"Overtax" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at last come into the region of settlements, they agreed never again to overtax the dogs. They "travelled light" out of ...
— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
... its accomplishment. There is nothing improbable in a flesh-eater requiring more food than a simple living vegetarian. His food contains more proteid, and excrementitious matter or extractives; these stimulate the digestive organs and overtax the excretory ones. Generally, he is fond of condiments, salt, and elaborate cooking, often also of alcohol; if a man, probably of tobacco. He lives, as ...
— The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition • A. W. Duncan |
