Ethelinda

Glancing at a scrap of manuscript, Mr. Sapsea reads it to himself with a lofty air, and then, slowly pacing the room with his thumbs in the arm-holes of his waistcoat, repeats it from memory: so internally, though with much dignity, that the word "Ethelinda" is alone audible.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870

But just when it looks like Katie has found her prince, in pops her inept fairy godmother, Ethelinda, to throw a wand into the works.

Archive 2007-05-01 Nalini Singh 2007

Significantly, in her great work ‘Stoklewath: or a Cumbrian Village’ Blamire uses the gender-reversed names Ethelinda and Ethelind as code for Ossulston and herself, respectively.

Susanna Blamire ( 1747-94) 2008

And to think that there she is in the market to be knocked down to — I say, I was going to call that three-year-old, Ethelinda. —

The Newcomes 2006

Araminta, Dulcinea, Ethelinda, &c.; but as she remained steady to her first choice, the LADY SERAPHINA was decided to be thenceforth my name and title.

The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina Unknown

This famous poem is accredited to Ethelinda (Elliott)

Southern poems, by ed. 1920

We sat on a low stool immediately beside Ethelinda

Frenzied Fiction Stephen Leacock 1906

"S'pose you tell 'em about it, Ethelinda, and let them judge for themselves," said her husband, who was sitting on the veranda railing, with Midge and Kitty on either side of him, and Rosamond in his arms.

Marjorie's Maytime Carolyn Wells 1902

Ethelinda had endured having a room-mate as she endured all the other disagreeable requirements of the school.

The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware 1897

With this preconceived notion it was somewhat of a shock when she went back to her room and found the real Ethelinda being ushered into it.

The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware 1897