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Mr. Sharpe did not seem sensible that these hands he cut with the ferule were the same which, an hour later, bleeding, bandaged, arranged his frock-coats according to his order.

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Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

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A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole.

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He believes in the gospel of ferule and whips, and has perfect faith in the efficacy of flogging in homes and schools.

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As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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