The epistle was this: King Antiochus To Zeuxis His Father, Sendeth Greeting.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus
He has stated his credo thus: I believe the Bible, the Koran , and the Zend-Avesta 44-12 to be as divinely inspired as the Vedas .
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
KING ANTIGONUS TO ZENO THE PHILOSOPHER, GREETING.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
In the midst of this great Continent his dust shall rest, a sacred treasure to myriads who shall make pilgrimage to that shrine to kindle anew their zeal and patriotism.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein
But the most important of these Cabalistic groups was that of the Frankists, who were sometimes known as the Zoharists or the Illuminated, 473 from their adherence to the Zohar or book of Light, or in their birthplace Podolia as the Shabbethan Zebists, from their allegiance to the false Messiah of the preceding century--a heresy that had been "kept alive in secret circles which had something akin to a masonic organization."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster
His reply was the deadliest affront he could have put upon Than Kosis and the Zodangans, but his people love him the more for it and his strength in Helium is greater today than ever.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
I tried other churches in New Bedford, with the same result, and finally, I attached myself to a small body of colored Methodists, known as the Zion Methodists.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
Terror was the talisman with which he worked: extreme in his punishments as in his rewards, he knew how to keep alive the zeal of his followers, while no general of ancient or modern times could boast of being obeyed with equal alacrity.
— from A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord
One major population center was the six, 67 not seven, pueblos of the area now known as the Zuñi reservation, then called Cíbola.
— from De Soto, Coronado, Cabrillo: Explorers of the Northern Mystery by David Lavender
If any evidence was lacking of German duplicity, violation of promises and general double-dealing, it came to light in the famous document known as the "Zimmermann Note" which came into the hands of the American state department and was revealed February 28.
— from History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico by William Allison Sweeney
Terror was the talisman with which he worked; extreme in his punishments as in his rewards, he knew how to keep alive the zeal of his followers, while no general of ancient or modern times could boast of being obeyed with equal alacrity.
— from The Thirty Years War — Complete by Friedrich Schiller
These resolutions were generally prefaced by a preamble setting forth that whereas the editor of a magazine known, as The Zuyderzee , had done so and
— from The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
Keeper at the Z.G. in danger, 39 , 589 ( see Holland , Tyrrell , Z.G. ).
— from Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley
The other faction was led by Alfredo Zayas and called itself simply the Liberal Party, being popularly known as the Zayistas.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
At that time the favorite places of resort for the professors of the new university and for young men whose education and position at court or in society were such as to make them welcome guests, was the house on the Market-place now known as the Zehrgarten; and there, says Frau Karth, Beethoven was in the habit of going.
— from The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I by Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The collection of Zend Fragments, commonly known as the Zend-Avesta, falls into two parts: The Avesta, properly so-called, which contains (1) compilations of religious laws and mythical tales; (2) collections of litanies for the sacrifice; (3) litanies and hymns written in a language older than the rest of the Avesta.
— from The World's Progress, Vol. 01 (of 10) With Illustrative texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Modern European and American Literature by Delphian Society
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