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Porfiry Petrovitch and Zossimov
It was a quiet and sorrowful wedding; Porfiry Petrovitch and Zossimov were invited however.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

philosophers Parmenides and Zeno
It was the birth-place of the philosophers Parmenides and Zeno, who founded a school of philosophy known as the Eleatic.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Peripatetic philosophers and Zeno
And so we have at last discovered the founder of this philosophy, even as the divine Iamblichus also declares, yes, and we have discovered its leading men as well, namely Antisthenes and Diogenes and Crates; 46 the aim and end of whose lives was, I think, to know themselves, to despise vain opinions, and to lay hold of truth with their whole understanding; for truth, alike for gods and men, is the beginning of every good thing; 47 and it was, I think, for her sake that Plato and Pythagoras and Socrates and the Peripatetic philosophers and Zeno spared no pains, because they wished to know themselves, and not to follow vain opinions but to track down truth among all things that are.)
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

publicly peremptorily and zealously
4. The interest and privilege of the gospel, to have it in freedom, purity, power, and plenty, is the public concern of all the Lord's people, preferable to all other interests; and therefore more publicly, peremptorily, and zealously to be contended for, than any other interest whatsoever.
— from A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

primary point about Zionism
" The primary point about Zionism is that, whether it is right or wrong, it does offer a real and reasonable answer both to Anti-Semitism and to the charge of Anti-Semitism.
— from The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

persons play at Zetema
When four or more persons play at Zetema they must arrange themselves in couples, as at Whist, and sit opposite to each other, one of each couple undertaking to mark the scores, the other turning and collecting the tricks; but when only two or three play every one scores for himself.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

Pole Pola Azarre Zara
Elle côtoya l'Esclavonie, et relâcha successivement à Pole (Pola), Azarre (Zara), Sébénich (Sebenico) et
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

Pampangans Pangasináns and Zambalans
This is especially true of the Tagálogs and the numerically comparatively unimportant peoples lying immediately to the north and west of their territory, namely, the Pampangans, Pangasináns and Zambalans.
— from The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2) by Dean C. (Dean Conant) Worcester

planting Pannewitz Anleitung zum
Hull , Over den Oorsprong en de Geschiedenis der Hollandsche Duinen , 1838, and Gross 's Veiledning ved Behandlingen af Sandflugtstrækningerne , 1847; and upon the improvement of sand plains by planting, Pannewitz , Anleitung zum Anbau der Sandflächen , 1832.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

Progress Party Anwar Z
[Anwar JURABAYEV, first secretary]; Democratic National Rebirth Party (Milly Tiklanish) or MTP [Aziz KAYUMOV, chairman]; Fatherland Progress Party [Anwar Z. YOLDASHEV]; People's Democratic Party or NDP (formerly Communist Party)
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

P Pratt and Ziba
; on changes in manuscript, 23 ; to Joseph Smith, Sen., 28 ; to Oliver Cowdery, making known secret thoughts, 33 ; to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery concerning John the Revelator, 36 ; to Oliver Cowdery granting power to translate 36 ; to Oliver Cowdery on the manner of translation, 37 ; to Hyrum Smith, making known his duty, 45 ; to Joseph Knight, Sen., making known his duty, 48 ; to David {503} Whitmer, calling him to ministry, 49 ; to John Whitmer, calling him to ministry, 50 ; to Peter Whitmer, Jun., making known his calling, 51 ; to Three Witnesses, 53 ; making known calling of the Twelve Apostles, 62 ; on Church government, 64 ; to Martin Harris, atonement and "eternal punishment," 72 , et seq .; to Church, appointing Prophet, Seer and Revelator to, 78 ; on re-baptism, 79 ; to Oliver Cowdery, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith, Sen., Joseph Knight, Sen., on duties of, 80 ; to Joseph Smith, Jun., words of God to Moses, 98 ; to Joseph Smith, Jun. and Oliver Cowdery, instructions in duties, 101 et seq .; to Emma Smith, 103 ; to Joseph Smith, Jun., Oliver Cowdery, and John Whitmer, how time of to be spent, 104 ; on sacrament, 106 , 107 ; to Oliver Cowdery, but one man at a time to receive revelations for Church, 110 ; in presence of six Elders, 111 ; to David Whitmer, Peter Whitmer, Jun., and John Whitmer, defining duties of, 116 ; to Thomas B. Marsh, calling him to ministry, 116 ; to Parley P. Pratt, and Ziba Peterson, appointing mission, 118 ; to Ezra Thayer and Northrop Sweet, call of to ministry, 126 ; to Orson Pratt explaining duty of, 128 ; to Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon making known calling of latter, 129 , et seq .; to Edward Partridge, making known duty of, 131 ; making known prophecy of Enoch, 133 ; et seq .
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

popular phraseology as zoophytes
There is often an external resemblance between the representatives of the sponges, cœlenterates, and polyzoa that causes them to be classed together in popular phraseology as "zoophytes"; and this resemblance is not merely a superficial one, for it is based on a similarity in habits as well as of habitat, and is correlated with biological phenomena that lie deeper than what are ordinarily called habits.
— from Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale


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