We read that he who feared the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses; and this is the first hint that the plagues, viewed as discipline, were not utterly vain.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Difference of condition, different associates, different duties will exact different discipline, but she herself must be the same, or she is a falsehood,-a deception.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The solution of the question came to her suddenly, when, on a particularly dreary day, she had been trying to discipline herself and to keep her thoughts from running on her own troubles.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee