The Empress merely felt that it was time to do something stirring, and, without necessarily waging war, to assert again the pre-eminence in Europe of France, weakened in 1866 by the unexpected outcome of the rivalry between Austria and Prussia for preponderance among the German States.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Our muscles, our health, the agility of our limbs, bear the growing pain of its preponderance.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
The building of the temple increased the preponderance of the sacrifice offered in the metropolis.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker