When he had said this, David resolved neither to punish Mephibosheth, nor to condemn Ziba, as having belied his master; but said to him, that as he had [before] granted all his estate to Ziba, because he did not come along with him, so he
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

186 The Crab is, by the ancients and moderns, placed in the zodiac, as here, between the Twins and the Lion; and they are all three northern signs.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You are either mad, or...” began Zametov, and he broke off, as though stunned by the idea that had suddenly flashed into his mind.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It bloomed richly with soft leaves of gold and grape clusters; Hephaestus wrought it and gave it to his father Zeus: and he bestowed it on Laomedon as a price for Ganymedes.' Fragment #8—Pausanias, iii. 26. 9: The writer of the epic "Little Iliad" says that Machaon was killed by Eurypylus, the son of Telephus.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

We will now return to Zeus and his brothers, who, having gained a complete victory over their enemies, began to consider how the world, which they had Page 20 [20] conquered, should be divided between them.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

Beneath the sink were two bodies, fast locked in each other's arms in mortal embrace, one of them a zouave, a handsome, brown-bearded man, the other a huge Prussian with red hair.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola

So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 7:18 and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
— from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous

zey are great, zey are honoured by all ze crowned heads in ze vorld.
— from Burton of the Flying Corps by Herbert Strang

And Lizzie, like a zany, at her books!
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

"And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer."
— 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

Also there were too many fire zouaves around his bed—if it was a bed, this vague vibrating hammock he occupied.
— from Ailsa Paige: A Novel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Leaning on a gate stood Zachary, an hour before his time; dressed in the same old blue clothes and leather-peaked cap as on the day when I saw him first.
— from Villa Rubein, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy

Although they had been assured by Zaimes and his brother that all danger was over, their first action on coming up was to look round timidly, and they were evidently greatly relieved when they saw that the sea was clear of enemies.
— from In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty