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MPopo O Zalu Zako
A great fort hath he made upon the hill of thy grandfather (MFunya MPopo), O Zalu Zako, girded with a great palisade, around which walk ever the red devils in uniform, each one of whom hath a gun with seven voices.
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

mind of Zalu Zako
Thus it was that the words of Bakahenzie had produced no reaction against Moonspirit in the [pg 207] mind of Zalu Zako; indeed, if the words were true and he could yet obtain Bakuma, she might have a son by the white which would obviously bring the marvellous power of white magic to his successor, the next King-God; and possibly, had mused Zalu Zako, dimly straining at such a radical thought against the influence of the priesthood, make the king more powerful a magician than the witch-doctors themselves.
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

mercury oxide zinc zinc
Experiments were also made as to whether the addition of other catalytic agents aided the action of the hydrochloric acid; mercury, copper sulphate, mercury oxide, zinc, zinc dust, aluminium chloride, nitrobenzene and aniline being tried, in the proportion of 1 per cent.
— from The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. (William Herbert) Simmons

moon or zettèn zun
Woone's heart mid leäp wi' thoughts o' jaÿ In comèn manhood light an' gaÿ When we do teäke the worold on Vrom our vore-elders dead an' gone; [page 37] But days so feäir in hope's bright eyes Do often come wi' zunless skies: Woone's fancy can but be out-done, Where trees do swaÿ an' brooks do run, By risèn moon or zettèn zun.
— from Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes

mind of Zalu Zako
In the mind of Zalu Zako was doubt and perplexity as in those of his people.
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

minds of Zalu Zako
In the minds of Zalu Zako and Marufa the report of Sakamata had been exceedingly disquieting.
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

mind of Zalu Zako
So it was that Bakahenzie and Marufa, a quiet watchful Marufa, brewed the magic brew and condemned MYalu by the proxy of his nail clippings to die, a process that took root in a very firm conviction in the mind of Zalu Zako and the others that die MYalu would.
— from Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle

misfortunes of Zion Zion
In polished and tender Hebrew, with lofty expressions and despairful cries worthy of Byron, a poet of the people mourns the misfortunes of Zion: "Zion, Zion, city of our God!
— from The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz


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