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 | Statesmen - 1837 - 430 pages
...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, but as the 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... | |
 | François Guizot - Great Britain - 1838 - 388 pages
...find them." He asked the speaker where they were; the speaker, falling on his knees, said, " Sir, 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 give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | François Pierre G. Guizot - 1838 - 388 pages
...find them." He asked the speaker where they were; the speaker, falling on his knees, said, " Sir, 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 give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | John Gould - Art - 1838 - 432 pages
...Hampden, Pym, Hollis, Hazelrig, and Strode were present, Lenthall, the speaker, replies, " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this 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 - 726 pages
...them, 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, 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... | |
 | Charles Henry Parry - Constitutional history - 1839 - 726 pages
...them, his Majestv asks the Speaker where they were ? Falling on his knees, the Speaker answers ; " 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... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Great Britain - 1840 - 506 pages
...of mind suited to the occasion : falling upon his knees before the king, he 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 to what your majesty... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...memorable answer from the speaker, Lenthall, so familiar to all English readers — " 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," — the king, who had taken the speaker's chair, ¡s thus described : —... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - 1844 - 492 pages
...darting 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, but as the 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... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...they 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 but as the House is pleased to direct me, •whose servant I am here ; and humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot ,<;ivr any other... | |
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