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I hated omitting such juicy phrases as "the hot winds and raging sands that lash him with the fury of a taskmaster's whip," "He can not cool the burning kiss of thirst upon his lips, nor shade the scorching fury of the sun," and my personal favorite, "into the molten wilderness of sin."

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor Tocantins: Puff's Revenge 2009

Some of these mines were worked by the Pharaohs of, and before, the time of Moses; and in these dreadful places thousands of Israelites were driven to death by the taskmaster's whip.

Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

Several of the children had gone fowling for the taskmaster's meal, and were so long absent that I was sent to look for them.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

Rachel drew her hand furtively across the place on her brow that the taskmaster's lips had touched.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

The young man watched him excitedly but there was no display of tyranny or even authority in the taskmaster's manner.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

Hotep's face showed light at the taskmaster's words.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

Meeting the keen eye of his guest, the color rushed back to the taskmaster's face and he summoned two attendant Hebrews to wait upon the old man while he went forth to gain composure in the air.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

On her way back to the camp Rachel met Atsu, mounted and attended by a scribe, the taskmaster's secretary.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

The mention of the taskmaster's name brought forward the probability of a rival.

The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

Puritan poet's noble line: 'As ever in his great taskmaster's eye'; and never for a moment did he waver in his feeling of personal responsibility to a personal God.

McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916