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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.

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

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

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

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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