Certainly, this is one aspect of a certain kind of Atheism—the Atheism of the man who reveres beauty to such an extent that his own ugliness, which outrages him, must be concealed from every eye lest it should not be respected as Zarathustra respected it.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Sir J.W. Parsons, K.C.M.G., the British Resident at Zante.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

British Resident at Zante, and Lt.-Gov. of Jersey.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

At length the Rana was compelled to liberate Bala Rao, and Zalim Singh obtained by this interference possession of the fortress and entire district of Jahazpur.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Since the vapour pressure on the side containing the sulphuric acid may be regarded as zero, the difference in level of the two surfaces of liquid in the U -tube gives directly the dissociation pressure of the hydrate in terms of the particular liquid employed; if the density of the latter is known, the pressure can then be calculated to cm. of mercury.
— from The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay

The War broke out, and Dr. Vio donned a uniform, serving chiefly on the railway line between Rieka and Zagreb.
— from The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

Of the six specimens observed in England the majority have been recorded as zinckenii , Treitschke, a form having the fore wings more variegated with white.
— from The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series Comprising the Families Noctuidæ to Hepialidæ by Richard South

Then, to the utter astonishment of both Redgrave and Zaidie, he said slowly and deliberately, and with only just enough tinge of emotion in his voice to make Redgrave want to shoot him: "Beautiful.
— from A Honeymoon in Space by George Chetwynd Griffith

I think it was on the next night that we made up a party to go to Bruant’s, in the Boulevard Rochechouart; and Zélie, moved by an impulse of kindness, turned to Miss, and proposed that she should join us.
— from Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories by Henry Harland

“Well, how would such an argument be received?” asked Zenith.
— from Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World by James Cowan

Luther's alleged sensuality and coarseness of speech are examined by "Lutherophilus," Das sechste Gebot und Luthers Leben (Halle, 1893); with which may be read Altenrath, Zur Beurtheilung und Würdigung Martin Luthers (Frankfort, 1889).
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

I have made two pairs, but they did not last long, and all my clothes have been stolen by 'Rehani,' a Zanzibari.
— from In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley