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day at Zaneburg you
"And ever since that day at Zaneburg, you have run after this beast as if you owned her.
— from Painted Veils by James Huneker

died at Zeila years
Mrs Ibrahim is a Pathan woman, a Mahomedan, whose first husband died at Zeila years ago and left her with a small family, now grown up.
— from Sun, Sand and Somals Leaves from the note-book of a District Commissioner in British Somaliland by Henry A. Rayne

down a Zeppelin you
"Why not write to your creditors and say that as soon as you've brought down a Zeppelin you will settle their accounts in full?
— from Commander Lawless V.C. Being the Further Adventures of Frank H. Lawless, Until Recently a Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy by Rolf Bennett

David Abu Zakaria Yahia
Judah ben David (Abu Zakaria Yahia lbn Dand) Hayyoudj, who may be looked upon as the master of Djanah, was originally from Fez but lived for the greater time at Cordova (end of the tenth and beginning of the eleventh century).
— from Rashi by Maurice Liber

Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung you
In the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung you will find a few lines I have sent to Brockhaus by his demand.
— from Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 by Franz Liszt

degrees above zero yesterday
This morning it was three degrees above zero; yesterday it was fifteen below.
— from A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan

day an zen your
" "Well, Izhe GOIN' to be dead some day 'an zen your nashty old goat sha'n't see me a bit—see how he like ZAT."
— from Helen's Babies by John Habberton


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