 | Eliza Leslie - 1831 - 336 pages
...she addresses any one she pleases (for instance, Lucy,) in the following words : " Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun, She sends you three letters, and prays you'll read one." LUCY. I cannot read one, unless I read all.... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1847 - 338 pages
...she addresses any one she pleases (for instance, Lucy,) in the following words : " Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun, She sends you three letters, and prays you'll read one." A'l.'cv. 1 cannot read one, unless 1 read... | |
 | Day Kellogg Lee - 1852 - 336 pages
...eyes swam in tears ; for it made him think of what he had suffered. They played " Lady-queen Annie she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun ; She sends you three letters, and prays you'll read one. I cannot read one, unless I read all ; Then... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1853 - 434 pages
...addresses any one she pleases (for instance, Lucy,) in the following words : — " Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun, She sends you three letters, and prays you'll read one." LUCY. I cannot read one unless I read all.... | |
 | Henrietta Camilla Jenkin - 1861 - 336 pages
...a party, striving all she can to put some animation into them. " Come, then—" " Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun," &c. Another cheer, a very boisterous one. This time it is all right; Sir Frederick has come on foot,... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1863 - 314 pages
...a party, striving all she can to put some animation into them. "Come, then — " " Lady Queen Anne, she sits In the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun," Ac. Another cheer, a very boisterous one. This time it is all right ; Sir Frederick has come on foot,... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1863 - 334 pages
...striving all she can to put some animation into them. " Come, then — " " Lady Queen Anne, she site in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun," &c. Another cheer, a very boisterous one. This time it is all right ; Sir Frederick has come on foot,... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1868 - 308 pages
...party, striving all she can to put some animation into them. " Come, then — " " Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun," &c. Another cheer, a very boisterous one. This time it is all right ; Sir Frederick has come on foot,... | |
 | American children - 1883 - 282 pages
...circle. A girl is placed in the centre, and a dialogue ensues; the ring singing: " My lady Queen Anne, She sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, As brown as a bun. The king sends you -three letters, and bids you read one." The girl answers : " I cannot read one unless... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher - 1907 - 496 pages
...toward Queen Anne, each holding up her skirts as if the ball were there, singing — Lady Queen Anne, she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as brown as a bun. King John has sent you letters three, And begs you'll read one unto me. Lady Queen Anne and her maids... | |
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A horseman waves his hat from the road in greeting to the assembly, and the boys give a small hurrah. Dolly's face grows bright, then clouds over. Only Sir Mark Tufton. Lill is leading a party, striving all she can to put some animation into them. " Come,... 
