"Scourger" Quotes from Famous Books
... Philip, a scourger of young native Americans, 50 —commiserated (though not deserving it,) ... — The Biglow Papers • James Russell Lowell
... degree and be entirely superior to fear. However, you need no Lycurgus to tell you; you can surely see for yourself that, if one of these men were captured in war, no tortures would wring a Spartan secret out of him; he would take his scourging with a smile, and try whether the scourger would not be ... — Works, V3 • Lucian of Samosata |