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Zidore had an idea

But one morning Zidore had an idea: it was, not to move Coco any more.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

zeal here as in

But he detests any admission of relativity in his doctrines, all the more because he cannot avow his reasons for detesting it; and zeal, here as in so many cases, becomes the cover and evidence of a bad conscience.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Zosimus has abridged is

Note 83 ( return ) [ This interesting story, which Zosimus has abridged, is related by Eunapius, (in Excerpt.
— 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

Zosimus himself and indicative

Note: One particular in the extorted praise of Zosimus, deserved the notice of the historian, as strongly opposed to the former imputations of Zosimus himself, and indicative of he corrupt practices of a declining age.
— 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

zur he added in

And may I be clean drownded, zur," he added in an awful whisper, "if blazing fire did not drop from en as he flew."
— from The Black Box: A Tale of Monmouth's Rebellion by W. Bourne Cooke

Zoof had an inkling

Ben Zoof had an inkling that his master was “up to some other little game,” when, just before starting, he asked him privately whether there was a French tricolor among the stores.
— from Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne

ze house although I

I didn't even have to go to ze house, although I had a plausible story all ready.
— from The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure by Arthur Hornblow

ZEENY His advent in

"THE BOY FROM ZEENY" His advent in our little country town was at once abrupt and novel.
— from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 by James Whitcomb Riley

Zouch himself albeit in

The cry of “murder” having been in the mean time screamed forth at the top of her voice by the other maiden, the kitchen was instantly filled with every person in the house; for even Sir Roger Zouch himself, albeit in no seemly garb for appearing in public, descended close after Noble, and stood up in the midst of them rather like a ghost newly risen from the grave than true flesh and blood,—though the stain of the last was indeed sufficiently visible beneath the folds of the bandage about his head.
— from The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Moyle Sherer

ziemlich häufig aber immer

hat sich Plato ziemlich häufig, aber immer nur gelegenheitlich geäussert.”
— from The Formation of Christendom, Volume II by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

Zakrzewski had already in

At Kościuszko's bidding the President of the town, Zakrzewski, whom Kościuszko addresses as his "beloved" Zakrzewski, had already in stirring language summoned the citizens to take their share in Warsaw's defence.
— from Kościuszko A Biography by Monica M. (Monica Mary) Gardner

Zacynthus hissing as if

Last night, those who were watching up there in the temple of Hercules saw a serpent glide from beneath the tomb of Zacynthus, hissing as if it were wounded.
— from Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Zeb Hunt and I

Back in these mountains Zeb Hunt and I, on a hunting trip some time back, stumbled across what I believe are gold-bearing rocks.
— from The Bungalow Boys in the Great Northwest by John Henry Goldfrap

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