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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... "
A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the ... - Page 260
by George Brodie - 1822
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 12

Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...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 that I cannot...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 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 place, but as the " house i1 pleased to direct me, whose servant I am : and " I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any other...
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A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...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...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 I cannot...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...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...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 1 cannot...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, and Proceedings for High ...

Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1809 - 768 pages
...the Speaker, falling on Ins knee, thu» 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, whose servant I am here; and humbly ' beg your majesty's pardon, that I...
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London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive ..., Volume 1

Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - London (England) - 1810 - 762 pages
...and where they wereT The Speaker, with admirable presence of mind, falling on his knee, answered, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as tbe House is pleased of their opponents, originated in these Tumults. It was then the custom of the...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cęsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - 1812 - 604 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 place, but as the house is " pleased to direct me, whose servant I am. And «* I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any...
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An historical and critical account of the lives and writings of James I. and ...

William Harris - 1814 - 518 pages
...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 neither eyes...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 of the house....
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 4

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...
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An Account of All the Pictures Exhibited in the Rooms of the British ...

British Institution - Art - 1824 - 372 pages
...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...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...
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