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  • 51personal correction —    flogging    As practised in 19th century English boarding schools by even so reputedly enlightened a pedagogue as Thomas Arnold:     [Dr Arnold] was particularly disgusted by the view that personal correction , as he phrased it, was an insult… …

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  • 52Cat o' nine tails — This article is about the implement of punishment. For the Cat O Nine Tails plant, see Typha latifolia. For the film, see The Cat o Nine Tails. A leather cat o nine tails pictured with a U.S. dollar bill for size comparison. A U.S. dollar bill is …

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  • 53Flagellation — is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum , whip ) the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches and the cat o nine tails. Typically, whipping is performed on unwilling subjects as a punishment; however, flagellation can also …

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  • 54Criminal punishment in Edo-period Japan — During the Edo period, Japan used various punishments against criminals. These can be categorized as follows: Death penalty Incarceration and Exile Penal labor Confiscation of property Corporal punishment Contents 1 Death penalty 2 Incarceration… …

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  • 55Theresa Berkley — (died September 1836) was a 19th century English dominatrix who ran a brothel in at 28 Charlotte Street, just to the north of Soho, London specialising in flagellation. She is notable as the inventor of the Berkley Horse, a piece of BDSM… …

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  • 56Dave King (Irish singer) — Dave King Dave King and his wife, Bridget Regan, performing live with Flogging Molly in 2010 Background information Born 11 December 1961 (1961 12 11 …

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  • 57Corporal punishment — This article is about punishment involving pain, not designed to cause injury. For other forms of physical punishment, see physical punishment. For the Blackadder episode, see Corporal Punishment (Blackadder). For the American professional… …

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  • 58SEXUAL OFFENSES — Although the technical term for sexual offenses in general is gillui arayot (lit. the uncovering of nakedness ), the term is usually (though not always: cf. Ex. 20:23; Isa. 47:3, et al.) employed to denote carnal knowledge (Lev. 18:6–19). In the… …

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  • 59Drunken Lullabies — Studio album by Flogging Molly Released March 19, 2002 …

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  • 60Thomas Wakley — (July 11, 1795 ndash; May 16, 1862), was an English surgeon. He became a demagogue and social reformer who campaigned against incompetence, privilege and nepotism. He was the founding editor of The Lancet , and a radical Member of Parliament (MP) …

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