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Her ambition seemed to be to pay for her own lessons, so if I gave her thirty pounds, she could go to a really good master without feeling that she was overtaxing you.

From More about Pixie by Groome, William H. C.

Already in 1887 his friends noticed that Leighton showed at times that he was overtaxing his strength.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

He was still so slight, even fragile, in appearance, she sometimes feared lest she was overtaxing his strength.

From A Soldier's Son by Butler, Maude M.

At Christmas it had been clear enough that he was overtaxing himself; his father remarked on the fact with anxiety, and urged moderation, his own peculiar virtue.

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George

When a little later she was walking in her sleep, and dreaming strange dreams, he did not see that he was overtaxing both her body and brain.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles