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No possible provocations could afterwards tempt him to a duel; and no wonder that one's conscience loathed that whereof he had surfeited.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

And when I had surfeited thy longing, and dismissed thee, I meant it to be the end, for it was all I had to give.

From The Substance of a Dream by Bain, F. W. (Francis William)

I realized for the first time that the east had surfeited me with picturesqueness.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

He sat on the right of Mademoiselle Adèle, while on the left was her new lover, the corpulent Anatole, who had surfeited himself on truffles.

From Norse Tales and Sketches by Kielland, Alexander Lange

The other woman had surfeited him with classicalities.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee