Such things can reach only the most elect; it is [Pg 5] a rare privilege to be a listener here; not every? one who likes can have ears to hear Zarathustra.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It was to me like one of those zoological gardens in which one sees assembled together a variety of flora, and contrasted effects in landscape; where from a hill one passes to a grotto, a meadow, rocks, a stream, a trench, another hill, a marsh, but knows that they are there only to enable the hippopotamus, zebra, crocodile, rabbit, bear and heron to disport themselves in a natural or a picturesque setting; this, the Bois, equally complex, uniting a multitude of little worlds, distinct and separate—placing a stage set with red trees, American oaks, like an experimental forest in Virginia, next to a fir-wood by the edge of the lake, or to a forest grove from which would suddenly emerge, in her lissom covering of furs, with the large, appealing eyes of a dumb animal, a hastening walker—was the Garden of Woman; and like the myrtle-alley in the Aeneid, planted for their delight with trees of one kind only, the Allée des Acacias was thronged by the famous Beauties of the day.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

Moreover, how is he to be held responsible for his ignorance, when it is acknowledged by all, friends and enemies, that his zeal for learning is so great that even before the coming of the Spaniards every one could read and write, and that we now see the humblest families make enormous sacrifices in order that their children may become a little enlightened, even to the extent of working as servants in order to learn Spanish?
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

Now, however, a new table of valuations must be placed over mankind—namely, that of the strong, mighty, and magnificent man, overflowing with life and elevated to his zenith—the Superman, who is now put before us with overpowering passion as the aim of our life, hope, and will.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The rage of faction broke out in frequent and violent seditions; the blood of the faithful was shed by each other's hands, and the exile of Marcellus, whose prudence seems to have been less eminent than his zeal, was found to be the only measure capable of restoring peace to the distracted church of Rome.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In the evening, Madame Montoni and her party went out upon the sea, and as the Count led Emily to his zendaletto, he carried her hand to his lips, and thanked her for the condescension she had shown him.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Le Grant Herbier , of which the English Grete Herball is a translation, is a version of the French manuscript translation of Circa Instans , and therefore, as Circa Instans is older than either the Herbarius zu Teutsch or the Latin Ortus Sanitatis , it would seem that it is the real original of our Grete Herball .
— from The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

The Count of Monte Scaglioso showed himself no laggard in discharging the duty thus entrusted to his zeal and ability.
— from Italian Yesterdays, vol. 2 by Fraser, Hugh, Mrs.

There were points where the policy of the two blended, and one point of ultimate convergence might have been found if Lassalle's only object had been to seek it; but his personal ambition was at least equal to his zeal as a reformer.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

His success was equal to his zeal; the spirit of intolerance sank blasted beneath his genius.
— from Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and Works by G. W. (George William) Foote

Unclear parts of the text have been checked against the on-line copy of this book of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
— from A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Exhibiting a Summary Description of the Apparatus and Machinery Best Calculated for Illuminating Streets, Houses, and Manufactories, with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas, with Remarks on the Utility, Safety, and General Nature of this new Branch of Civil Economy. by Friedrich Christian Accum

It takes a long time before a chief can be persuaded to allow his zenana to be visited by a European lady, and the present Maharajah refused entrance to his zenana to the Duchess of Connaught, because several of the other rajput maharajahs have not allowed their zenanas to be seen by any European woman.
— from Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water The Journal of a Tour Through the British Empire and America by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent