Wadley sent a message: 'The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.'
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

The two African lions which escaped from the Zoo in Portugal have not yet been captured, and were last seen near the border-line of Switzerland.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various

At Zela , in Pontus , he met and vanquished Pharnaces , the revolted son of Mithridates , and sent the laconic message, "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered).
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

God, in man, may show that which it is possible for men to become, hence the design of Zeus in placing him upon earth.
— from Browning and Dogma Seven Lectures on Browning's Attitude Towards Dogmatic Religion by Ethel M. Naish

Jewish "aloofness" need no longer be a reproach, because it may safely be abandoned; with Zion itself preserving Hebraism in the East, the Jew in the West may throw himself unreservedly into the life about him; and a flourishing of Jewish culture will make his contribution the more valuable.
— from The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 by Various

He was so zealous in propagating his opinions that the only way to silence him was to keep him in solitary confinement, which was at one time done for several weeks.
— from Three Apostles of Quakerism: Popular Sketches of Fox, Penn and Barclay by Benjamin Rhodes

Abraham is one of those names which were famous in Asia Minor and Arabia, as Thaut was among the Egyptians, the first Zoroaster in Persia, Hercules in Greece, Orpheus in Thrace, Odin among the northern nations, and so many others, known more by their fame than by any authentic history.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 01 by Voltaire

This officer had shown { 217} the utmost zeal in protecting his sovereign and had had the honor of being wounded at his side.
— from Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand

The Earl of Carlisle, if he did not directly encourage the freebooters, had been grossly negligent in the performance of his duty of suppressing them; while Morgan, although in the years 1680 and 1681 he showed himself very zealous in punishing his old associates, cannot escape the suspicion of having secretly aided them under the governorship of Lord Vaughan.
— from The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Clarence Henry Haring