The purity of the sky at the zenith was felt through the transparent air.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

And by his father's command he left Phthia and made his home in Ceos, and gathered together the Parrhasian people who are of the lineage of Lycaon, and he built a great altar to Zeus Icmaeus, and duly offered sacrifices upon the mountains to that star Sirius, and to Zeus son of Cronos himself.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

28 On this occasion the effects of love and hatred are the same; and the zealous Protestants, who seek to kindle the indignation, and to alarm the fears, of princes and magistrates, expatiate on the insolence and treason of the two Gregories against their lawful sovereign.
— 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 second set contains, one book of Conclusive Reasonings, addressed to Zeno; one on Primary Syllogisms, which are not demonstrative; one on the resolution of Syllogisms; one, in two books, on Captious Reasonings, addressed to Pasylus; one book of Considerations on Syllogisms; one book of Introductory Syllogisms, addressed to Zeno; three of Introductory Modes, addressed also to Zeno; five of False Figures of Syllogism; one of a Syllogistic Method, for the resolution of arguments, which are not demonstrative; one of Researches into the Modes, addressed to Zeno and Philomathes (but this appears to be an erroneous title).
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

And this dated from the time when well-to-do peasants who had factories, shops, and inns of their own were members of the Zemstvos, were dissatisfied with them, and took to swearing at the Zemstvos in their factories and inns.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Simply say to Zilla—” “You don't say anything to Zilla simply.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Alimungáwung ang hitsúra sa plurdilis sa ahítu, The zinnia is faintly like a marigold in appearance.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

There are the Baptist Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

As soon as the zeal of informers was encouraged by the ministers of Valens and Valentinian, they could not refuse to listen to another charge, too frequently mingled in the scenes of domestic guilt; a charge of a softer and less malignant nature, for which the pious, though excessive, rigor of Constantine had recently decreed the punishment of death.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Edward Gibbon

When » 167 « these ingredients are well melted, and incorporated by stirring, add the zinc or other fusible metal required to make up the compound, previously heating it thoroughly over the mouth of the crucible , to prevent the chilling of the already molten metal which it contains.
— from The Silversmith's Handbook Containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver by George E. (George Edward) Gee

I sall away to ze Kasbah, and zen in due time look for ze swoop of ze French zouaves.
— from Miss Caprice by St. George Rathborne

Cries Tom, in the bath, "I'm a seal at the Zoo."
— from Harper's Round Table, January 24, 1882 by Various

Could a Botanist tell from structure alone that the Mangrove family, almost or quite alone in Dicotyledons, could live in the sea, and the Zostera family almost alone among the Monocotyledons?
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

A small, deep basin, filled with the precious water he sought, reflected a star at the zenith of the heavens.
— from As It Was in the Beginning by Philip Verrill Mighels

In short, the whole Bible informs the Christian that his God is delighted with a furious zeal in his service; and this zeal is sufficient to close his eyes on every species of crime.
— from Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

As it curls and rolls its course up the sky, its brilliance fades to crimson, to thin purple, and, as a grey lock, it fades 201 out of sight at the zenith.
— from The English Lakes by William T. Palmer