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Two motives preponderated in that opposition: one, a jealousy entertained of our future power; and the other, the interest of certain individuals of influence in the neighboring States, who had obtained grants of lands under the actual government of that district.

It was only in his presence that Catherine felt the smallest fatigue from her journey; and even then, even in moments of languor or restraint, a sense of general happiness preponderated, and she could think of her friends in Bath without one wish of being with them.

On the other hand, the women broke out of the lodges, with the songs of joy and those of lamentation so strangely mixed that it might have been difficult to have said which passion preponderated. None, however, was idle.

Earlier this month, it was announced that official reports from Iranian authorities showed that the country's export had preponderated over its imports in the second quarter of 2019, indicating that Tehran's economic policies to cushion Washington's unilateral pressures are bearing fruit.

His governance philosophy is thus essentially and logically preponderated by democratic tenets, constitutional circumscriptions and the reciprocal exertions in the interactions among the trinity of the executive, legislature and the judiciary.

I suppose Frank has spent this Xmas with you, nearly the first time that the sugar has so greatly preponderated over the tea.