The zeal of Cyril exposed him to the penalties of the Julian law; but in a feeble government and a superstitious age, he was secure of impunity, and even of praise.
— 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

Otherwise one would not hear that of 100,000 waves, for of 100,000 zeros one can never make a quantity."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Z Zeigler and Grosscup on Cherokee myths 467 , 476 , 478 – 479 Zeigler and Grosscup on East Cherokee chiefs 175 Zeigler and Grosscup on East Cherokee condition (about 1880) 176 Zeigler and Grosscup on Junaluska 164 Zeigler and Grosscup on Jutaculla Old Fields 479 – 480 Zeigler and Grosscup on Rumbling bald 471 Zeisberger on name Tallige′wi 19 , 184 Zile , Col. Z. A., acknowledgments to 13 Zile on Cherokee round-up 131 Zuñi , study of fraternities and cults of xlvii Zuñi , models of altars at xlviii Colophon Availability This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

The zeal of conversion was animated by the interest of consanguinity; and one of the greatest of their princes had formed the generous, though fruitless, design of replenishing the solitude of Pannonia by this domestic colony from the heart of Tartary.
— 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

The zeal of charity is of more value than modesty.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But if the zeal of Cyprian was supported by the sincere conviction of the truth of those doctrines which he preached, the crown of martyrdom must have appeared to him as an object of desire rather than of terror.
— 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

50 The zamindars of Cheyur, Chunampet, etc., in the Chingleput district.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

It was not enough that Theodosius had suppressed the insolent reign of Arianism, or that he had abundantly revenged the injuries which the Catholics sustained from the zeal of Constantius and Valens.
— 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

And zif ony cursed wycche or enchauntour wolde bewycche him, that berethe the dyamand; alle that sorwe and myschance schalle turne to him self, thorghe vertu of that ston.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

Well, Zerlina of course said I was mad.
— from The Professional Aunt by Mary C. E. Wemyss

Lack of time in our rushing age, lack of patience, decline of religious zeal, or change in belief, these are some of the popular reasons for this architectural degeneracy.
— from Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 by Elise Whitlock Rose

Belts or zones of calms, where heavy rain prevails; they exist between the north-east and south-east trade-winds, changing their latitude several degrees, depending on the sun's declination.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth

O. N S Cross, George, Jasper O Cross Thomas, South Zorra O Cross, Henry, jun., Maple Grove Q Crossfield, O., Abbotsford Q Croswell, George, Upsalquitch, W.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1872 by Canada. Post Office Department

Successive zones of cooling took place.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899 Volume LIV, No. 4, February 1899 by Various

Emmanuel imagined that the Zamorin of Calicut would not object to the establishment of Portuguese shops and factories in his country, and Cabral, the bearer of presents of such magnificence as to obliterate the memory of the shabbiness of those offered by Gama, received orders to obtain from the Zamorin an interdict, forbidding any Moor to carry on trade in his capital.
— from Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. The Exploration of the World by Jules Verne

In order to increase the zest of competition the cultivators are divided into a black and a white company.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

"Then, over podded tamarinds bear their flight, While cassias blossom in the zone of calms, And so betake them to a south sea-bight, To gossip in the crowns of cocoa-palms "Whose roots are in the spray.
— from Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Jean Ingelow