of Burden

A glance told us that her sea- worthiness was questionable and that her over- burdening cargo pressed her Plimsoll mark close to the water line. – The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

This is the only plan I have been able to devise by which I could publish in succession all my materials without burdening my first subscribers, who will thus be free to accept the supplements or not, as they prefer. – Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz