 | Thomas Bayly Howell - 1816 - 754 strani
...the Speaker, falling on his knee, thai answered : ' May it. please your majesty ; I have nei' ther eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this ' place, but as the house is pleased to direct ' me, nhose servant I am here; and humbly ' beg your majesty's pardon, that I cannot give' any other answer... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 652 strani
...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 I cannot... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 446 strani
...whether any of 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,...this place, but as the House is pleased to direct, whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 704 strani
...whether any of 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,...this place, but as the House is pleased to direct, whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | British Institution - 1824 - 372 strani
...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 portraits of the characters introduced,... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 444 strani
...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,...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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 358 strani
...before he resolved to try an English one, viz. the N2 Arrest of the Five Members of the Commons bj Charles the First. Malone, an indefatigable friend,...it with considerable skill and knowledge. The head 1 like best is the dark and enthusiastic Sir Harry Vane ; the Cromwell is comparatively a failure.... | |
 | George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent - 1832 - 488 strani
...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 pardon that I cannot give any ' other... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1832 - 428 strani
...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 give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | 1834 - 614 strani
...if Hampden, 1'ym, Hollie, ! l.-i/.rlii;', and Strode were present, is thus answered by the speaker: "I have, sir, neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the bouse is pleased to direct me." A letter from Lord Ferrers, in relation to this picture, is too curious... | |
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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... 
