 | 1867 - 964 oldal
...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... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 oldal
...any of them 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 i1 pleased to direct me, whose servant I am : and " I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1808 - 290 oldal
...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 that... | |
 | John Britton - 1808 - 882 oldal
...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 that... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 778 oldal
...any of the accused Members, he asked the Speaker ' whether he saw auy of them, and where they were?' The Speaker, with admirable presence of mind, falling...to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased of their opponents, originated in these Tumults. It was then the custom of the... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 604 oldal
...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... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 518 oldal
...whether he 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...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 them... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 652 oldal
...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, that... | |
 | British Institution - 1824 - 372 oldal
...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 authentic... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 446 oldal
...these persons were in the house ? The speaker, falling on his knees, prudently replied, I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct, whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give any... | |
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