To get into our Kingdom we knocked at the Wicket Gate, murmuring as we did so: "El dorado Yo he trovado," and it opened-with a push.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
My purse diminished even more rapidly than my hopes, though they, too, began to fade; and it was with a heavy heart that I look my pen to write home to those dear friends who believed that Paris was a second El dorado, where all who sought-must find-Fortune.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
Sumatra is veritably El dorado to the Eastern wife and mother, conversant with every detail respecting the management of land or money, and jealously guarding the time-honoured rights and privileges of her exalted position.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings