Phillis

Phillis is the oldest of five children and is unmarried.

Phillis, Stephen R. 1991

After I came down, I think she did not quite know what to do with me; or she might think that I was dull; or she might have work to do in which I hindered her; for she called Phillis, and bade her put on her bonnet, and go with me to the Ashfield, and find father.

Cousin Phillis Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

(I call her Phillis to myself, but I use XX in speaking about her to others.

Cousin Phillis Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

Her master giving her the name of Phillis, and she assuming that of her master, she was of course called Phillis Wheatley.

Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry 1826

By the wagon on Thursday there set out for Southampton a lady whom you must call Phillis, but whom George Montagu and the

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

'Phillis' (Sonnet xi.), warns lovers of the ruin that menaces all who

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

Thomas Lodge, whose "Phillis" was published in 1595.

Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Thomas Lodge 1889

"Phillis," said the old fellow, blandly, coming to the door, "I don't see my ruffled shirt out here."

Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is 1852

"Phillis," said Bacchus, appealingly, "you aint much used to jokin, and I know you wouldn't tell an ontruth; what do you mean?"

Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is 1852

"Phillis," said he, after a long silence, "do you know, it is my opinion that that old creature," pointing with his thumb to Aunt Peggy's house, "is so long used to grumblin 'and fussin', that she can't, to save her life, lie still in her grave."

Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is 1852