Entonces cogió sus zapatos, salió fuera de la ciudad y los arrojó en un acueducto; pero los zapatos fueron a obstruir el conducto del agua con que se surtía la población de Suez.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

J. Pierstorff, Litteratur zur Frauenfrage.
— from Women Wage-Earners: Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Helen Campbell

That Luther wielded a wholesome rod was admitted even by the Papal Legate Zacharias Ferreri in an admonition he addressed to him in 1520; with such a scourge as this God from time to time tried Christians in order to bring them to repentance.
— from Luther, vol. 6 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

The father of the present Lord Zouche formed a small but valuable library, which is now at Parham Park, Steyning, Sussex; it consists of some rare Syriac, Greek, Coptic, Bulgarian, and other manuscripts, of a Biblical nature, some of which are now on loan to the British Museum.
— from The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts

"Oh, papa," laughed Zoe, flapping her wings excitedly, "that was a very nice story!"
— from The Mathematicians by Arthur Feldman

Ragusa does not stand on a deep inlet like Cattaro, on a bay like Spalato, on a peninsula like Zara, fenced in by islands on one side and by the opposite shore of its haven on the other.
— from Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman

After them, tumultuous rushing, Mob, and medley, crowd, and crushing; And the hungry file of priests, Loosely zoned for larger feasts.
— from Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore