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the Athenian Zenocrates
His disciples were, Speusippus the Athenian, Zenocrates of Chalcedon, Aristotle the Stagirite, Philip of Opus, Histiæus of Perinthus, Dion of Syracuse, Amyclus of Heraclea, Erastus and Coriscus of Sceptos, Timolaus of Cyzicus, Eudon of Lampsacus, Pithon and Heraclides of Æmus, Hippothales and Callippus, Athenians, Demetrius of Amphipolis, Heraclides of Pontus, and numbers of others, among whom there were also two women, Lasthenea of Mantinea, and Axiothea of Phlius, who used even to wear man’s clothes, as we are told by Dicæarchus.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

them asked Zossimov
“How does he get hold of them?” asked Zossimov.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

the admirable zoological
This has, therefore, become the guiding principle of the admirable zoological system which was originated by the French in this century, and it is most completely established in comparative anatomy as l'unité de plan , l'uniformité de l'élément anatomique .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

the Allgemeine Zeitung
It is given by Landsberg in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums 1862, no. 33, p. 459, a reference pointed out to me by a friend.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

the active zeal
A larger acquaintance with mankind extended their knowledge without correcting their prejudices; and whenever the God of Israel acquired any new votaries, he was much more indebted to the inconstant humor of polytheism than to the active zeal of his own missionaries.
— 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

time and zeal
For the essence of humanism is that belief of which he seems never to have doubted, that nothing which has ever interested living men and women can wholly lose its vitality—no language they have spoken, nor oracle beside which they have hushed their voices, no dream which has once been entertained by actual human minds, nothing about which they have ever been passionate, or expended time and zeal.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

tomó a Zamora
No se tomó a Zamora En una hora.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

the Abate Zenier
[Coming from the Church of S. G. Grisostomo to enter the calle del Teatro on the left and the passage ( Sottoportico ) leading to the Corte del Milione , one has in front of him a building with a door of the epoch of the Renaissance; it was the office of the provveditori of silk; on the architrave are engraved the words: PROVISORES SERICI and below, above the door, is the Tablet which] in the year 1827 the Abate Zenier caused to be put up with this inscription:— AEDES PROXIMA THALIAE CVLTVI MODO ADDICTA MARCI POLO
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Thomas and Znaniecki
[54] Thomas and Znaniecki, op.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

though answered Zametov
“The fact is they always do that, though,” answered Zametov.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

there asked Zita
"Is Mr. Balcom there?" asked Zita, adding, "Or Mr. Paul?"
— from The Master Mystery by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Tom and Zelie
After Philippe had told his story and explained about Tom and Zelie, the other boy remarked, "Well, my friends and I followed [144] the organ man to a narrow little street where the poorest people live.
— from Little Philippe of Belgium by Madeline Brandeis

tymes and zit
Ze wil say, that ze have forgevin me oft tymes, and zit yat I returne to my faultis.
— from The Mystery of Mary Stuart by Andrew Lang

to a Zamindar
If a man belongs to a Zamindar’s family, he is said to be of the Rāja Kambala caste.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

these AuCl3 ZnCl2
Explain these: AuCl3, ZnCl2, Hg2Cl2.
— from An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) Williams

To Alexey Zabrodin
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— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

they are zealous
They not only have good works to prove the reality of their faith, but they are zealous of them.
— from Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by J. C. (John Charles) Ryle


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