes the course of instruction to the satisfaction of the caste masters.
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3 151 He wore the colors of Tabor on his cap.
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3 270 Before I left the fair I would inspect the major market, that beyond the smithies and chain shops, where the most numerous exhibition platforms were erected, near the great sales pavilion of blue and yellow silk, the colors of the slavers.
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3 518 The next girl, dark-haired, lovely, wore black, feminine slacks; these were apparently of some synthetic Earth material; the left leg of the slacks was torn from the knee downward; she also wore what had probably been a soft, red, turtle-necked pull-over; it, too, was rather feminine; perhaps that i...
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Book 13. (6 results) Explorers of Gor

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22 8 The men with him, I suspected, or most of them, were members of his own caste, geographers of the scribes, perhaps, but men inured to hardships, perhaps men who had been with him in his explorations of Ushindi and Ngao, men he trusted and upon whom he could count in desperate situation...
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4 400 They wore rags of various sorts and colors; they had good legs; they were all barefoot.
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6 329 White and gold, incidentally, are the colors of the merchants.
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6 396 She flew the colors of Asperiche.
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32 1086 "Are blue and yellow not the colors of the slavers?" she asked.
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32 1092 In his best, a slaver will usually wear blue and yellow robes, or robes in which these colors are prominent.
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Book 14. (16 results) Fighting Slave of Gor

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20 70 There were, in favored seats, some upper-caste Goreans, recognizable by the colors and qualities of their robes, and among these, here and there, heavily veiled, erect and lovely, some upper-caste women.
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16 39 For example, some individuals have lost caste, or been deprived of caste; some individuals have been born outside of caste; certain occupations are not traditionally associated with caste, such as gardening, domestic service and herding; and, i...
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6 17 They were predominantly blue and yellow in their colors, which are the colors of the slavers.
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16 10 caste rights, of course, such as the right to caste support in time of need and caste sanctuary, when in flight, which are theirs by birth, remain theirs.
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16 15 A notable exception to the generalization that women of a given caste normally do not engage in caste work is the caste of physicians, whose women are commonly trained, as are the boys, in the practice of medicine.
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16 6 Though one is commonly born into a caste one is often not permitted to practice the caste craft until a suitable apprenticeship has been served.
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16 8 It is possible, though it is seldom the case, that members of a caste are not permitted to practice specific caste skills, though they may be permitted to practice subsidiary skills.
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16 11 The women of a given caste, it should be noted, often do not engage in caste work.
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16 19 Concern for the future of the caste is thus evinced in this limitation by the physicians on the rights of their women to participate without delay in the caste craft.
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16 30 caste is important to the Gorean in ways that are difficult to make clear to one whose social structures do not include the relationships of caste.
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20 69 The crowd, mostly, was an excited and motley assortment of low-caste males, but, here and there, there were veiled women amongst them, generally these, too, of low-caste.
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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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16 42 They do have their own colors, blue and yellow, those of the Merchants being white and yellow, or white and gold.
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18 6 These colors tend to be cultural for Goreans with respect to housings for domestic animals.
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18 7 Blue and yellow, too, of course, are the colors of the slavers.
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18 9 To be sure, in barns and such the color yellow usually predominates, whereas in the colors of slavers, exhibited in such places as in the blue and yellow of the canvas covering slave wagons or in the blue and yellow of the tenting of slave pavilions, the blue and yellow is, or tends to...
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Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor

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19 27 "Where are the guardsmen, to apprehend him?" puffed the portly fellow, who wore the caste colors of the merchants, white and gold.
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Book 16. (4 results) Guardsman of Gor

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4 134 Signal cloths, pennons and squares, in mixed colors and designs, acknowledging these commands, ran fluttering and streaming onto the stem-castle lines of the Tais.
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16 228 I saw the colors, there, of more than a dozen towns.
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16 230 Too, among other pennons, I saw colors hailing from so afar east as White Water and Lara, at the very confluence of the Vosk and Olni.
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16 364 "She flies, as I now see, the colors of Turmus".
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Book 17. (3 results) Savages of Gor

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1 767 "Consider the colors," said Kog.
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4 189 They wore the colors of Thentis.
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7 62 Within a given tribe the beading, in its arrangements and colors, identifies the particular master.
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Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor

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1 319 The colors and design of the beading marked it as Canka's.
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Book 19. (8 results) Kajira of Gor

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6 220 Outside the establishments of slavers there often hung streamers and banners in these colors, and sometimes, on the walls, or doors, or posts near the doors, these colors, in diagonal stripes or slashes, were painted.
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28 33 The only other caste on Gor which is generally considered, for most practical purposes, as immune from bondage is the caste of players.
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31 65 "They have required a common language of us for their own purposes, that they may the more easily communicate with us, and, through the Initiates, a high caste, and those sleen think themselves the highest caste, make known to us their will".
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2 38 You qualify with flying colors, as I had thought you would, on all counts".
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6 139 I loved the markets and bazaars, the smells, the colors, the crowds, the quantities and varieties of goods, the tiny shops, the stalls, the places of business which sometimes were so small as a tiny rug on the stones, on which a peddler displayed his wares.
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14 17 The colors of Argentum and of Ar, on ribbons and strips of cloth, dangled from windows and festooned, even being stretched between windows and rooftops overhead, the triumphal way.
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14 18 Such colors, too, were prominent in the crowd, on garments and being waved, fluttering, by citizens and sometimes even by children, perched on the shoulders of adults.
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24 192 White and yellow, or white and gold, are the colors of the merchants.
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Book 20. (4 results) Players of Gor

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1 29 A major victory in this matter was secured a few years ago when the caste of Merchants, which organizes and manages the Sardar Fairs, agreed to a standardized version, proposed by, and provisionally approved by, the high council of the caste of Players, for the Sardar tou...
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9 412 "The very thought of it! The outrage! The indignity! How dare you even think of such a thing! I am of high caste! I am of the scribes! Wait until I bring this matter to the attention of magistrates!" "As I may remind you, my dear," said Boots, patiently, "you are no longer of high <...
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6 211 Did they truly confuse them with walls of stone and the forces of weaponry? Did they understand the differences between the lines and colors on maps and the realities of a physical terrain? To what extent did they comprehend the fictional or mythical nature of those castles within whic...
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6 821 These two fellows, of course, were Boots's Chino and Lecchio, now largely garbed in tatters of yellow and white, the colors of the merchants.
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Book 21. (2 results) Mercenaries of Gor

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19 36 There are various perquisites connected with membership in this caste, among them, if one is a professional thief, protection from being hunted down and killed by caste members, who tend to be quite jealous of their various territories and prerogatives.
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20 30 Within the gamut of those gleaming walls, so lofty and mighty, rose thousands of buildings, and a veritable forest of ascendant towers, of diverse heights and colors.
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Book 22. (2 results) Dancer of Gor

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19 42 caste is extremely important to most Goreans, even when they do not all practice the traditional crafts of their caste.
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10 441 Similar considerations apparently pertained to such matters as hair colors and body types.
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Book 23. (13 results) Renegades of Gor

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15 790 "Why are you not in the white and gold," he asked, "on this, of all days?" White and gold, or white and yellow, are the caste colors of the Merchants.
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24 290 It seemed all the caste colors of Gor might be there.
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24 7 It was yellow and red, in horizontal sections, the colors of the Builders and Warriors, the Builders the caste that had supervised its construction and the Warriors the caste that maintained its facilities.
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21 353 Surely some women even reserve the caste robes and colors for such things as formal occasions, and some even for ceremonial functions".
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2 372 Consider the glory of redeeming a woman of high caste!" "The slave," I said, "has no caste, no more than a verr or tarsk".
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21 348 The Merchants often maintain that they are a high caste, and should, accordingly, be included in the councils of high caste.
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24 574 A great deal, indeed, is expected in low-caste domiciles of slaves who were formerly of high caste.
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8 617 And the legendary nature of the centaur, its appetites, its rapacity and power, harken back, too, perhaps, in the canny ways in which half-forgotten historical fact colors the fancies of tamer times, to the first perceptions of the horseman, and his ways, among those afoot.
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20 143 "What are their colors?" asked a man.
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20 315 From the stem lines of fifteen of the ships, as far as I could tell, for some were out in the harbor, and blocked by others, there flew no colors at all.
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20 352 "Surely these ships with you, those surprisingly flying no colors, are not of the Vosk League".
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21 7 Similarly, behind the main body of the flotilla, bringing up the rear, back a pasang or so, flying no colors, their markings concealed, were two galleys.
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21 1125 Depending on the city, the master's preferences, and such, they may appear in a great variety of colors, materials, textures, and cuts.
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Book 24. (6 results) Vagabonds of Gor

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36 58 "But as a free woman of high caste," she exclaimed, "to be put in the garment of a free woman of low caste is unthinkable!" "I see your point," I said.
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3 312 Insignia such as armbands, scarves, ribbons and plumes, of given colors, serve to identify them, making clear their side.
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3 313 Needless to say, such casual devices may be swiftly changed, the colors sometimes alternating with the tides of battle.
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37 33 Wagons, of course, might be painted different colors.
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46 235 The prefects are identified by five slash marks, alternately blue and yellow, the slavers' colors, on their left sleeve, the praetor himself by nine such stripes, and lesser officials by three.
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47 35 I ducked under a rope of tiny rep-cloth slave tunics, of various solid colors, and was again outside in the main aisles.
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Book 25. (12 results) Magicians of Gor

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8 475 The Gorean female, whether free or slave, whether of low caste or high caste, kneels.
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8 506 "Many high-caste youths, on the other hand, work side by side with low-caste fellows, dismantling the wall".
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8 675 Sometimes a ubar will even have his preferred slave serve in a low-caste hovel one day a year, under the command, and switch, of a low-caste free woman, performing her labors, and such, that she may be reminded that she is truly, when all is said and done, only a slave, a...
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10 364 Although there is some variance from caste to caste, and city to city, it is common for free women to veil themselves in public.
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19 899 Whereas members of the caste of slavers are slavers, not all slavers are members of the caste of slavers.
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1 152 "Who is that?" I asked a fellow in white and gold, the colors of the merchants, when the handsome fellow had passed.
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3 77 The nature of the ostraka, in virtue of such possibilities, was changed periodically, for example, taking different shapes, having different colors, being recoded, and so on.
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13 17 Their colors were of both Ar and Cos.
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13 19 There were meets, and local championships, with awards, such as fillets of the wool of the bounding hurt, dyed different colors, and for champions, crowns woven of the leaves of the mighty Tur tree.
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13 216 "And, too, interestingly," he said, "it seems that some of those lads who were "Cosians" now wander about under quite different colors, now affecting beards and hair styles reminiscent of those once associated with veterans, hirsute and shabby, returned from the delta".
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19 906 It does have its own colors, blue and yellow, whereas those of the merchants are yellow and white, or gold and white.
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27 74 "Their reality transcends your indoctrinations, presented under the colors of reason, as though reason, itself, had content".
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Book 26. (14 results) Witness of Gor

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29 195 Needless to say, caste members do not always wear the caste colors.
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29 192 Blue and yellow are the colors of the caste, or subcaste, as the case may be, of the Slavers.
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29 194 The colors of the merchant caste itself are white and yellow, or white and gold.
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12 477 Why should she feel herself entitled to raise caste? What was special about her? Why should a Merchant's daughter aspire to a higher caste? With what justification? Why should she be permitted to raise caste? Why should she not look for love in her own 6
11 1619 Outlaws are thought to have relinquished caste, and, in a sense, thus, to be "out of caste," and slaves, of course, as animals, are "below caste," or, perhaps better, "aside from caste" or "apart from caste".
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12 469 "So," said she, "whatever his caste, assuming it was high, of course, it would be practical for us to contemplate a companionship, and if his caste should be thought higher than mine, however mistakenly, I could, in such a relationship, be thought to raise caste...
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11 1613 For example, some rank the Merchants as a high caste, and some do not; and some rank the Slavers with the Merchants, and some see them as a separate caste, and so on.
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12 289 So, if that is the case, and the Peasants is indeed the caste upon which the Home Stone rests, then it would seem, at least in my understanding, to be a very important caste.
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19 272 Why would the Priest-Kings, I wondered, if they really required intermediaries, and were unable to deal directly with men, and, indeed, if there was any point in them dealing with men at all, have chosen to achieve this end with so eccentric and improbable a caste? Why would they not h...
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19 345 But perhaps he would leave the caste before it was too late, if it were not already too late, before, say, he took his final vows, or performed whatever act or acts it might be by means of which his entry into the caste might be effected.
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29 147 Was she not, after all, an honored member of our caste? And so we decided to ransom her, if her brothers would not, as an act, if nothing else, of caste solidarity and benevolence.
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37 1145 "Accordingly," said the officer of Treve, "the blankets of the captain of those of the black caste and the prisoner might have been switched early the next morning, before those of the black caste arrived at the cell".
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9 34 In that instant I saw her body stiffen with rage, and, over the colors of her veils, I saw her eyes were cold, and filled with hatred.
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24 721 Depending on the box, it may also contain ink, or powdered ink, to be mixed with water, the vessel included, or flat, disklike cakes of pigment, to be dampened, and used as ink, rather as water colors.
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Book 27. (12 results) Prize of Gor

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24 341 There was a variety of caste colors.
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25 1003 Although the caste of Mirus might be unclear from the particular nature of his garmenture, Ellen supposed him of the slavers, which would be a subcaste of the Merchants, which caste was doubtless the wealthiest on Gor, and one which was often wont to view it...
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16 869 Most upper-caste women, whereas they might be smug, haughty or cruel, are not vulgar, regarding vulgar language, allusions, gestures, and such as being incompatible with the dignity of their caste.
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18 743 Many caste members, as you know, do not concern themselves specifically with caste business.
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26 825 The "scarlet caste" was a way of referring to the caste of Warriors, the expression being suggested by the usual color of their tunics.
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27 686 "Few would deny that the caste of Initiates are parasites," said Portus Canio, who held no great brief for that caste.
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13 42 It was one of the "high cities," a forest of cylinders, a city of towering, spaced cylinders, many of them in bright colors, and, joining these cylinders, at various levels, like light curving, colored, rail-less traceries in the sky, were numerous bridges.
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16 80 All this seemed to take place at the same time, and she opened her eyes wildly for an instant but, drawing back from the painful stabbing of sunlight, shut them in pain, but, in that moment, she had glimpsed a world about her, movements, colors, robes, stalls across the way, displayed ...
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20 78 These slaves were tunicked much as common slaves, briefly, and in a variety of colors, though, at the left hip, low, near the hem of the tunic, on the side, rather in the back, there was a small, vertical, rectangular, gray patch, which color is often used for the tunics of state slave...
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20 89 In a sales coffle two policies tend to predominate: sometimes the most beautiful are saved for the end, which has led to the saying "rich enough to buy from the end of the chain," or, more often, the girls are mixed on the chain with various sales strategies in mind, for example, mixing skin c...
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22 182 There were several such circles in the camp, each with its flag on a wand at one edge of the circle, each flag being of a given shape, square, rectangular, forked, triangular, and so on, and color or mixture of colors.
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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 a...
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Book 28. (5 results) Kur of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
11 77 With a swirl from the czehar and kalikas, and a pounding of the tabors, the dancers prostrated themselves in the sand, as slaves, and then, as Peisistratus struck his hands sharply together, they leapt up, and fled from the room, exiting through a portal, it curtained with dangling strands of blue a...
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1 1043 And one does not doubt but what a member of that other, though rarer, Gorean martial caste, though not held a high caste, the Assassins, might have done so.
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79 619 "You are not a man," he said, "nor are you of my caste, the scarlet caste, nor are you Gorean".
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51 67 Consider, for example, their sensitivity, their awareness of the subtlest colors, scents, and textures.
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75 8 He was no longer in festive regalia, but a simple tunic, mottled with greens and browns, colors such as might be found in certain natural backgrounds, say, that of forest, a traveling cloak, similarly configured, and the bootlike sandals common to soldiers, and travelers.
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Book 29. (11 results) Swordsmen of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
7 27 Too, in the Gorean high culture, certain colors tend to be associated with certain castes, for example green with the Physicians, red, or scarlet, with the Warriors, yellow with the Builders, blue with the Scribes, white with the Initiates, and so on.
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2 190 And, indeed, there are few caste members who are not convinced that their caste, somehow, is especially important, even that it may be, in some way, the most essential or the most estimable of all.
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23 207 I recalled that those of the dark caste, the caste of Assassins, were often sober fellows, often denying themselves much of what most prized as giving meaning to life.
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27 20 He owed that duty to his daimyo, as I might owe similar duties to captains in whose commands I might serve, or to those codes which did so much to define and clarify my caste, the scarlet caste, that of the warriors.
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2 16 He did not have the blue and yellow chevrons which sometimes characterizes the lower-left-hand sleeve of the slavers, different, of course, from their more formal regalia, or robes, commonly blue and yellow, their colors.
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2 18 The colors of the Merchants are yellow and white, or gold and white.
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2 117 Slaves, too, of course, may be bred for a diversity of colors, peltings, facial features, and such.
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7 26 colors in the Gorean high cultures, as in most cultures, have their connotations or symbolisms.
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10 301 These are the colors of the slavers.
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26 57 Our signals, particularly such simple ones, might well be understood by means of espionage, but, on the other hand, the colors were in general accord with the color codes familiar in many cities.
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37 16 The robes of concealment in winter are much like those of gentler weathers, save for darker colors, more absorptive of, and retentive of, heat, heavier materials, some additional layering, and such.
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Book 30. (5 results) Mariners of Gor

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36 178 There were many caste colors in the crowd, but clearly predominating were the yellow and white, or white and gold, familiar to the Merchants.
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1 121 When hunting, it is common for members of the black caste, the caste of Assassins, to paint a black dagger on their forehead.
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35 114 The Scribes is a high caste and the Merchants is the richest caste.
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36 185 Many fellows, of course, do not wear their caste robes about, except when on caste business, and some don them only on formal occasions or holidays.
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37 1404 "And," she said, "I think that Master may like me, forgive me, Master, as I could not help overhearing words which gave me such hopes, and surely he knows my antecedents and origins, my affinities, as he will have it, if he is correct, with the caste of Scribes, so lofty a caste<...
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Book 31. (19 results) Conspirators of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
4 393 "Goreans do not always wear their caste's colors".
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4 435 Of what value, for example, was the Scarlet caste, the caste of Warriors, if not to protect the gold, the wealth, of the Merchants? "None of you," said Mrs.
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8 222 Accordingly, each member of each caste is likely to have his caste pride.
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8 230 The free woman of a high caste and the free woman of a lower caste commonly have one thing in common which unites them, securely, as free women.
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8 1068 Interestingly, to me at least, a slaver who misrepresents merchandise, for example, claiming former high caste for a girl who was actually formerly of low caste, or who tries to pass off a dyed blonde for a natural blonde, may be banished and ruined, his goods confiscated...
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10 602 Women of high caste seldom launder, but women of low caste often do.
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18 183 I did not know the caste of Astrinax, but it seemed likely, if he had caste, that he was of the minor Merchants.
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52 455 Some feared the prerogatives of our caste were being eroded, others that sources of gain were being ignored, or concealed from the caste, others that mysterious doings were afoot which might warrant some investigation.
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8 84 At that time, hooded, I did not realize the striking beauty of a Gorean city, how so many of its buildings, the lofty towers and graceful bridges, the spacious porticoes, the splendid colonnades, and such, were bright with color, nor was I aware of the wealth of colors in clothing, bot...
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8 85 I did realize, of course, from the house, that slave tunics came in a variety of cuts and colors, in samples of which I had been forced to pose before mirrors, but each was commonly of one color.
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8 88 There are fashions in such things, of course, for both the free and the slaves, with respect to colors, textures, materials, cuts, hemlines, and so on.
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8 757 Certainly he wore the colors of the Slavers.
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13 30 Where might he be? Was he no more? Had he met his end on Clive? Who had been in those bloodied shreds of black and gray, the colors of the Metal Workers? Could it have been he? To be sure, what could he, a stranger, be to me, and what could I, a slave, be to him, a free man? Were we no...
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17 3 "Hurry on!" I thought to myself, feverishly, with respect to the blue colors.
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17 157 Far below, on the broad, level area, inside the rail, I saw two girls, in tunics of yellow and blue, the Slaver's colors, back-braceleted as other slaves, but also, interestingly, joined together, neck to neck, by a yard of chain.
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17 220 As they had been in a blue-and-yellow livery, the colors of the Slavers, I supposed they might have been brought to the races to be offered.
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17 538 Then, wisely or not, but unable to help ourselves, we rushed to one another, they in the brief blue-and-yellow tunics, the Slaver's colors, the chain on their neck, joining them, and I.
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21 29 The colors depend on the customs of cities, the whims of particular masters, and such.
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41 77 "But you can read cards, can you not?" "I can tell the colors," I said, "and recognize the pictures, the Tarn, the Sleen, and such".
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Book 32. (8 results) Smugglers of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
37 40 There are some free women of the upper castes, wealthy women, who from childhood have never dressed themselves, who do not even know the intricate clasps and closures of the robes of concealment they wear, let alone their blendings and drapings, the best colors for the ti...
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7 284 If the Merchants are not a high caste, it is clear they are an important caste.
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15 163 She had apparently once been of the Merchants, perhaps the high Merchants, and had even held herself to be of high caste, despite the fact that few Goreans accepted the Merchants as a high caste.
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15 164 It was regarded as a rich caste, but that is not, in the eyes of many, the same as being a high caste.
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25 142 Slave wine has been developed by the green caste, the caste of Physicians, one of the five high castes of Gor, the others being the Initiates, the Builders, the Scribes, and the Warriors.
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50 793 "You may or may not have been born to high caste," I said, "but I see little of high caste about you.
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50 195 Consider the colors, the textures, the differences in the substances involved.
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52 32 This tendency may be expressed in innumerable ways, from the design of cities to the bright colors of buildings and walls, and porches and pillars, from long garden paths, a pasang in length, characterized by a planned music of scent as well as a scenic melody of blossoms, to the shapi...
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
11 71 They strive for the perfections, the nuances, of shades, of colors, which only they can see, of notes which only they can hear, seeking the perfect drawing on silk, the tree that is living, the never-to-be forgotten cloud, the cascading tumble of sparkling water descending a hill, the ...
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13 309 Surely much could be done with the robes of concealment, with their layerings and drapings, their bright colors, so ingeniously arranged, with veils slack or disarranged, even diaphanous, the street veil brazenly neglected, with loose, casual hoods from which strands of hair might esca...
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20 71 "But slaves come in many colors," said Tajima, adding, "as do flowers".
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20 380 As the lanterns were of diversely colored paper the room was aglow with a medley of illuminations, and yet the colors did not clash but each seemed to enhance the other.
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32 131 He was far from the pleasantries, the colors and perfumes, of his garden.
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58 272 The teeth of several had been dyed black, which, in the eyes of some, particularly high ladies, I had learned, is accounted a beautification, a fashionable and aristocratic embellishment, an enhancement of charms, rather, I suppose, like the drug-dilated pupils of Renaissance ladies, or, depending o...
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61 1049 Behind him were two Ashigaru, and, between them, in their keeping, was a woman, shamefully unveiled, but otherwise decorously clad in the many folds and colors of the robes of concealment.
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Book 34. (32 results) Plunder of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
9 127 In those days I could not even read the caste colors of Gor, not that all members of a caste could be depended on to appear only in caste robes, which, in many cases, were most likely to appear on caste holidays and city holidays.
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62 37 Slavers are often not forward in displaying their caste colors.
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9 132 The colors of the Merchants, which merchants frequently claim to be a high caste, were white and yellow, or white and gold.
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9 129 The colors of the five high castes were white, yellow, blue, green, and red, for the Initiates, Builders, Scribes, Physicians, and Warriors, respectively.
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60 2 To our left, as we emerged from the chute, and into the light, we saw a small set of tiers, on these tiers, bright with festive regalia, mostly in the colors of the upper castes, but subdued, and restless, were perhaps two hundred men, doubtless mostly those who had been ...
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9 131 For example, the colors of the Slavers were blue and yellow, but these colors were often displayed, when the slaver was not hunting, merely on the left sleeve, rather than in a full regalia.
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33 460 In nature there are many colors, and from many colors one can paint many pictures, some of which are beautiful".
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26 4 The caste is sometimes spoken of, when men dare to speak of it, as the black caste, or the sable caste.
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60 15 On his right was Drusus Andronicus, long-armed, handsome, and stalwart, in suitable scarlet, betokening his caste, who stood high in the house, and, on his left, clad openly, brazenly, unapologetically, in the hues of the night, was Tyrtaios, of the caste whose members ac...
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9 134 The caste structure apparently lends a great deal of stability to Gorean society, as most Goreans respect their caste and recognize the nature of, and the value of, its role in society.
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10 172 "May I inquire your caste?" "The blue-and-yellow caste," he said.
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16 142 Had he not been an unquestioned, accepted, and welcomed guest at the supper I had helped serve in the house of Lysander, Administrator of Market of Semris? Not all members of a caste, of course, are active in the crafts or professions associated with the caste.
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25 78 "This is a chapter house," he said, "of the black caste, the caste of Assassins".
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26 46 As I suppose is clear, the caste of Assassins is not a typical caste.
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29 67 He is of the black caste!" "I thought," said he, "the black caste might be involved.
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29 92 Do not loiter here! Run! He is of the dark caste! You are hunted! Neither dismiss nor ignore this threat! You are not dealing with an ordinary man! He is of the dark caste! He is one who has ascended the nine steps of blood".
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31 158 Indeed, it is one of the occasional pleasures of a lower-caste male to obtain a slave who was once of a high caste, usually one who has been captured from another city, a prize in one of the many skirmishes, wars, and raids that characterize the municipalities of Gor.
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49 76 Accordingly, many amongst the Merchants regard their caste as a high caste, and, it seems, with good reason.
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49 79 For example, some regard the caste of Slavers as a subcaste of the Merchants, and others regard it as an independent caste.
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7 123 One may mix hair and eye colors, heights, complexions, figures, slender, fuller, and so on.
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20 24 The leather of harnessing comes in various degrees of quality, and is often available, like slave cords, in different colors.
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25 13 It was muchly different from the bold and striking colors that, in bold display, characterize so many Gorean rooms, halls, and domiciles.
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41 90 Her raiment was unusual for this district, for it was of shimmering white and yellow, colors of the Merchants.
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48 184 Certainly I had gathered the intelligence I had been dispatched to obtain; the messenger of Decius Albus was not alone; two others were about, who might be watched for in the future, a free woman, in Merchant colors, who stood high in the house of Decius Albus, in charge of whom was th...
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49 13 Most were in the colors of the Merchants as might be expected.
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49 20 Whereas most of those present were clad in variations of the Merchant colors, the next group most prominent, or abundant, was the Scribes.
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49 175 "True colors," said Kurik, "are those that clothe the heart".
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51 135 The walls were painted with rich colors, which was often the case in a Gorean dwelling.
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53 30 These towers, which are almost always brightly colored, as Goreans are fond of bright colors, inside and outside, in both private and public buildings, in fountains and walls, and so on, are often joined, as well, at different levels, by narrow, graceful, colorful, arching, railless br...
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56 12 The Lady Bina, well robed, but unveiled, for she did not much care for veils, apparently suspecting they obscured her beauty, although, of course, some veils, in their way, suggest, and even enhance, beauty, knelt modestly near Lord Grendel, her knees closely together, as those of a free woman, and ...
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61 527 Presumably, we would not have a word for "red," or even be aware that other colors might exist.
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62 35 "What do you think your Phyllis might bring?" The Slavers' colors are blue and yellow.
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Book 35. (14 results) Quarry of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
10 234 Many Goreans, now and then, in one milieu or another, omitted caste colors, or insignia.
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10 235 Indeed, some Goreans wore their caste colors primarily on holidays.
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12 63 The caste colors of the Slavers are blue and yellow.
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12 59 Generally it is taken that there are five high castes, the Initiates, Scribes, Physicians, Builders, and Warriors, whose colors, respectively, are white, blue, green, yellow, and red.
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33 506 I had heard of the sable caste, of the black caste, but, until this night, I had never knowingly met a representative of the caste.
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37 123 This exchange will be better understood if it is understood that many Goreans cannot read, particularly in the lower castes, and, interestingly, in the scarlet caste, the caste of Warriors, as well, a high caste.
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10 231 They might have belonged to any caste, or no caste.
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10 233 Did they wish not to be identified by, or remembered by, caste? Did they seek, without apparent caste, to achieve a certain invisibility or anonymity? Then I castigated myself for my foolishness.
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33 499 I am Pa-Kur, of the Black caste, the caste of Assassins, Master of a hundred Black Courts.
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8 639 "A corsair," he said, "flying the colors of Cos".
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10 22 On the other hand, this architectural feature, accompanied by darkness, shadows, warm colors, and dim lighting, also tends to produce a sense of comfort, intimacy, and security.
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12 61 The colors of the Merchants are white and yellow, or white and gold.
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15 148 "You can tell the colors of ribbons," he said.
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30 124 The colors of the Gambles of Blades are red and yellow, red for blood, yellow for gold.
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor

Chapter # Sentence # Quote Confidence
19 131 Whereas the main colors about were the peasant browns, in their variations, brightened with pins, ribbons and sashes, the colors of several other castes were visible, as well.
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20 1 The Meeting in the Long Tent "Dear friends," said Aktis, "caste brothers, members of the first and greatest of castes, members of the mightiest of castes, members of the caste upon which the Home Stone rests, be welcome".
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59 22 "You are of the white and yellow caste, the gold caste," he said.
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9 63 Similarly, on the voyage from Nicosia to Sybaris, after painting the Tesephone white and yellow, colors of the Merchants, so that it would stand out, and not be difficult to detect amongst the billows of Thassa, we had again failed to encounter the small, dark island.
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13 128 "Bright colors," he said, "wide markings, plain, simple, broad designs".
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27 213 "Had I played differently, more carefully, more astutely, had I chosen different colors and numbers, I would have won".
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63 179 "What need is there of a trial?" "Perhaps," I said, "that vengeance be decked in the colors of law".
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