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The zenith, which is the highest point in the sky above us, is always just as far aloft as the nadir, which is the lowest point in the sky at the Antipodes, is beneath us.— Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
However, I will wait for another interview until the sun is in the zenith--after that I leave, whatever be the consequences.— Erling the Bold
Even when it reached the zenith, the warm, faintly yellow dimness still rose high above the horizon, throwing its soft spell upon all objects far or near, and melting through the dim blue on the distant hilltop into the hot azure of the great dome above For an hour the watchers on the hill remained undisturbed, talking in undertones.— Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches
The sun had nearly reached to the zenith, and looked down almost enviously upon the gay scene beneath, broiling the brains of the good people of Souffra, whose heads paved, as it were, the country for ten square miles, when the beauteous Princess Babe-bi-bobu made her appearance in the hall of audience, attended by her maidens and the grandees of Souffra, who were the executors to her father's will.— The Pacha of Many Tales
Sometimes they would form a magnificent corona at the zenith, and from its dazzling splendour would shoot out long columns of different coloured lights, which rested upon the far-off frozen shores.— By Canoe and Dog-Train

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