Citations:surfeit

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English citations of surfeit

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  • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 2
    [T]hey are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.
  • 2003 — My grandfather in person organized the file with a surfeit of sworn testimonies and probative documents .... — Gabriel García Márquez, Living to Tell the Tale, Chapter 2, 2002. Translated from Spanish by Edith Grossman.