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Definition of Misgoverning
1. misgovern [v] - See also: misgovern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misgoverning
Literary usage of Misgoverning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Her Majesty the King: A Romance of the Harem by James Jeffrey Roche, Oliver Herford (1902)
"Every nation has just the government for which its people are fitted : at least,
that is what is said by the rulers who are piously engaged in misgoverning ..."
2. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, William Aldis Wright (1894)
"... but he has ' misgoverning' in the same sense in Lucrece, 654 : ' Black lust,
dishonour, shame, misgoverning, Who seek to stain the ocean of thy blood. ..."
3. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (1905)
"... but he has ' misgoverning' in the same sense in Lucrece, 654: ' Black lust,
dishonour, shame, misgoverning, Who seek to stain the ocean of thy blood. ..."
4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"For ten years past, the unluckiest of misgoverning Dukes has been in utter
controversy with his Ritters;— at law with them before the Courts of the Empire, ..."
5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"The Unique of Husbands has proved also to be the unluckiest of misgoverning Dukes
in his Epoch; and spreads mere trouble all round him. ..."
6. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"The Unique of Husbands has proved also to be the unluckiest of misgoverning Dukes
in his Epoch; and spreads mere trouble all round him. ..."
7. History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1866)
"The Unique of Husbands has proved also to be the unluckiest of misgoverning Dukes
in his epoch, and spreads mere trouble all round him. ..."
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