Tis the might divine of harmony's empire; She in the social dance governs the motions of each.
One gallant says to another: "O, signior, the star that governs my life is contentment; give me leave to interre myself in your arms.
But if the President governs first by being news himself, he governssecond by his appointments, by gathering about him other men who are news to people, too.
The President of the United States is the Comptroller of the people's vision, by seeing a part and dealing with a part as a part of a whole, he governs the people.
Our first great practical government is going to see how a great book, searching the heart of a nation, expressing and singing the men in it, governs a people.
Tracy, "is the most precious of all our acquisition, since it directs and governs the employment of our forces, and renders them more prolific, in proportion as it is sounder and more extensive.
The philosopher governs the lawgiver, placing himself thus at an immeasurable distance above the vulgar herd, above the ruler, above the lawgiver himself.
Still it is the law of justice which governs the transaction.
On the contrary, we have the strongest reasons for admitting that the soul is an individual entity, that it is that which governs the molecules to organize the living form of the human body.
Disclosing the plan on which the physical universe is constructed, she will show that the moral universe is constructed on the very same basis, that the two worlds form but one world, and that mind governs matter.
The energy which moves atoms and governs the universe is indestructible.
But a primordial and absolute law governs creation,--the law of Progress.
But in the absence of a Constitution men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle.
When we contemplate the immensity of that Being who directs and governs the incomprehensible Whole, of which the utmost ken of human sight can discover but a part, we ought to feel shame at calling such paltry stories the word of God.
It is not possible for men of sound understandings to conceive of the reality of the Lord's meeting Moses at an inn, if by the Lord, We understand the Almighty Power that governs all Worlds.
The writer does not pretend to say that the thing is impossible, because to deny the possibility of it would be to set limits to the power that governs the universe.
The God of the Bible is as unlike the Supreme Power that governs the material universe, as the swarthy African is unlike the fair complexion of the temperate zone.
The ruling passion, be it what it will-- The ruling passion governs reason still.
It governs the unconscious child; it governs the half-conscious mother who comes home from the toyshop with a waxen child for her girl, and a drum for her boy.
Nature implants in women a genuine love of offspring that governs them unconsciously.
I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governsthe whole world.
So, though he may think I mean all right, yet he is sure he knows better, and governs himself accordingly.
I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men.
The charioteer governsall things as if pulling in the reins of a draught-horse.
He who through his might became the sole king of the breathing and twinkling world, who governs all this, man and beast:--Who is the God to whom we shall offer sacrifice?
An additional type of legal system - international law, which governs the conduct of independent nations in their relationships with one another - is also addressed below.
The home is the woman's kingdom, her state, her world where she governs by affection, by kindness, by the power of gentleness.
The state or nation that has the best government progresses most; so the individual who governs best himself makes the most rapid progress.
When a man has formed in his mind a great sovereign purpose, it governs his conduct as the laws of nature govern the operation of physical things.
Habit makes no figure during the vivacity of youth, in middle age it gains ground, and in old age governs without control.
Emir Beshir at their head, have really embraced that branch only of the family which governs at Rasheya and Hasbeya continue in the religion of their ancestors.
In every thing which regards the Bedouins, he governs with the advice of the most respectable individuals of the town; and his power is not absolute enough to deprive the meanest of his subjects of the smallest part [p.
The Pasha of Gaza governs in Jaffa and Gaza, and in the adjacent plains.
My opinion is that the head of the state, carrying out the gigantic policy of his predecessors, believes: 'That that government governs best that gives the greatest amount of fiddling to the greatest amount of its children.
The law is universal; itgoverns the organic as well as the inanimate, the social as well as the organic world.
He fails to see that Law must govern Man's life as it governs the unfolding of the leaf, the development of the lily.
It is, let me add, not only the duty of one who governs allies and citizens, but even of one who governs slaves and dumb animals, to serve the interests and advantage of those under him.
Likewise consideration should be given to the experience under the law which governs the Philippines.
And let us give thanks to the One who governs us all.
It takes hold of eternity, voices the infinite, and governs the universe.
Secondly, this is proved by the order of Divine Providence which always governs inferior things by the superior.
Therefore God so governs things that He makes some of them to be causes of others in government; as a master, who not only imparts knowledge to his pupils, but gives also the faculty of teaching others.
The rational creature governs itself by its intellect and will, both of which require to be governed and perfected by the Divine intellect and will.
Therefore above the government whereby the rational creature governs itself as master of its own act, it requires to be governed by God.
As to the design of government, God governs all things immediately; whereas in its execution, He governs some things by means of others.
But he that governs has care for the things he governs.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "governs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
