Chapter Angelo to Annie Winnie of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Anne, own sister of king Arthur. Her father was Uther the pendragon, and her mother Ygerna, widow of Gorloïs. She was given by her brother in marriage to Lot, consul of Londonesia, and afterwards king of Norway.—Geoffrey: British History, viii. 20, 21.

In Arthurian romance this Anne is called Margawse (History of Prince Arthur, i. 2); Tennyson calls her Bellicent (Gareth and Lynette). In Arthurian romance Lot is always called king of Orkney.

Anne. Queen Anne’s Fan. Your thumb to your nose, and fingers spread.

Anne of Geierstein, a novel of the fourteenth century, by sir Walter Scott, based on the conquest of Charles the Bad, duke of Burgundy, by the Swiss, at Nancy, and his subsequent death; after which the Swiss were free. The Secret Tribunal of Westphalia was, at the time, in full power, and the provincial of the tribunal, called “The Black Monk,” was the father of Anne of Geierstein (baroness of Arnheim). These were the two opposite poles which the art of the novelist had to bring together. To this end, two Englishmen, the earl of Oxford and his son sir Arthur de Vere, travelling as merchants under the name of Philipson, are discovered bearing a letter addressed to the duke of Burgundy. They are imprisoned, and brought before the Secret Tribunal. Now, it so happened that sir Arthur and Anne had met before, and fallen in love with each other; so when sir Arthur was tried by the Secret Tribunal, Anne’s father (the Black Monk) acquitted him; and when the duke of Burgundy was dead, the two “Philipsons” settled in Switzerland; and here, in due time, the “Black Monk” freely consented to the marriage of his daughter with sir Arthur, the son of the earl of Oxford. This novel was published in 1829.

Annesley, in Mackenzie’s novel, called The Man of the World (1773), noted for his adventures among the Indians.

Annesley (James), the name of the “Wandering Heir” in Charles Reade’s novel (1875).

Annette, daughter of Mathis and Catherine, the bride of Christian, captain of the patrol.—J. E. Ware: The Polish Jew (1874).

Annette and Lubin, by Marmontel, imitated from the Daphnis and Chloe of Longos (q.v.).

Annie Laurie, eldest of the three daughters of sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwelton. In 1709 she married James Fergusson, of Craigdarroch, and was the mother of Alexander Fergusson, the hero of Burns’s song The Whistle. The song of Annie Laurie was written by William Douglas, of Fingland, in the stewardry of Kirkcudbright, hero of the song Willie was a Wanton Wag; the music was by lady John Scott. (See Whistle.)

Annie Winnie, one of the old sibyls at Alice Gray’s death; the other was Ailsie Gourlay.—Sir W. Scott: The Bride of Lammermoor (time, William III.).