So, too, in the Zauberflöte —that grotesque, but still significant, and even hieroglyphic—the same thought is symbolized, but in great, coarse lines, much in the way in which scenery is painted.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

The Senate sought to inspire the zeal of the officers by large increase of salary and promotion in rank and service after a successfully completed expedition, but the rank and file were to be forced to a performance of [Pg 78] their duties by threats of cruel punishments and a continued stay in Siberia.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

I have read somewhere how a young lady from the country came to town to hear the immortal Siddons, then in the zenith of her fame.
— from Cities of the Dawn Naples - Athens - Pompeii - Constantinople - Smyrna - Jaffa - Jerusalem - Alexandria - Cairo - Marseilles - Avignon - Lyons - Dijon by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

same time in the zoölogical and botanical system a representation of the zoölogical and botanical history of development .
— from The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Rudolf Schmid

I thought you would have seen to it that Zalika did not accomplish her ends; and now, whether it's right or wrong, you are sending your son to her."
— from The Northern Light by E. Werner

The brothers were very much elated at receiving these tidings; so much so that in their zeal they were disposed to push the enterprise much faster than their mother had intended.
— from King Alfred of England Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

It is so powerful and active an animal, that an adult male which lived for some time in the Zoological Gardens was much dreaded by the keepers, not even the man who fed it liking to enter the enclosure if he could help himself.
— from Bible Animals; Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scripture, from the Ape to the Coral. by J. G. (John George) Wood

The celebrated Bishop Ulphilas about this time converted the Goths to Arianism, invented a Gothic alphabet, and infused among the Goths a hatred for the Catholic faith, which served to increase their zeal in all their future conflicts with the Romans.
— from A Smaller History of Rome by William Smith

The repressive measures taken against the followers of the Báb, he was by now fully convinced, had but served to inflame their zeal, steel their resolution and confirm their loyalty to their persecuted Faith.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi

We served together in the Zulu War; in fact, we raced neck to neck off that infernal Hlobane Mountain, through thousands of raging devils, and made rather more than a nodding acquaintance with grim old Death that day.”
— from A Secret of the Lebombo by Bertram Mitford

Now suppose that cyclonic storms should be greatly reduced in number so that in the zone of prevailing westerlies they were scarcely more numerous than tropical File: cc200.png Page 176 hurricanes now are in the trade-wind belt.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington