Let our Warhorse neigh, let the Bear roar in Zmudz!
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

The train ran on and on till it stopped running straight and began running in zigzags 15 like one letter Z put next to another Z and the next and the next.
— from Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg

Balkh (Bactria, Bākhdi), 3 note ; taken by Alexander the Great, 6 ; included in Tokhāristān, 18 ; 431 annexed by Persians, 30 ; Islām introduced into, 38 ; reduced by Rabī` ibn Ziyād, 39 ; Kutayba’s expeditions to, 46 , 57 ; coalition with Nīzek, 56 ; temporary Mohammedan capital of Central Asia, 76 ; Sāmānanatire of, 101 ; siege and capture by Isma`īl, 110 ; centre of Mohammedan learning, 131 ; defeat of Sanjar, 141 ; `Alā ud-Dīn master of, 147 ; Chaghatāy in possession of, 160 .
— from The Heart of Asia A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times by Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir

Turks —divisions of, 29 , 123 ; migrations, 124 , 129 ; relations with Persians, 30–32 ; defeated by Rabī` ibn Ziyād, 39 ; Islām embraced by Turks in Balāsāghūn, 120 ; Kirghiz , Turkomans , Uzbegs , etc. ( see those titles ).
— from The Heart of Asia A history of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the earliest times by Ross, E. Denison (Edward Denison), Sir

If it were known to man, why had it never been reported in zoological or natural history journals?
— from West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon

By Major Francis B. Pearce , C.M.G. (British Resident in Zanzibar).
— from Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 2 (of 2) by C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock

See Blackwall, 'Researches in Zoology,' 1834, pp. 108, 118.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

"Your rising star was plucked cruelly from the sky before reaching its zenith."
— from Tom Moore: An Unhistorical Romance Founded on Certain Happenings in the Life of Ireland's Greatest Poet by Theodore Burt Sayre