3 Who made Man, with powers which dart him from earth to heaven in a moment—that great, that most excellent, and most noble creature of the world—the miracle of nature, as Zoroaster in his book ωεσι φυσεως called him—the S HEKINAH of the divine presence, as Chrysostom——the image of God, as Moses——the ray of divinity, as Plato—the marvel of marvels, as Aristotle—to go sneaking on at this pitiful—pimping——pettifogging rate?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

“Nay,” answered Zeus, “it is not permitted that any man should enter here who does not model himself on us.”
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

Who made Man, with powers which dart him from earth to heaven in a moment—that great, that most excellent, and most noble creature of the world—the miracle of nature, as Zoroaster in his book (Greek) called him—the Shekinah of the divine presence, as Chrysostom—the image of God, as Moses—the ray of divinity, as Plato—the marvel of marvels, as Aristotle—to go sneaking on at this pitiful—pimping—pettifogging rate?
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

what’s the matter now?” asked Zack, in astonishment.
— from Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins

"Ah, Baron," I say deprecatingly, [60] "I never meant that, you didn't understand me—I——" "No," he interrupts—"I know dthat often I understand you not and zometimes it ees my so bad
— from Under the Southern Cross by Elizabeth Robins

"It is both at once, Mr. Reding," answered Zerubbabel, "or rather, I have no Christian name, and Zerubbabel is my one Jewish designation."
— from Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman

And also thei dreden the longe weye: and therfore thei gon to Cathay; for it is more nyghe: and zit is not so nyghe, but that men moste ben travayllynge be see and lond, 11 monethes or 12, from Gene or from Venyse, or he come to Cathay.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

The manner of protecting the bulb was invented by Messrs. Negretti and Zambra in 1857, and has been latterly copied by other persons and brought out as a new invention.
— from A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Enrico Angelo Lodovico Negretti

If I go out at night alone, zey instantly put their heads together and shake zem all at the same time.
— from West Wind Drift by George Barr McCutcheon

The view narrowed and zoomed in on a broad sheet of drifting metal.
— from The Universe — or Nothing by Meyer Moldeven

It may be thence easily seen, that coarse and not bolted flour, such as is still used in many places, and as was used through necessity at Zwikau in 1641, was before that period used for baking.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

Glancing at the altimeter, Bob read that the plane was less than a thousand feet up, so he banked, tipped Her Highness’ nose, and zoomed in a swift, steep climb.
— from The Air Mystery of Isle La Motte by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine