The six columns show at a glance the quantity of ale in the barrel, the five-pint jug, the three-pint jug, and the tramps X, Y, and Z respectively after each manipulation.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

There, also, was the Reverend Mr. Clark of Westbury, a young and zealous divine who had ridden in haste to pray by the bedside of the expiring minister.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I'll make you a zettlement.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

But in your composition, whom do you mean by Pan, and whom by Zeus unless you and I are they, that is, you are Zeus and I am Pan?
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Sirúhan ka nákù, I will give you a zero.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The leading spirits in these enterprises were two young and zealous Germans, the chemist Johann Georg Gmelin and the historian Gerhard Friedrich Müller, twenty-eight and twenty-four years of age respectively, members
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

Verily, I advise you: depart from me, and guard yourselves against Zarathustra!
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix K Appendix L Appendix M Appendix N Appendix O Appendix P Appendix Q Appendix R Appendix S Appendix T Appendix U Appendix V Appendix W Appendix X Appendix Y Appendix Z Constitution Of The United States Of America Article I Section 1.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

For I was at that time and long after, though a Trinitarian (that is ad normam Platonis) in philosophy, yet a zealous Unitarian in religion; more accurately, I was a Psilanthropist, one of those who believe our Lord to have been the real son of Joseph, and who lay the main stress on the resurrection rather than on the crucifixion.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I've my suspicions about you and Zoë.
— from Helena Brett's Career by Desmond Coke

In other words, 88 you wanted to know the value of x , and it depended on the value of y and z , and you couldn’t solve for y until you solved z , and you couldn’t solve for z until you knew x .
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

Pan Yan and Zagloba followed him, and half an hour later they were on horseback and riding back toward Radymno; for there was news that the marshal had halted there with his army.
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The sting is in the tail: "W was a Warre, 'twixt a wasp and a worm, But X Y and Z are not found in this form, Unless Moore, Martin, and Creevey be said (As the last of mankind) to be X Y and Z." Amongst Miss Reynolds' "Recollections" will be found:—"On the praises of Mrs. Thrale, he (Johnson) used to dwell with a peculiar delight, a paternal fondness, expressive of conscious exultation in being so intimately acquainted with her.
— from Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Hester Lynch Piozzi

"You are ze victor, so I must stay here an' die jus' ze same."
— from Frank Merriwell's Nobility; Or, The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp by Burt L. Standish

Fixed to one side, but moderate to the rest; An honest courtier, yet a patriot too, Just to his prince, and to his country true; Filled with the sense of age, the fire of youth, A scorn of wrangling, yet a zeal for truth; A generous faith, from superstition free; A love to peace, and hate of tyranny; Such this man was; who new from earth removed At length enjoys that liberty he loved.
— from Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope by Samuel Johnson

“Yes,” affirmed Zoie, with a threatening glance toward Jimmy.
— from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo

I know you, you are Zara; you come from Desolada."
— from A Bitter Heritage: A Modern Story of Love and Adventure by John Bloundelle-Burton

On the 12th, Mr. Whymper crossed the St. Theodule, for Zermatt, having been joined by Lord Francis Douglas and Peter Taugwalder the younger; at Zermatt he found Michael Croz, who had been engaged by the Rev. Charles Hudson and his friend, Mr. Hadow, to attempt the Matterhorn.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various