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If I could give you a thrashing, send you home with a good sound whipping,
Catholic Tales and Christian Songs Dorothy Leigh 1918
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In view of the above facts, I recommend that the Penitentiary be abolished as soon as it can legally be done, and that other modes of punishment, such as hanging, whipping,
Journal of the Senate of the Extra Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Georgia, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, at Macon, February 15th, 1865 Georgia. General Assembly. Senate 1865
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And now by plain dint of hard spurring and whipping,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2 George Gilfillan 1845
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And now by plain dint of hard spurring and whipping,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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As they were going to proceed to a third whipping,
Candide 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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Women's groups and some NATO countries have voiced their objections to the new Afghan law and public outrage followed the video of the public whipping,
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It is called a ... puggapugga: could this material be used in space travel to coat the hulls of spaceships and protect them from ... jondiced: Your students better make it work or boy they'll get a whipping,
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So weak has been the wrist, whether it be feminine or not, that has applied the punishment, that I also feel inclined to exclaim with the child, "More whipping,
Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820
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