We would not ask our author how much he gave per diem to those under his own command: we have no wish to rival the wit of a Russian proclamation which appeared last winter in Warsaw, in which the Poles in general, including those who fought at Orsza, Wielikie Luki, Kirchholm, Chocim, Smolensk, Vienna, Zurich, Hohenlinden, Samocierros, Pultusk, Grochow, Iganie, Zyzyny, Opatow, etc., etc., were stigmatized as poltroons and cowards!
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

It is not to be doubted but some Men are particularly called to some particular Services; their being not found in which, though the Act be no general positive Duty, yet in so far as it may be required of them, is a great Sin to omit; forasmuch as God is zealous of his Glory, and every Act of Disobedience to his Will manifested, is enough not only to hinder one greatly from that Comfort and inward Peace which otherwise he might have, but also bringeth Condemnation.
— from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers by Robert Barclay

This may be seen in Gibbon, in Zeuss, or in any author whatever who notices either, or both, of the two populations.
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

[Pg 38] St. Mary , belonging to the Observantines or Zoccolanti , a branch of the order of St. Francis , so called from their going in Zoccoli or wooden clogs.
— from Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3 containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries as they have been delivered in to the Royal Society by Royal Society (Great Britain)

The atrium glowed in zones of light and many-coloured shadow.
— from Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

The graveyard in Zermatt occupies only about one-eighth of an acre.
— from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain

I had to pay 24 guilders in zeawan or five guilders in the coin of Holland.
— from Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Jasper Danckaerts

That such was their mission and calling may be seen in the law of the Church which is further confirmed in the teachings of the martyr as follows: "'The Twelve will have no right to go into Zion, or any of its stakes, and there undertake to regulate the affairs thereof, where there is a standing high council.
— from Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession by Joseph Fielding Smith

“Yes,” he said, when he had recovered a little, “so I suppose did Seyapi and his people, but you have been burying them this afternoon—haven’t you?—all except the girl, Noie, whom you have sheltered, for which deed Dingaan will bury you all if you go into Zululand, or rather throw you to the vultures.
— from The Ghost Kings by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

The Twelve will have no right to go into Zion, or any of her stakes, and there undertake to regulate the affairs thereof where there is a standing high council; but it is their duty to go abroad and regulate all matters relative to the different branches of the church.
— from Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts