overtask
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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To find out that, good shepherd, I suppose, In such a scant allowance of star-light, Would overtask the best land-pilot's art, Without the sure guess of well-practised feet.
From L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas by Milton, John
Even as in the ancient Scriptures there are ideas which seem to overtask the powers of human language.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
In the latter years of his life he was known to overtask himself; and at length the body gave way, though the mind remained firm to the last.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
But with this principle unimpaired, there is no reason why any further increase of territory or of population should overtask the resources of our government.
From American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by Fiske, John
I've just remembered that I'm an invalid and that if I overtask myself it will be a bad thing for McClellan to-morrow.
From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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