Noblemen and gentlemen are trained to hold nothing sacred but their word of honor—to maintain a zealous, rigid, and unshaken belief in the ridiculous code of chivalry; and if they are called upon to do so, to seal their belief by dying for it, and seriously to regard a king as a being of a higher order.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

The duralumin factory is capable of meeting all Zeppelin requirements.
— from Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement by Harry Vissering

United Arab Emirates: none United Kingdom: 3,200 km United States: 41,009 km note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes Uruguay: 1,600 km ( used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft) Uzbekistan: 1,100 km (1990) Vanuatu: none Venezuela: 7,100 km note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels Vietnam: 17,702 km note: more than 5,149 km are navigable at all times by vessels up to 1.8 m draft Virgin Islands: none Wake Island: none Wallis and Futuna: none West Bank: none Western Sahara: none Yemen: none Yugoslavia: 587 km note: The Danube River, which connects Europe with the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction can be bypassed by a canal system but inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass (2001) Zambia: 2,250 km note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers Zimbabwe: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting chrome ore from Harare to Mozambique Taiwan:
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Rabonische Tōre is' sēhr grōss, Un' ich bei mein Mamen a züchtige Rōs'.
— from The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century by Leo Wiener

[Hussein Mujalli, chairman]; Jordanian Press Association [Sayf al-SHARIF, president]; Muslim Brotherhood [Salem AL-FALAHAT, controller general] International organization participation: ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador ZEID Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, Prince chancery: 3504 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 966-2664 FAX:
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

In birds both vitelline membrane and zona radiata are present, but the latter atrophies early, leaving the former as the sole membrane when the egg is ripe.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

“To-night!” gasped Millicent, as Zizi rose, and began pulling on her gloves.
— from The Luminous Face by Carolyn Wells

Luther's manner held out little hope; but Melancthon and Zwingle returned to the discussion, and the Zurich doctor finding the Wittemberg professor escape him like an eel, as he said, and take "like Proteus a thousand different forms," seized a pen in order to fix his antagonist.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné