“1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale I am thy mortal foe, and it am I That so hot loveth Emily the bright, That I would die ⟳ here present ⟳ in her sight.”

“People will please ⟳ their fancies, and every lady has her favourite names. I myself have ⟳ several, and they are mostly short and simple. - - - Emily, in which all womanly sweetness seems bound up - perhaps this is the effect of association of ideas - I have ⟳ known so many charming Emilys”

“This may have ⟳ accounted for Emma's Christian name ⟳, for it had seemed to Beatrix unfair to call ⟳ her daughter Emily, a name ⟳ associated with her grandmother's servants rather than the author of The Wuthering Heights, so Emma had been chosen, perhaps with the hope ⟳ that some of the qualities possessed by the heroine of the novel might be perpetuated.”

“Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like ⟳ a knock ⟳ on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name ⟳, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours — whilst hers was that muted, dusky pink, like ⟳ bubblegum, like ⟳ roses —”

“Glossier was founded by Emily Weiss and has developed a cult following.”

“Emily Sisson set ⟳ a new record ⟳ for an American woman when she finished second at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Sunday.”

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