Sentence example with the word 'counterpoised'

counterpoised

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Thus the peace of Szatmar assured to the Hungarian nation all that it had won by former compacts with the Habsburgs; but whereas hitherto the Transylvanian principality had been the permanent guardian of all such compacts, and the authority of the reigning house had been counterpoised by the Turk, the effect and validity of the peace of Szatmar depended entirely upon the support it might derive from the nation itself.   [Please select]

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* * * * * We have called witnesses on this point alone, and have more than counterpoised the evidence produced upon the opposite side.   [Please select]

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The flying buttresses at Salisbury Cathedral, in which the thrust is partly counterpoised by pyramidal-headed pinnacles decorated with crockets and finials, are of this age.   [Please select]

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