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His early faculties were intensified and refined, and in the overtension of his nerves through suffering his perceptions broadened, and he gained new ideas of things.

From Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de

What state of overtension could have prompted her to a piece of bravado so rash, so superfluous?

From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake

But there is no evidence to show that suicides, generally, are caused by seasonal overtension and subsequent collapse.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various

She suffered, however, from nervous overtension and incurable melancholy.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock