She asked me if I would undertake to recompose zaire, leaving out the r's.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Odo could never forget the youth who first leant him Annibale Caro's Aeneid and Metastasio's opera libretti, Voltaire's zaire and the comedies of Goldoni; while Alfieri perhaps found in his companion's sympathy with his own half-dormant tastes the first incentive to a nobler activity.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
Promoted to the rank of commander, he received charge of the expedition in 1816, sent to explore the zaire; but with most of his people fell a martyr to the spirit of African discovery.
"The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)"
John West