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Sentences starting with governor

Governor Dinwiddie, Mr. Washington (alas that, as I write the fragment chapters of my life, among the hills where Montrose my ancestor fought, George leads the colonists against the realm of England! [11]
Governor John Winthrop, the first, sends for East Indian bezoar, with other commodities he is writing for. [3]
Governor Roop was the first and only chief magistrate of it. [5]
Governor Sharpe answered shortly that he had been happy to hear the good news from Scipio. [9]
Governor Endicott also sends Winthrop a unicorn's horn, which was the property of a certain Mrs. Beggarly, who, in spite of her name, seems to have been rich in medical knowledge and possessions. [3]
Governor Hamilton had said, indeed, that only a navy could take Vincennes this year. [9]
Governor Balloon was nothing less than a father to the poor Indians. [5]
Governor Lounsbury, the labor of the commission is finished. [4]
Governor Curtin has just telegraphed me: "I have advices that Jackson is crossing the Potomac at Williamsport, and probably the whole rebel army will be drawn from Maryland. [7]
Governor Shepley has informed me that Mr. Durant is now taking a registry, with a view to the election of a constitutional convention in Louisiana. [7]

Sentences ending with governor

You see he writes to me instead of to the Governor. [11]
Then I shall write a letter which you will take to the Governor. [9]
Nor could we wish for a more sensible or a juster governor! [10]
Thrice-blessed State, in which there were now three reform candidates for governor! [9]
The prince again went to his bureau, glanced into it, fingered his papers, closed the bureau again, and sat down at the table to write to the governor. [2]
Presently the door was thrown open and Havel announced the Governor. [11]
Had Dormy Jamais warned the Governor? [11]
If not, I want a letter to Paul Varney and the governor. [9]
Even the Moslem viceroy, the great general Amru, came over from the other side of the Nile, with his chief military and civil officers, to pay the last honors to the just and revered governor. [10]
He came in under guard, but he bore himself quietly enough and made a low bow to the governor. [11]

Short sentences using governor

The Governor glanced over carelessly. [11]
The governor showed no feeling. [11]
It was Governor Matteson's work. [7]
The Governor opened it. [11]
The Governor read it gravely. [9]
The Governor rose in reply. [11]
The Governor shook his head. [11]
The Military Governor himself? [2]
Who would be governor? [9]
Nor resist the Governor? [11]

Sentences containing governor two or more times

Same to Governor Yates, Springfield, Illinois; Governor Stone, Davenport, Iowa; Governor Lewis, Madison, Wisconsin. [7]
Whether the paper was written for Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts, or for his son, Governor John of Connecticut, there is no positive evidence that I have been able to obtain. [3]
The Bailly whispered to the Governor, the Governor to his aide, and the aide sought the naval officers present; but these could give no explanation of the delay. [11]
I am appealed to in behalf of Richard M. Abrams of Company A, Sixth New Jersey Volunteers, by Governor Parker, Attorney-General Frelinghuysen, Governor Newell, Hon. [7]
From Madame Cournal to Bigot, from Bigot to Vaudreuil the Governor, from the Governor to France. [11]
He spoke of the governor of Vaucouleurs, the first night, simply as the governor of Vaucouleurs; he spoke of him the second night as his uncle the governor of Vaucouleurs; the third night he was his father. [5]
The Governor, however, said frostily, "Monsieur Doltaire, it must seem difficult for Captain Moray to know who is Governor in Canada, since he has so many masters. [11]
The governor further proposes that while he is allowed by the State law to appoint aides-de-camp to the governor at his discretion, with the rank of colonel, three only shall be reported to the United States for payment. [7]
Dessalles wrote this letter to the Governor for Princess Mary, she signed it, and it was given to Alpatych with instructions to hand it to the Governor and to come back as quickly as possible if there was danger. [2]
Mr. Carvel, as I have said, was most of his life a member of the Council, a man from whom both Governor Sharpe and Governor Eden were glad to take advice because of his temperate judgment and deep knowledge of the people of the province. [9]

More example sentences with the word governor in them

But to please your governor, I will proclaim him. [11]
He recognized his young captain of dragoons the Governor apologized, and Clarence slept that night in the cabin. [9]
I may need you in Vaucouleurs; for if the governor will not receive me I will dictate a letter to him, and so must have some one by me who knows the art of how to write and spell the words. [5]
I lay before you a communication on this subject from the Governor of New Mexico. [7]
I wish you would tell him from me that when I am governor, I shall make it a point to discuss the whole matter with him, and that he will find in me no foe of corporations. [9]
Heaven, she thought, would pour its favour upon her too lavishly if the report that Don John was to be appointed Governor of the Netherlands should be verified. [10]
The Australasian Governor would not be so restless, perhaps, if he had a war, or a veto, or something like that to call for his reserve-energies, but he hasn't. [5]
But as luck would have it, the Governor had been that day in such worry and perplexity, and my grandfather also, that my absence had passed unnoticed. [9]
Yes, the General would give the Governor a safe-conduct into St. Louis, but his Excellency must come to the General. [9]
So did it work upon me that, after many days, I got for the lad his own again, and there he is happier, and his mother happier, than the Governor in his palace. [11]
Presently there came word from the Governor that I might walk upon the ramparts, and I was taken forth for several hours each day; always, however, under strict surveillance, my guards, well armed, attending, while the ramparts were, as usual, patrolled by soldiers. [11]
He was still with the Governor in all fact, though soldiering for Bigot--a sort of watch upon the Intendant. [11]
The Governor sat with hands clinched upon his chairarm. [11]
He had quarrelled with Bigot, and had conquered, but at great cost; for Bigot had such power, and the Governor had trouble enough to care for himself against Bigot, though he was Beaugard's friend. [11]
Mr. Calhoun's a wise man, and he ought to be governor here. [11]
I went to Williamsburg and wrestled with Governor Patrick Henry and his council, with Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Mason and Mr. Wythe. [9]
But the governor will be unwise to try and impose it. [11]
The high-priest alone, who, as Caesar's host, had gone up to the side of the throne, and two or three others, among them the governor of the town, a tall, elderly man of Macedonian descent, paid no heed to the brute. [10]
Truth was, Doltaire, who had no sordid feeling in him, loathed alike the cupidity of Bigot and the incompetency of the Governor, and respected Montcalm for his honour, and reproached him for his rashness. [11]
There were many who came regularly to inquire of him, and each afternoon I would see the broad shoulders and genial face of Governor Sharpe in the gateway, completing his walk by way of Marlboro' Street. [9]
At first, as when I left the governor at Lachine, I said, 'I will never speak, I will never ask nor bend the knee. [11]
His disturbing words were these: "To-night I am the Governor of this country. [11]
The two knights were startled--yes, and troubled; and the Sieur Bertrand said: "Even if the governor shall really furnish the letter and the escort, he still may not do it in time to meet the date she has chosen. [5]
The early proceedings were cordial, for the Governor and his suite made themselves agreeable, and talk flowed amiably. [11]
Nothing of what went on around her escaped Sabina's little eyes, and she had observed that while the governor was considering the document addressed to him he had moved uneasily. [10]
A Government officer went languidly by in full uniform--even the Governor wore uniform at all times to encourage respect--and the cafes were filling. [11]
Letters came and went between Jefferson City and Jefferson Davis, their purport being that the Governor was to work out his own salvation, for a while at least. [9]
I was warmly welcomed by old friends and by the Governor and his family, and I soon set up an establishment of my own in Williamsburg, joining with a merchant there in business, while my land was worked by a neighbouring planter. [11]
As soon as we landed at the door with the crowd the Governor came to me at once and was very cordial, and apparently as glad to see me as he said he was. [5]
This, by the way, is a casual remark, which I would not, for the universe, have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller. [4]
And she it was who made the Governor loose off these chains. [11]
And she it was who had Governor send me here--even Ma'm'selle Duvarney. [11]
In fact, I was too late, but I begged so hard that the governor was touched by my brave devotion to my country's cause--those are the words he used--and so he yielded, and allowed me to come. [5]
I knew he was to have an order from the Governor to visit you. [11]
But the governor was there yesterday, and he'd protect us. [11]
But now it was the Governor who turned pale, seeing who the criminal was. [11]
Captain Leonard Helm was sent to take charge of Vincennes, and Captain Montgomery set out across the mountains for Williamsburg with letters praying the governor of Virginia to come to our assistance. [9]
Presently the Governor was seated, and he said, looking round, "Monsieur Doltaire--he is not here? [11]
Sir Kenelm Digby was playing his fantastic tricks with the Sympathetic powder, and teaching Governor Winthrop, the second, how to cure fever and ague, which some may like to know. [3]
Such a bill was passed and tendered to the Republican Governor for his signature; but, principally for the reasons I have stated, he withheld his approval, and the bill fell without becoming a law. [7]
The King's cause was hers, and to be permitted to work for it gained a special charm by her son's appointment to be governor of the country, which filled her with mingled anxiety and joy. [10]
When the reading was finished, he gave a dry little laugh, and came down to the Governor, apologizing for his lateness, and bowing to the rest of us. [11]
A mutual agreement was entered into between the Governor and the old Indian fighter in command of the Western Department, to respect each other. [9]
Just as he was better acquainted with every province than the most experienced governor, with every band of soldiers than the sergeant, so nothing escaped him which concerned the private lives of those whom he valued. [10]
I thought he was a man of his word, and he promised me that I should be governor this year. [9]
Andrew, John Albion: War Governor, 223; hearing Emerson, 379. [6]
Everybody knows I want to be governor, everybody knows I've got twenty thousand dollars in the bank to pay for that privilege. [9]
When the governor wakes in the morning he thinks first of his salary; he has not the least anxiety about his daily bread or the support of his family. [4]
Dr. Fuller's two visits to Salem, at the request of Governor Endicott, seem to have been very satisfactory to that gentleman. [3]
The Governor alone up there in Montreal has enough men to drive you all into the hills of Maine in a week. [11]
Then the Governor understood: he remembered that the name just given by the Sheriff and himself was the name of the Englishman who had carried off Grassette's wife years ago. [11]
He was sitting under a willow at the billabong, reading over and over to himself the address to be delivered before the Governor in the evening. [11]
I was wholly unaware that Mr. Vallandigham was, at the time of his arrest, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor until so informed by your reading to me the resolutions of the convention. [7]
Yet once or twice, from things they said, I came to know that all was not well between Bigot and Doltaire on one hand, and Doltaire and the Governor on the other. [11]
You," he added, turning to the Pennsylvanian, "lead us to the governor. [9]
Consult with Judge Trumbull; and if you and he see no reason to the contrary, deliver the letter to Governor Seward at once. [7]
Then we have tried for governor an illustrious Rough Rider, and we liked him so much in that great office that now we have made him Vice-President--not in order that that office shall give him distinction, but that he may confer distinction upon that office. [5]
In this strong town the Turks had shut up the garrison under command of Governor Ebersbraught so closely that it was without intelligence or hope of succor. [4]
I've heard it told by old Shearton at King's House, who speaks as if he'd stepped out of Shakespeare, and somehow I seem to hear him talking, and I tell it as he told it last year to the governor of the Company. [11]
Yet I had to use all manner of device with the Governor. [11]
The Governor wants to travel alone, and he's fixed so he can outvote us. [5]
I ran on to the man--" The governor was leaning forward, looking intently, and said now: "It's like a wild dream--but the north--the north is near to the Strangest of All! [11]
This is not to the liking of the Intendant, who loves not my father because he is such a friend of our cousin the Governor. [11]
Then he turned to the Governor. [11]
I am going to the Governor. [11]
Then he turned to the governor, who did not care to risk his life in the way of escape. [11]
I will go to the Governor with my love, and I do not fear the end. [11]
I came again to the castle the next day at noon, and was conducted to the great dining-hall and seated by the side of the governor at a small table which was raised a couple of steps higher than the general table. [5]
His body appeared to stiffen, his face became rigid, he stared at the Governor blankly, appalled, the colour left his face, and his mouth opened with a curious and revolting grimace. [11]
I am glad to see an Indiana regiment on this day able to present the captured flag to the Governor of Indiana. [7]
His Excellency came to remonstrate, but to no avail, and Mr. Carvel denounced the rector in such terms that the Governor was glad to turn the subject. [9]
I cannot bear to quit Egypt and know that there is no governor at Memphis! [10]
The Baron went to Quebec to see the Bishop and the Governor, and though promises were made, nothing was done. [11]
I'd resign now, to please my wife, to please my friends, but we can't trust this governor to appoint a safe man. [9]
The governor apologised to his guests, but the dinner could not be ended formally now, so the ladies rose and retired. [11]
Louis Racine got to his feet, but the Governor hastened forward, and, taking both his hands, forced him gently back into the chair. [11]
It was conveyed to him later by letters of commendation from the Governor that he should be free to go anywhere in the islands and to see whatever was to be seen, from convict prison to Hotel Dieu. [11]
The paper handed to him by the Governor said this: "I assure you that the town of Smolensk is not in the slightest danger as yet and it is unlikely that it will be threatened with any. [2]
It had been to her a kind of play-room when she had visited Governor Nicholls years before. [11]
Would be glad to have your suggestion as to supplying your place of military governor. [7]
So she began to harry the Governor to find employment for the "Brigade. [5]
Please show this to Governor Murphy to save me telegraphing him. [7]
Please send above to Governor Johnson. [7]
But we had to go to Odessa, 250 miles away, and there the Governor General urged us, and sent a telegram to the Emperor, which we hardly expected to be answered, but it was, and promptly. [5]
When she returned to Ghent, even if Don John had not been appointed governor, she might even have ventured to make her house the rendezvous of the heads of the royalist party. [10]
Ridout was going to be their next governor if you hadn't singed him with the Pingsquit bill. [9]
With a view to attracting free settlers to that penal colony, M. Feillet, the Governor, forcibly expropriated the Kanaka cultivators from the best of their plantations, with a derisory compensation, in spite of the protests of the Council General of the island. [5]
It is difficult to answer a man who denies the cardinal principle of American democracy,--that a good mayor or a governor may be made out of a dog-catcher. [9]
At the same time your nominee for governor, in whose behalf you appeal, is known to you and to the world to declare against the use of an army to suppress the rebellion. [7]
Therefore, about the time set for my execution, he began to close with the overtures of the Governor, and presently the two formed a confederacy against the Marquis de Montcalm. [11]
At the same time no one could be sure of his affairs being settled out of hand unless he could get at the governor himself. [10]
Indeed, I have thought that a society--" "I earned my title," said General Doby, somewhat sheepishly, "fighting on Governor Brown's staff. [9]
But who'd have thought he'd have the cheek to come out for governor? [9]
She felt as though she bore a charm against his power since she had parted from her lover, and since the murder of the governor had opened her eyes to the true character of him on whom she had all too willingly expended her pity. [10]
It was as though he had come to triumph over the governor. [11]
I say all this upon intimate personal acquaintance with Governor Koerner. [7]
I have but this moment come from the Governor, and there seems no way to move him. [11]
He must prevent this crime, and warn the Governor. [11]
No, I don't think it can be the Governor, for you would n't look so happy if it was only his Excellency. [6]
Their appearance, when they were encamped on the Bowling Green, recalls the Homeric age: "In the centre, then, was pitched the tent of the men of battle of the Manhattoes, who, being the inmates of the metropolis, composed the lifeguards of the governor. [4]

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