 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...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 346by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810Full view - About this book
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...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 pardon that I cannot give any... | |
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...these persons were in the house? The speaker, falling on his knee, prudently replied : " I have, Sir, 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 give any other *' answer... | |
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