 | John Gould - 1838 - 432 strani
...seems bloody. Copley now produced The Arrest of the Five Members of the Commons by Charles the First. The point of time chosen is when the king, having...handled it with considerable skill and knowledge. The labour which this picture required must have been immense; besides the grouping, the proper distribution... | |
 | François Guizot - 1838 - 388 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | Charles Henry Parry - 1839 - 726 strani
...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... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1840 - 506 strani
...discovered a presence 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,...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... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1841 - 836 strani
...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...this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am," — the king, who had taken the speaker's chair, is thus described : — Stepping... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - 1844 - 492 strani
...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... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 532 strani
...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, 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 - 1846 - 726 strani
...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 answer... | |
 | David Hume - 1848 - 552 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... | |
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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... 
