It is quite true that when the stomach is weakened from any cause, it is not wise to overtax it by the ingestion of foods that are difficult to digest.
By staying in the water too long one may overtax his vitality and become chilled.
If the stomach is very sensitive, it is better to eat five or six meals a day, of a few ounces, than to overtax the stomach.
Special care has been taken to select experiments which will notovertax the capacities of beginners nor require expensive apparatus, but which at the same time will call for systematic and original work and lead to accurate results.
It is very unwise to overtax the heart in any way, for it may be strained or otherwise injured, so that it can never again do its work properly.
Moreover, her husband objected to his having a resident tutor for various reasons, and they thought Rudolph would overtax his strength if he went into Boston every day.
All this was very pleasant news, but here Miss Newman interfered by saying, "Ellie, darling, you know you must not overtax your strength and now you must be taking a rest.
The boys were sure they could haul heavier loads than those assigned to them; but their elders preferred not to overtax their strength, feeling that growing lads ought not to go to the extreme of exhaustion.
One can overtax a mill site by confining larger and larger amounts of capital within a given area.
Not one jot would I overtax Thy bounty toward me beyond the sufferance of my devotion.
I would be free to return to my love and comfort her, but if it shall overtax thy generosity to release me, I pray thee announce my sentence and let me begin to count the hours till I shall come forth again.
His father was careful not to allow him to overtax his strength, and especially insisted on his not working immediately after eating, unless under the pressure of great necessity; they usually went for a walk first.
Mozart knew well that hot-house plants fade quickly, and was careful not to overtax the powers of his son, but to preserve him in healthy freshness, both of mind and body, by means of due diversion and recreation.
The mainsprings of early political agitation in Japan were personal grievances and a desire to wrest the administrative power from the hands of the statesmen who had held it so long as to overtax the patience of their rivals.
However, as both were too young to be troubled with consciences, and nothing appeared to overtax their powers of digestion, the visit was considered a great success.
A week at the least," my father replied, "and even then a score of miles would overtax your strength.
Fearing lest he should overtax his strength, I went out, and after a visit to the surgeon proceeded to Coligny's tent.
With all that teaching and housekeeping, I am afraid you will overtax your strength.
No; she only cried a good deal, and begged me to be prudent and not overtax my strength; and then she talked about you, and hoped I should help you as much as possible, as though I meant to shirk any part of my duty.
During the period of dentition, or for the first ten years, as Flourens has it, great care must be taken not to overtax the brain or the physical organs of the child to any extent whatever.
But while attempting to accomplish this latter we must remember that to overtax either it or the nervous system would be to frustrate the object had in view, and to almost make the cure as bad as the disease.
But if we were to overtax sugar or coffee, corn or butter, flax or wool, beer or spirits, land or houses, I fear that we should be beating ourselves rather severely with our own sticks.
The suggestion that we shall overtax "Ulster" is even more captivating.
As his subjects do not overtax the sympathies with harrowing emotions, neither does his artovertax the understanding with complicated effects.
I lived an almost completely outdoor life, riding, walking, swimming in the lake, hunting, but careful not to overtax my returning strength.
It is the most serious waste to overtax the stomach with even half an ounce more than it can take care of.
