The star grew—it grew with a terrible steadiness hour after hour, a little larger each hour, a little nearer the midnight zenith, and brighter and brighter, until it had turned night into a second day.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
All these consist in the correspondence and papers of the Order which were seized by the Bavarian Government at the houses of two of the members, Zwack and Bassus, and published by order of the Elector.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster
I consider him in the light of acquaintance, and I say to myself, ‘Zadok, a boy whose name is Marcus Aurelius would not neglect an opportunity.’
— from Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies by Clarence Budington Kelland
Plate 34 TYMPANIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS Tympanic bones of Mesoplodon , Ziphius , and Berardius .
— from The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum... by Frederick W. (Frederick William) True
Mohammed invented the religion most conformable to the ideas of a people, among whom idolatry had still many zealous adherents, but where Christianity, though having made numerous converts, was losing favor on account of the endless schisms and contentions of its followers.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de
[880] The classical game of Italy was and is the ball; and this was probably played at the time of the Renaissance with more zeal and brilliancy than elsewhere.
— from The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
" But on his words, as if in answer to the priest's summons, the curtains that hid the door into the King's private room were pulled to one side, and Madame Zara appeared between them, glancing fearfully at the excited crowd before her.
— from The King's Jackal by Richard Harding Davis
[Miodrag ZIVKOVIC] and Bosniak Party or BS [Rafet HUSOVIC]); Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]; New Serb Democracy or NSD
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
But this proved to be not so much zeal as blind impulse.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 08, August, 1879 by Various
The promotion of the latter gentleman was under circumstances of the most flattering nature, and here not only offers a most satisfactory proof of the approbation bestowed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty upon my zealous assistant, but precludes me from the otherwise pleasing task of giving my humble testimonial of his conduct and merits.
— from Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Philip Parker King
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