 | 1867 - 964 pàgines
...Speaker Lenthal, requiring to be told ; but Lenthal, kneeling, humbly desired to be excused, saying : " I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your Majesty's... | |
 | John Britton - 1808 - 882 pàgines
...says Wliitelocke, yet with much prudence falling on his knee, answered the King to this purpose: ' May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majestie's pardon... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1808 - 290 pàgines
...says Whitelocke, yet with much prudence falling on his knee, answered the King to this purpose : ' May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majestie's pardon... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1810 - 762 pàgines
...and where they wereT The Speaker, with admirable presence of mind, falling on his knee, answered, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as tbe House is pleased of their opponents, originated in these Tumults. It was then the custom... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 518 pàgines
...saw any of them i and where they were P To which the speaker, falling on his knee, thus answered : ' May it please your majesty, ' I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the house is pleased to direct me, \vhosescrvant I am here; and humbly beg your ma* to demand... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 652 pàgines
...knees, answered, with admirable presence of mind on such an unprecedented and critical occasion, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the house, whose servant 1 am, is pleased to direct me ; and I humbly beg your Majesty's pardon,... | |
 | British Institution - 1824 - 372 pàgines
...Sir Arthur Hazlerigge, John 1'vm, John Hampden, and William Strode. The speaker falling on his knees, replied, •' May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am." This picture is composed from the most... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 1078 pàgines
...of soldiers know whether certain might be delivered up to him, he rose from his chair, and calmly " May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak iu this place, but as the house I am here, and humbly beg your majesty's pardon, that I cannot give... | |
 | George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent - 1832 - 488 pàgines
...Speaker, Lenthall. in words which are well known as being the cause of this memorable reply : —' May it please your ' Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor ' tongue to speak, in this place, but as the ' House is pleased to direct me, whose ser' vant I am here; and I humbly beg your ' Majesty's... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1832 - 428 pàgines
...ordered the speaker, Lenthal, to point them out. " Sir," answered the speaker, falling on his knees, " I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot... | |
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May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what... 
