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Surfeits and wantonness are great agents for his employment, when by the secret of his skill out of others' weakness he gathers his own strength.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

Surfeits maketh worke many times for the physician, who turning R into D giveth his patient sometime a Decipe for a Recipe; and so payeth deerely for his travell that hastneth him to his end.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 by Various

We find the Taste of Honey is delicious and desirable, yet Nature over-burthened with too great a Quantity, Surfeits, and begets a loathing of it.

From The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence by Howlett, Robert