Phebe

Phebe is the biggest and brightest-looking, and I was always fond of Phebe, but somehow you are so kind of sweet and precious, I really think I must hug you again, and the small youth did it tempestuously.

Rose in Bloom 1876

So, please come – and Phebe is waiting for you, Uncle Alec.

Rose in Bloom 1876

Two, in fact, for Phebe is a fine girl, and the lads have found it out already if I'm not mistaken, added Uncle Mac, with a nod toward the other room.

Rose in Bloom 1876

Then, startled by the sudden outburst of applause, she hid her face in Phebe's gown and began to sob with fright.

Rose in Bloom 1876

There was no need for words to answer the question so swiftly asked, for Rose put herself in Phebe's place in the drawing of a breath, and her own pride made her truthfully reply: "No – I could not!"

Rose in Bloom 1876

2597: Keepe you your word Phebe, that you'l marrie me,

As You Like It (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623

"Don't you go to call Phebe 'outside,'" she retorted.

The Happy End Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

But Babe, baptismally known as Phebe, was engaged in tickling Allyn's toes, with the praiseworthy intention of making him kick the harder.

Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen Anna Chapin Ray 1905

Phebe, which is another emotional impulse to action, later blending itself with the plot.

Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Charlotte Endymion Porter 1900

Charlie thought the Chief ought to do better and called Phebe "a siren who had bewitched the sage youth."

Rose In Bloom Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1876