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And it may be to the ian, constitutes himself the scourger of Vulgarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

There shall be given for a remedy the city of Claudius, which shall interpose the nurse of the scourger.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

"To Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin; to the Judgment Hall of Pilate; to the scourger and the cross if they have power."

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie

After any and every attack he would be swiftly on his feet, hurling forth fresh accusatory words and ignoring the punishment he had just received—would be himself the scourger of sin.

From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank

Mrs. Haddon had a proper sense of her public duties, a due appreciation of the extent of Dick's wickedness, and a full knowledge of her own inefficiency as a scourger.

From The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy by Dyson, Edward