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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... "
The Popular Educator - Page 79
1867
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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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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...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...pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majestie's pardon that 1 cannot give any other answer than this, to what your Majesty...
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A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...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...pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majestie's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this, to what your Majesty...
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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...pleased to direct ' me, whose servant I am here; and humbly ' beg your majesty's pardon, that I cannot give ' any other answer than this to what your ma'...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations ..., Volume 10, Issue 1

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1810 - 772 pages
...Speaker, with admirable presence of mind, falling on his knee, auswered, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased • of their opponents, eriginated in these Tumuli-. It was then the custom of the London apprentices...
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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
...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 ..., Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 504 pages
...prudently replied : " I have, sir, ^_ " neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, ,6i2 " 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 is pleased to "...
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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 - 768 pages
...mind, falling on his knee, answered, " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, uor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased of their opponents, •riginated in these Tumults. It wu then the custom of the London apprentices...
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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...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 is pleased...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 2

William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
...?' To which the speaker, falling oa his knee, thus answered : .. . ' May it please your majesty, * I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in...pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg yourraato demand them of the house. This greatly alarmed both houses of parliament, and...
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