 The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole those tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the Knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back the tarts, And...  The Story Hour Readers ... - Page 16by Ida Coe, Alice Christie Dillon - 1913Full view - About this book
 | Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...poetry ; the following ludicrous lines being chosen as the subject ; " The " The Queen «f Hearts, JS'he made some tarts, All on a summer's day: The Knave of Hearts He stole those tarts, • And — took them quite — away !" Some have imagined that Addison's exposition of the ballad of Chevy... | |
 | 1858 - 620 pages
...we read his youthful imitator'a critical analysis of what he designates the epic poem beginning— ' The queen of hearts She made some tarts All on a summer's day.' , If self-love did not blind the best of us to our own errors and absurdities, almost every modern... | |
 | 1806 - 666 pages
...in vain. Let Leuctra s;tv, let JManttnea tell, Jlpw great Epamiuonclas fought and fell! " Not" Tire Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts, All on a summer's day: Th&Kriare of Hearts lie stole those tarts, Aud—took them quite'—away '." Some Have imagined that... | |
 | John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 192 pages
...or, as he more aptly phrases it, '* elegans ejepletivvm." The passage therefore must stand thus, . " The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts All on a summer's day." And thus ends the first part, or beginning, which is simple and unembellished ; opens the subject in... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...or, as he more aptly phrases it " elegans expletivum." The passage therefore must stand thus : — The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, • All on a summer's day. And thus ends the first part or beginning ; which is simple and unembellished ; opens the subject in... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...expletive, or, as he more aptly phrases it, ' elegans expletivum.' The passage therefore must stand thus, The Queen of Hearts She made some Tarts All on a summer's day. And thus ends the first part, or beginning, which is simple and unembellished; opens the subject in... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...expletive, or, as he more aptly phrases it, " elegans expleiivum." The passage therefore must stand thus, " The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts All on a summer's day." And thus ends the first part or beginning, which is simple and unembellished ; opens the subject in... | |
 | Great Britain - 1833 - 232 pages
...perfect epic poem in the world : some of our readers may probably not recollect it — it runneth thus : The queen of hearts She made some tarts, All on a...day : The knave of hearts He stole those tarts, And took them quite away. The king of hearts,' Called for those tarts, And beat the knave full sore : The... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 332 pages
...eloquence of their style and their critical discernment, on the well-known nursery poem beginning with " The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts All on a summer's day.'' That Mr. Canning did not pursue the glorious and useful career which he thus early pointed out for... | |
 | James Grant - 1839 - 332 pages
...eloquence of their style and their critical discernment, on the well-known nursery poem beginning with " The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts All on a summer's day.'' That Mr. Canning did not pursue the glorious and useful career which he thus early pointed out for... | |
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