In fact, they too were tired out, and it was a business in which, on our own account at least, it would not do to Overtask them.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
Though such an important chief, he is the meanest dressed of his subjects,-is always filthy,-ever greasy-eternally foul about the mouth; but these are mere eccentricities: as a wise judge, he is without parallel, always has a dodge ever ready for the abstraction of cloth from the spiritless Arab merchants, who trade with Unyanyembe every year; and disposes with ease of a judicial case which would Overtask ordinary men.
"How I Found Livingstone"
Sir Henry M. Stanley
But with this principle unimpaired, there is no reason why any further increase of territory or of population should Overtask the resources of our government.
"American Political Ideas Viewed From The Standpoint Of Universal History"
John Fiske