IDA B. WELLS New York City , Oct. 26, 1892 To the Afro-American women of New York and Brooklyn, whose race love, earnest zeal and unselfish effort at Lyric Hall, in the City of New York, on the night of October 5, 1892—made possible its publication, this pamphlet is gratefully dedicated by the author.
— from Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

In this brief the Pontiff recorded, as to the past, the "exceeding gladness of soul" he had felt in witnessing the labour, erudition, zeal, and talent with which the Civiltá had "manfully protected and defended the supreme dignity, authority, power and rights" of the Apostolic See, and had "set forth and propagated the true doctrine ."
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur

He was followed in this by the legitimate emperors Zeno and Anastasius, also in favour of heresy.
— from The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

And here, with deep regret, I bade farewell to my friend Hobson—a true-hearted, well-educated Englishman, born in the colony; the son of one of the “1820 settlers;” a brave, bold, fearless, loving man, who hunted lions, leopards, elephants, zebras, and all the large game of Africa in his youth, and was “out” in the war,—a warm friend, a splendid type of those hardy men whose lot it is to subdue the wilderness.
— from Six Months at the Cape by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The former spoke thus of Father Hecker: "I have great pleasure in recommending him as a laborious, edifying, zealous, and truly apostolic priest."
— from Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott

"And look," exclaimed Zura, as we walked beside the waters which gave back the unclouded glory, "if the shining dame isn't using our lake for a looking-glass.
— from The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Frances Little

, 701-l. Essence of God includes Wisdom, Justice, Truth, Mercy and—, 582-m. Essence: the Truth, Beauty, the Good, but one, 702-l. Essenes adopted the doctrines of John the Baptist, 262-u. Essenes, abstinence and maceration practiced by the, 260-u. Essenes, belief and practices of the, 265-u. Essenes believed in the esoteric as well as the exoteric meanings, 265-l. Essenes believed in the resurrection of the soul alone, 265-m. Essenes connected by the Tetractys with Pythagoreans, 264-l. Essenes, Forms, ceremonies, Orders and principles of the, 263-l. Essenes, in their devotions, turned towards the rising Sun, 264-l. Essenes, mysticism and allegories found in the writings of the, 265-l. Essenes not mentioned by Christ; doctrines nearly similar, 260-m. Essenes observed the festivals of the Solstices, 265-l. Essenes, Persian and Pythagorean opinions intermingled by the, 259-l. Essenes required the tests of several degrees before admittance, 386-u. Essenes resided in Palestine in the vicinity of the Dead Sea, 260-u. Essenes spoken of by Josephus, Eusebius and Pliny as an ancient sect, 264-m. Essenes, tenets of Confucius and Zoroaster resembled those of the, 264-l. Essenes, the Eclectic Sect of Philosophers, esteemed Plato, 265-m. Essenes, the faith of John, so nearly Christianity was that of the, 263-m. Essenes, the 17th Degree, particularly concerned with the, 259-l. Essenes were distinguished by simplicity and moral practices, 259-l. Essenes, Zend Avesta prescribes observances similar to those of the, 260-u. Essenes, Zoroastrian principles prevailed in the moral practices of the, 260-u. Essential laws of fixedness and movement, counterbalanced, produce equilibrium, 778-l. Establishment, for the Christian Mason, represented by Boaz.
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

Each tribe had also its special totem, about which I shall have a little more to say hereafter; and these totems were locally worshipped almost as gods, and gave rise in all probability to the later Egyptian Zoolatry and the animal-headed deities.
— from The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions by Grant Allen

The great dread was, that all aid would arrive too late; El Zagal and his host had passed like a storm through the mountains, and it was feared the tempest had already burst upon the Christian camp.
— from Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida by Washington Irving

[772] Then were first ranged against each other the hosts of whig and tory, under their banners of liberty or loyalty; each zealous, at least in profession, to maintain the established constitution, but the one seeking its security by new maxims of government, the other by an adherence to the old.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3 by Henry Hallam