The second obstacle was the counterpart of an inadequate stage-to wit, an overloaded book.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
Again he was gazing intently at nothing; at his fancy, but this time he seemed to be dismissing it forever, after a careful inspection to convince himself that the counterpart he had found on earth was exactly like it.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
The thought in one heart seems to have its counterpart in that of the other.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade