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there are Riberas and Zurbarans
Then there are Riberas, and Zurbarans, Divino Morales, Juan Joanes, Alonso Caño, and half-a-dozen other artists, whose very names are scarcely known out of Spain, and all of whose works are impregnated with that mystic, devotional self-sacrificing spirit which is the essence of Catholicism.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various

taken against Rose alias Zora
Who had advised that proceedings should be taken against Rose, alias Zora?
— from The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau

turns and runs a zig
A word from the Skipper, and he turns and runs a zig-zag course for the door.
— from An Ocean Tramp by William McFee

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