They no longer hoped, perhaps they no longer wished, the return of their Byzantine sovereigns: their present servitude was not alleviated by the benefits of order and justice; and the most zealous Catholic must prefer the imperfect truths of the Koran to the blind and rude idolatry of the Moors.
— 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

The unpleasant one is dated at an interior village, and says— “Mr. Z. called.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Mr. Zachariah Chandler was the candidate of the Whigs for the office of Mayor, and was elected, although the city was then reckoned democratic.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Mitteilungen über elektronische Systeme communication by electronic systems Mittel funds Mittel means Mittel median Mittel aufbringen raise of funds Mittel und Wege ways and means Mittel; Geldmittel means Mittel; Staatspapiere funds mittelbar indirect mittelbare Kosten indirect costs Mittelbeschaffung finding of means mittelfristig middle-term mittellos indigent mittellos out of funds mittellos; ohne Geld; ohne einen Pfennig flat broke Mittellosigkeit indigence Mittellosigkeit lack of means mittels by means of mittels Auktion verkaufen; versteigern to sell by public sale mittels eines besonderen Dokuments by means of a separate document Mittelsmann intermediary Mittelsmann middleman Mittelsmann; Vermittler middleman Mittelstand middle classes Mittelwert mean mittlere Abweichung mean deviation mittlere Führungsebene middle management mittlere Qualität middling quality mittlere Schublade centre drawer mittlerer Preis middle price mittlerer Preis; Durchschnittspreis middle price mittlerer Stichprobenumfang average sample size mittleres Alter middle age Mitunterzeichner joint undersigner mitwirken; zusammenarbeiten co-operate Mitwirkung; Zusammenarbeit co-operation Möbelwagen removal van mobile Gerätschaften mobile equipment Mobilität; Beweglichkeit mobility möblierte Unterkunft lodgings möbliertes Zimmer furnished apartment möchten alle Handelsbarrieren abschaffen we want all trade barriers abolished Mode fashion Mode vogue Modeartikel fancy article Modeartikel fancy goods Modeartikel fashion articles Modeartikel fashion goods Modeartikel; Luxusartikel; Galanteriewaren fancies Modeberater fashion adviser Modefotograf fashion photographer
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

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— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

It was shown that for their pretended divinations they used plants—as rue and vervain—well known in the ancient Northern religions, and often recognised as examples of tree-worship; but it also appeared that around the cauldron a mock zodiacal circle was drawn, and that every herb employed was alleged to have derived its potency from having been gathered at a certain hour of the night or day, a particular quarter of the moon, or from some spot where sun or moon did or did not shine upon it.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

“But——” said Villefort, and then suddenly checking himself, he was silent; then he continued, “Your pardon, sire,” he said, bowing, “my zeal carried me away.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The harm is done; he must bear it; all my zeal could only frighten him more and make him more nervous.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who shall say that such associations, had they sprung up earlier and been more zealously cultivated, or were they now reinforced by more general sympathy, would not breed all the tenderness and infuse all the moral force which most men now derive from the family?
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

d by a variety of names, as Mestizos, Mulattoes, Zambos, &c. In North America the white population is mainly of British origin, though to a considerable extent it also consists of Germans, Scandinavians, &c., and the descendants of such.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

After the light rains of the autumnal equinox, come the Mvula za Chintomba, the "Chuvas grandes" of the Portuguese, lasting to the end of November.
— from Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PLAYS By LEONID ANDREYEV TO THE STARS (K Zviezdam), 1905; SAVVA (Savva), 1906; THE LIFE OF MAN (Zhizn Chelovieka), 1906; KING HUNGER (Tzar Golod), 1907; THE BLACK MASKS (Chiorniya Maski), 1908; THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE (Dni Nashey Zhizni), 1908; ANATHEMA (Anatema), 1909; ANFISSA (Anfissa), 1909; GAUDEAMUS (Gaudeamus), 1910; THE OCEAN (Okean), 1911; "HONOR" ("Chest"), 1911 (?); THE PRETTY SABINE WOMEN (Prekrasniya Sabinianki), 1911; PROFESSOR STORITZYN (Professor Storitzyn), 1912; CATHERINE (Yekaterina Ivanovna), 1913; THOU SHALT NOT KILL (Ne Ubi), 1914.
— from Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev by Leonid Andreyev

Schmucke took everything that "goot Montame Zipod" gave him, and was content, and so from day to day "goot Montame Zipod" cut down the cost of his dinner, until it could be served for twenty sous.
— from Poor Relations by Honoré de Balzac

May Zomara crush and torture him, the traitor!"
— from The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux

On hearing this doggerel ballad,[*] Bothwell and his friends drew their swords in deliberate anger, intent, less on a brawl, than on punishing the singer; for this ditty was one of those which, by the efforts of the more zealous clergy, had been set to the ancient music of the Catholic church, and were usually sung by the lowest rabble, "to ferment that wild spirit of fanaticism, which in the following age involved the nation in blood, and overturned the state of three kingdoms."
— from Bothwell; or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume 2 (of 3) by James Grant

She had a glimpse—which she pretended not to have seen—of the Merry Zingara crumbling in a passion of regretful sobs to the floor.
— from The Madigans by Miriam Michelson

Simply to want the "call," being a mere zero , could not much lay hold upon public feeling.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various

Corvisart, with whom I was intimately acquainted, constantly expressed his apprehensions about my health; but my zeal carried me through every difficulty, and during our stay at the Tuileries I cannot express how happy I was in enjoying the unreserved confidence of the man on whom the eyes of all Europe were filed.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third elected every two years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 12 and 19 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2002); Chamber of Deputies - last held 19-20 June 1998 (next to be held by NA June 2002) election results: 22, CSSD 15, ODA 7, US 4, KSCM 3, independents 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - CSSD 32.3%, ODS 27.7%, KSCM 11%, KDU-CSL 9.0%, US 8.6%; seats by party - CSSD 74, ODS 63, KSCM 24, KDU-CSL 20, US 18, CSNS 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman and deputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term Political parties and leaders: Christian and Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL [Cyril SVOBODA, chairman]; Civic Democratic Alliance or ODA [Michael ZANTOVSKY, chairman]; Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Vaclav KLAUS, chairman]; Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Miroslav GREBENICEK, chairman]; Communist Party of Czechoslovakia or KSC [Miroslav STEPAN, chairman]; Czech National Social Party of CSNS
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency