What ails us to fear Overmeasure, To praise thee with timorous breath, O mistress and mother of pleasure, The one thing as certain as death?
"Poems & Ballads (First Series)"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
How can you preach fasting, you, who wish to deluge me with such an Overmeasure of sorrow?
"Invisible Links"
Selma Lagerlof
Society returns him good for evil in the most extravagant Overmeasure.
"Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara"
George Bernard Shaw