countercheck
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We are, indeed, very fond of range, and if there is check, there should be countercheck; and in this view we are delighted to see these great Italians domesticated here.
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It was not possible more cleverly to meet every difficulty, to countercheck every contingency, than by this subtle scheme.
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That word fell on his ear for the first time from a white man's lips, and the stupefaction of it was a countercheck to his grief.
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The countercheck was effectual, and from her position of vantage the lady fired her first shot.
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How powerful has always been the profession in guiding the popular mind, in forming that greatest of all counterchecks to bad laws and bad administration,—public opinion!
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