 | John Gould - Art - 1838
...demanded if Hampden, Pym, Hollis, Hazelrig, and Strode were present, Lenthall, the speaker, replies, " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak,...place, but as the House is pleased to direct me." The scene is one of deep interest, and the artist has handled it with considerable skill and knowledge.... | |
 | Charles Henry Parry - Constitutional history - 1839 - 641 pages
...his Majesty asks the Sneaker where they were ? Falling on his knees, the Speaker answers ; " I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this Place,...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... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1841
...whether any of 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,...Whose servant I am. And I humbly ask pardon, that CHAP. I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me." " 1642. The... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841
...received the memorable answer from the speaker, Lenthall, so familiar to all English readers — " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am," — the king, who had taken the speaker's chair, is thus described : — Stepping down from the chair,... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - 1844
...up from a life of meanness. His words have become aphoristic : " May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place,...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your... | |
 | François Guizot - Great Britain - 1846 - 21 pages
...where are they ?" 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,...house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here. And humbly beg your majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846
...were. 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...House is pleased to direct me, •whose servant I am here ; and humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot ,<;ivr any other answer than this to what... | |
 | Edward Foss - Courts - 1857
...where they were ? " 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,...house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your... | |
 | Great Britain - 1848
...To which enquiries the Speaker, falling on his knees, answered, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place,...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... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - History - 1849 - 408 pages
...speaker, Lenthal, TO point them out. " Sir," answered the speaker, falling O'» his knees, " 1 have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place,...I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give cny othe/ answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me." 18. The king withdrew without effecting... | |
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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... 
