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Would he have abandoned honour, riches, comfort, roof-tree and friends for the sake of conscience,—that discipliner whose whip-lash does not, unfortunately, bite as severely as it once was wont to do?

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

The perpetual hostility that reigned between discipliner and disciplined bred no ill will on either side.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)