Just imagine'-working himself up to nervous irritation-'being at the mercy of some healthy, high-spirited young creature, who will insult me every day with her overplus of pure animal enjoyment.
"Lover or Friend"
Rosa Nouchette Carey
It has been explained, that as the year was formed of 26 weeks and one day, by this overplus the years succeeded each other, following the correlative order of their numbers up to 13, in order to form a week, or indiction; for if the year had been composed of exactly 28 weeks, the numbers of the new years would never have formed a correlative week, because they would have commenced with the number 1, and finished with 13; by the other method, one year begins with the first, and terminates in the same; the second year commences with the number 2 and also finishes with it; and so on successively, until the 13 are completed.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
We have an overplus of native demagogues, fanatics, ultraists, disunionists and bigots-without importing any from Europe.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson