| Thomas Bayly Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 754 pages
...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... | |
| John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 468 pages
...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...to what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me." — Hume. END OF VOLUME SECOND. Printed by George Ramsay & Co. Edinburgh, 1820. JI JU-IN jy 193G ... | |
| Thomas Cromwell - Great Britain - 1822 - 616 pages
...That officer, falling on his knees, answered : " Sir, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant...what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me." The King replied, " I think you are in the right :" adding, somewhat too familiarly it may be thought,... | |
| George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 652 pages
...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... | |
| British Institution - Art - 1824 - 372 pages
...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...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am." This picture is composed from the most authentic portraits of the characters introduced, which are... | |
| James Granger - 1824 - 704 pages
...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 other answer to what your majesty... | |
| James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 446 pages
...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 other answer to what your majesty... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1825 - 492 pages
...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...house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am. And 1 humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 444 pages
...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...answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me75." The commons were in the utmost disorder ; and, when the king was departing, some members cried... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1832 - 358 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.... | |
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