queens

• The foundations must follow suit PLAY Take from the pack the kings, queens, and aces--seven of the queens are to be thrown aside and the other cards placed as in tableau The queen of diamonds represents THE SOVEREIGN; the black kings, the Bishops; the red kings, the Judges The eight aces form the foundation cards or "Government," and ascend in sequence to knaves Deal out four horizontal rows (beginning with the lowest), each containing eight cards This forms the "Constitution." —  Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games
• The cards in payment of the queens are taken from the top of the key (fourteen for each queen including herself V. Cards in payment of the queens are taken from the bottom of the talon (three for each queen exclusive of herself PLAY Take from the pack thirty-two cards; place them in a packet on the left side, face upward. —  Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games
• Not all the queens are crowned. —  Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power
• Neither of the queens was a novice in the arts of dissimulation, and as often as it suited the interest or caprice of the moment, each would lavish upon the other, without scruple, every demonstration of amity, every pledge of affection; but jealousy, suspicion, and hatred dwelt irremoveably in the inmost recesses of their hearts. —  Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
• I'll be with thee in the morning ere thou partest, if kings, queens, and cardinals roar themselves hoarse for the Quipsome With this promise Hal Randall bestowed his still dulled and half-stunned nephew carefully on the pallet provided by the care of the purveyors. —  The Armourer's Prentices

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