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No, marry, sir, I will not; I have surfeited of that old woman's face already.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He must be purged that hath surfeited: The fields have surfeited with summer fruits; They must be purg'd, made poor, oppress'd with snow, Ere they recover their decayed pride.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

"Nothing is more contemptible than mediocre poetry," observed Sunderland; "the magazines and souvenirs have surfeited the world with it."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

She crammed enough experience into a career of forty-two years to have surfeited a centenarian.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.

Your ears must have surfeited on that rubbish, if the very mention of it nauseates you.

From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund