In the crowd of young ladies and rather vulgar young men who made up Yulia Mihailovna’s usual retinue, and among whom this vulgarity was taken for sprightliness, and cheap cynicism for wit, I noticed two or three new faces: a very obsequious Pole who was on a visit in the town; a German doctor, a sturdy old fellow who kept loudly laughing with great zest at his own wit; and lastly, a very young princeling from Petersburg like an automaton figure, with the deportment of a state dignitary and a fearfully high collar.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For the jewel or brooch which in his cap he carried, he had in a cake of gold, weighing three score and eight marks, a fair piece enamelled, wherein was portrayed a man’s body with two heads, looking towards one another, four arms, four feet, two arses, such as Plato, in Symposio, says was the mystical beginning of man’s nature; and about it was written in Ionic letters, Agame ou zetei ta eautes, or rather, Aner kai gune zugada anthrotos idiaitata, that is, Vir et mulier junctim propriissime homo.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

However, both Joab 1 himself, and his brother Abishai, ran past the dead corpse, and making their anger at the death of Asahel an occasion of greater zeal against Abner, they went on with incredible haste and alacrity, and pursued Abner to a certain place called Ammah: it was about sun-set.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Laughter is suppressed by the firm contraction of the orbicular muscles of the mouth, which prevents the great zygomatic and other muscles from drawing the lips backwards and upwards.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

The general history of psychology is described in readable terms in Gregory Zilboorg and George W. Henry, A History of Medical Psychology , New York, 1941, and in Lowell S. Selling, Men Against Madness , New York, 1940, cheap edition, 1942.)
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

‘No, my lord,’ said he, ‘I speak not but from a good zeal, which I ought to have, for holy men have had a good zeal, as it is said, “The zeal of thy hous
— from Utopia by More, Thomas, Saint

zu zahlendes Geld key money bei Sicht at sight bei Sicht zahlbare Dokumente documents payable at sight bei Verfall when due bei Vorlage on presentation bei Vorlage akzeptieren accept on presentation bei Wiederaufnahme unserer Geschäftstätigkeit upon resumption of our business bei Zahlung der Fracht at the time freight was paid bei Zuteilung on allottment Beiblatt; Zusatzblatt supplementary sheet beiderseitige Zustimmung mutual agreement beidhändig geschickt ambidextrous beidhändig; geschickt in beiden Händen bi-manual beifügen attach beifügen; umzäunen enclose beigefügt attached beigefügt enclosed Beihilfe grant Beihilfe leisten to abet Beihilfe zum Umzug allowance for removal Beihilfe zur Tat aiding and abetting beiholen (ARBEITSÖKONOMIE) transport loaded Beilagen zu einer Zeitung inserts Beilegung geschäftlicher Streitigkeiten for the settlement of business disputes Beilegung von Streitigkeiten adjustment of differences Beileidsbekundung letter of sympathy Beileidschreiben letter of sympathy beiliegend annexed beim Bezogenen die Vorlegung vornehmen making presentation to the drawee beim Großhändler bestellen to order goods from a wholesaler beim obersten Gericht zugelassener Anwalt barrister-at-law beinhalten include Beirat advisory body Beirat advisory council beisistzender Richter associate judge Beispiel instance Beitrag contribution beitragen contribute Beitragssatz rate of contribution bejahend affirmative bejahendenfalls in case of affirmation bekannt acquainted with bekannt als known as bekannt als reputed bekannt unter dem Namen von known under the name of Bekannter acquaintance Bekanntgabe des Bestimmungsflughafens notice of the airport of destination Bekanntmachung; Kündigung notice bekräftigen; bestätigen affirm beladen laden belasten; in Rechnung stellen charge belasten; Lastposten; Schuldposten debit belastet mit burdened with belastet mit einer Grunddienstbarkeit subject to an easement belastet mit Schulden burdened with debts belastet mit Steuern burdened with taxes Belastung burden
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

These various types of shrubbery were as big as trees in the temperate zones; in the damp shade between them, there were clustered actual bushes of moving flowers, hedges of zoophytes in which there grew stony coral striped with twisting furrows, yellowish sea anemone from the genus Caryophylia with translucent tentacles, plus anemone with grassy tufts from the genus Zoantharia ; and to complete the illusion, minnows flitted from branch to branch like a swarm of hummingbirds, while there rose underfoot, like a covey of snipe, yellow fish from the genus Lepisocanthus with bristling jaws and sharp scales, flying gurnards, and pinecone fish.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

In the service of his clients, while yet a young man, he evinced great zeal and fidelity.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

They did not remain there very many months; their father took them to Italy and England with him, and finally they attended for a short time, but with great zeal and application, the lectures for women at Cambridge.
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

Of how the caravel of John Gonçalvez Zarco arrived at the land of the Negroes.
— from The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea. Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara

Take in everybody that you can get. Harrison, Grimsley, Z. A. Enos, Lee Kimball, and C. W. Matheny will do to begin the thing; but, as you go along, gather up all the shrewd, wild boys about town, whether just of age or a little under age,—Chris.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

God willed to produce beings, and from that which is produced Brahma, 608-l. God wills a thing because it is just; it is a necessity for Him to do so, 737-u. God wills a thing because it is just; it is not just because God wills it, 847-u. God: Zoroastrians addressed hymns and prayers to the Supreme, 017-l. Goddesses holding serpents are figures in Egypt and Assyria, 495-l. God's actualities seem less lofty than our ideal of justice, 832-m. Gods and Idols of Gods were symbols of truth to the ancient Sages, 302-l. God's attention imagined to be continually centered on man, 302-l. God's attributes are man's virtues, 704-u. God's attributes are not God, 573-u. God's attributes known only through their manifestations, 739-u. Gods, Astronomical details and operations of Nature in histories of, 375-m. God's character makes a difference in the conduct of people, 043-u. Gods composing the Trinities of the Ancient religions, 576-m. Gods created by personification of Stars and phenomena were worshipped, 508-m. God's creations coexisting with Himself, 708-l. God's Essence includes Wisdom, Justice, Truth, Harmony, Love, Eternity, 582-m. God's existence and nature one of the highest questions, 642-m. God's existence as comprehensible as the existence of a Soul, 573-l. God's existence, every thinking creature must be conscious of, 605-u. God's existence evidenced by our consciousness of the fact, 709-u. God's existence ploughed deeply into Nature, 647-l. God's existence taught by Reason, 743-u. God's goodness seems to be impugned by disorder in the world, 705-m. God's goodness the foundation of Truth, 142-l. God's justice and the law of merit and demerit the foundations of faith, 706-u. God's Justice, which is Severity, the Female, 846-u. God's law consistent with His justice whether it corresponds with our notions or not, 830-u. God's law of justice can not be measured by our standards, 830-l. God's love governs our acts of charity; His justice governs our justice, 707-u. God's love not inconsistent with the evils of existence, 718-u. God's love takes care of all to the end, 240-m. God's love the same as that in man, but in an infinite degree, 705-u. God's Mercy, or Benignity, alone reigning, sin would go unpunished, 846-u. God's mode of action a conception beyond our reach, 832-l. God's modes of operation are the action of the Universe, 710-u. God's nature and attributes, 680.
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

Few men in office are wise enough to trust the young; as if the greater zeal and sincerity of youth did not more than compensate for its appetite for the gay, or its thoughtlessness of the serious.
— from Pelham — Volume 04 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Gegenwärtiges, zum Andenken Schillers , geschriebene Werk kann, übersetzt, für uns kaum etwas
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle

"What part of these grievances may be thought proper to be redressed by so wise and great a minister as Sir Robert Walpole, he perhaps will please to consider; especially because they have been all brought upon that kingdom since the Revolution; which, however, is a blessing annually celebrated there with the greatest zeal and sincerity.
— from The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Jonathan Swift

The residence of Atahualpa at this place was accidental, as will appear from the following historical sketch, which I have endeavoured to make as correct as possible, with the assistance of the works of Garcilaso, Gomara, Zarate, and others; collated with the oral traditions of the indians of this province, and particularly the Cacique Astopilco, as well as those of Quito.
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

Acknowledgments I am indebted to the following persons for permitting me to examine specimens in their care: Miguel Alvarez del Toro, Museo Zoología de Tuxtla Gutierrez, México (MZTG); Charles M. Bogert and Richard G. Zweifel, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Doris M. Cochran, United States [Pg 302] National Museum (USNM); Norman Hartweg and Charles F. Walker, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Robert F. Inger, Chicago Natural History Museum (CNHM); Hobart M. Smith, University of Illinois Museum of Natural History (UIMNH); Heinz Wermuth, Zoologisches Museum Berlin (ZMB); and Ernest E. Williams, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ).
— from A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William Edward Duellman

In South Africa the first thorough examination of the ruins in Rhodesia was made in 1905, when Randall-MacIver demonstrated that the great Zimbabwe and similar buildings were of medieval or post-medieval origin.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg