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Definition of Misruled
1. misrule [v] - See also: misrule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misruled
Literary usage of Misruled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"... misruled Acragas, as he had already misruled Himera. But for some unknown
reason he had the folly to go to war with Hieron, who discomfited him in a ..."
2. Eloquence of the United States by E. B. Williston (1827)
"But they have passed away; and of all the millions they misruled, the millions
they would have misruled, how few remain! Another race is there to lament the ..."
3. The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart.: Delivered by Robert Peel (1853)
"You assert that we have misruled Ireland, and you argue that we must adopt the
policy you ... misruled her. Without discussing the truth of that assertion, ..."
4. The English Republic by William James Linton (1851)
"... have the ' rulers ' of a country so barbarously misruled a land, as England's
Government has misruled Ireland. But England's Government is not England. ..."
5. Writings of Charles Sprague: Now First Collected by Charles Sprague (1841)
"But they have passed away; and of all the millions they misruled, the millions
they would have misruled, how few remain! Another race is there to lament the ..."
6. Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Period of the Reformation by Walter Howard Frere, William Paul McClure Kennedy, Church of England (1910)
"... who shall see good rule and order in the church in time of Divine Service;
and if any misruled person be, that he may be presented by them; ..."
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