Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgovern
Literary usage of Overgovern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mastery of the Pacific by Archibald Ross Colquhoun (1902)
"The French, on the other hand, fail because, as has been said, they overgovern
by a horde of inferior officials, try to keep the trade in French hands ..."
2. Parliamentary Government in the British Colonies by Alpheus Todd (1880)
"The governor who is the least huffy, and who is most careful not to overgovern,
is the one who has the most authority. Enforce civility upon all minor ..."
3. Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of Washington, at by William Bradford Reed (1847)
"Every thing goes on smoothly yet, and there is no doubt it will continue, if some
rash people in the committee do not overgovern, which there is some danger ..."
4. Literary and Theological Review by Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon (1838)
"... and " pas trop gouvernor" (do not overgovern) are the new discovered optics
of political intelligence. A system that determines the categories of good ..."
5. Italy from 1494 to 1790 by Katharine Dorothea Ewart Vernon (1909)
"The southern Italians were still discontented with Austrian rule, and preferred
their former easy-going masters, who if they misgoverned did not overgovern ..."
6. The Steam Turbine by Robert Morrison Neilson (1908)
"... exaggerated motion of the valve spindle, so that, with a correctly adjusted
valve gear, the tendency to hunt or overgovern is entirely eliminated. ..."
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