It arrayed the overwhelming majority of Zionists in Russia against Herzl and he was called upon to defend himself against a general attack which preceded the convening of the Congress.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

But this incautiousness in war, and this madness of zeal, is not a Roman maxim.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

If Cyrus Harding was not mistaken in his calculation, the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante, in the Mediterranean, but it was at the same time much more irregular and less rich in capes, promontories, points, bays, or creeks.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

The words and attitudes of supplication, as it is performed either sitting, or standing, or prostrate on the ground, are prescribed by custom or authority; but the prayer is poured forth in short and fervent ejaculations; the measure of zeal is not exhausted by a tedious liturgy; and each Mussulman for his own person is invested with the character of a priest.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I'd be Turr'ble much Obliged, Zur, if you'd Map off my Pictur', Zur! "
— from Our People From the Collection of "Mr. Punch" by Charles Keene

Christ is sayd to lead his Spouse into the wine-cellar: which Simily Bernard delighting oft to repeat, in two or three Sermons interprets of a speciall measure of zeale inspired into his Church.
— from A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Samuel Ward

‘Dear me,’ observed Zero, ‘I find you very temperate.
— from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson

The primitive meaning of "zakát" is growing.
— from The Faith of Islam by Edward Sell

"I would be much obliged, zer, if you would take me on."
— from My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People by Caradoc Evans

Wherefore here is the honour, the privilege, and advantage that the godly above the wicked will have at the day of their counting, when the Lord maketh mention of Zion, it shall be then acknowledged that this and that (good) man was born in her.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The name of the Maid of Zaragoza (in contradiction to all English writers) I have fixed, upon Spanish authority, as Manuela Sanchez.
— from Iberia Won; A poem descriptive of the Peninsular War With impressions from recent visits to the battle-grounds, and copious historical and illustrative notes by T. M. (Terence McMahon) Hughes

[Pg 312] Mitzkevich ( Polish , Myckiewicz), Adam, Polish poet friendly to Jews, II 108 Mizrahi , Orthodox Zionists, III 47 Mladanovich , Polish governor of Uman, betrays Jews, I 184 killed by Haidamucks, I 185 Mocatta, Moses , English translator of Isaac Troki's work, I 130 Modebadze, Sarre , Gruzinian girl, alleged victim of ritual murder, II 204 Moghilev, on the Dnieper (city), I 98 Jews of, transferred to outskirts of city (1633), I 98; and barred from Christian neighborhood (1646), I 98 f Jews of, expelled by invading Russians (1654), I 153; and massacred by Russian soldiers, I 154, 245 echo of Sabbatian propaganda, in, I 205 rabbinical conference at, protests against Hasidism, I 238 Kahal of, appealed to by Vilna Gaon against Hasidism, I 373 Shmerling, deputy from, dies at St. Petersburg Conference (1882), II 304 pogrom at (1904), III 100 f; avenged by Jewish youth, III 107 Moghilev (government), forms part of White Russia, I 187, 262, 307 communities of, form federation, I 196 Polish Jewish prisoners of war from, form nucleus of Moscow community, I 245 Jews of, visit Smolensk and Moscow, I 315 made part of Pale (1794), I 317; (1835), II 40 Jewish deputies from, arrive in St. Petersburg (1803), I 337 Jews of, invited to send delegates (1807), I 349 Jews from apply to be settled as agriculturists in New Russia, I 363 Jews elected to municipal offices in, I 368 Jews expelled from villages of (1823), I 406 governor of, reprimanded for accusing Jews falsely, II 87 governor of, decrees "polite manners" for Jews, II 383 governor of, censures Jews of Homel, III 89 Localities in: Dubrovna, I 252 Homel, III 87
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow