They tell us that Oceanus and Tethys were the children of Earth and Heaven; that Phoreys, Cronos, and Rhea came in the next generation, and were followed by Zeus and Here, whose brothers and children are known to everybody.
— from Timaeus by Plato

“You wanted to make the supper-table pretty; and you waited till my back was turned, and took the thing I set most store by of anything I've got, and wouldn't never use it, not even when the minister come to dinner, or Aunt Martha Pierce come over from Bettsbridge—” Zeena paused with a gasp, as if terrified by her own evocation of the sacrilege.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Uhlmann, F. : Beitraege zur Pharmakologie die Vitamine, Zeitschr.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

to your charge repair: The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite Lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock.
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Bedingungen two new terms zwei neue Klauseln two new clauses zwei Zollstationen two customs-posts zweifelhaft doubtful zweifelhaft fishy zweifelhafte Forderung doubtful claim zweifelhafter Börsenmakler bucketeer zweifelhaftes Geschäft; unehrliches Geschäft funny business zweifeln doubt Zweig branch Zweigniederlassung branch establishment Zweigniederlassung; Zweigstelle; Filiale branch office Zweigstelle branch Zweigstelle local branch Zweigstelle; Filiale branch office Zweihanddiagramm right and left hand chart zweimal in der Woche twice weekly zweiseitig bilateral zweiseitiges Abkommen bilateral agreement zweispaltige Anzeige double column advertisement Zweitbegünstigter second beneficiary Zweitbeschäftigung außerhalb der Arbeitszeit moonlighting zweitbest second best zweite Emission second issue zweite Hälfte des Monats second half of the month zweite
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Duchacek, F. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der chemischen Zusammensetzung des Kaffees und der Kaffee-Ersatztoffe.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

But you are still more absurd, by Asclepius, and very far indeed from being Zeus!
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Adj. angular, bent, crooked, aduncous[obs3], uncinated[obs3], aquiline, jagged, serrated; falciform[obs3], falcated[obs3]; furcated[obs3], forked, bifurcate, zigzag; furcular[obs3]; hooked; dovetailed; knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo[obs3], geniculated[obs3]; oblique &c. 217. fusiform[Microb], wedge-shaped, cuneiform; cuneate[obs3], multangular[obs3], oxygonal[obs3]; triangular, trigonal[obs3], trilateral; quadrangular, quadrilateral; foursquare; rectangular, square, multilateral; polygonal &c. n.; cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

As the other simultaneous impressions were added, the displacement first became zero and finally positive, i.e. the impressions were connected with a position of the index that was too late.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Στωϊκός, ή, όν, stoic, belonging to the sect of the Stoics, founded by Zeno, and deriving their name frm the portico, στοά , where he tought, Ac. 17.18.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

Subjective idealism and the search of the inner spirit of things, fostered by Zenism, led the Ashikaga artists to practice a rigorous economy of means, eliminating color in general and all details not essential to the expression of the artist's idea.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle

"Nancy will tell thee," said his mother, and, not able to wait a moment to hear and tell such wonderful news, the two children rushed out at once, followed by Zeb.
— from The Puritan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

The mercury went far below zero and the bitter wind that blew bit through the painted coat and all his clothing clean into the bone.
— from The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

When wintry winds are out and the mercury far below zero, she will allow her most ardent lover to freeze on her snowy breast without waving a leaf in pity, or offering him a match; and scores of her devotees may starve to death in as many different languages before she will offer a loaf of bread.
— from Woodcraft by George Washington Sears

Schlechtendal, 'Bot. Zeit.,' xv, p. 67, Datura , three-celled fruit; 'Bot. Zeit.,' xiii, p. 823, Phaseolus , double pistil—a common case.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters

While they thus spoke their eyes lit up with a strange, passionate fervour of religious zeal—that fierce, burning zeal, which has for so many centuries made men equally ready to martyrize others or to die martyrs themselves—that zeal which has led some to give up all worldly goods, and live the life of wandering beggars, and others to allow no scruple to interfere with any deed which can enrich and benefit the church to which they belong.
— from A Search For A Secret: A Novel. Vol. 1 by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

'Twas hotter'n a steamer's stoke-hole outside, but that room was forty below zero.
— from The Woman-Haters by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

He bitterly complained of the unwillingness of the country-people to furnish vivers, waggons, and other necessaries, for the fort before Zutphen.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley