 | Robert Vaughan - 1840 - 506 lehte
...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, 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 to demand... | |
 | 1841 - 832 lehte
...memorable answer from the speaker, Lenthall, so familiar to all English readers — " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place,...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am," — the king, who had taken the speaker's chair, ¡s thus described : — Stepping down from the chair,... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - 1844 - 492 lehte
...darting 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...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 majesty... | |
 | John Forster - 1846 - 738 lehte
...they 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...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 majesty... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 996 lehte
...Speaker, where are they 1" The speaker, falling on his knees, replied, " 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 majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your majesty... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - 1846 - 532 lehte
...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...to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me." " Well," replied the king, " since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you shall... | |
 | John Forster - 1846 - 726 lehte
...desired him to excuse hii answer, for " in this place I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am." " The birds, then, are flown !" said Charles, passionately ; and, abruptly insisting that the accused... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1857 - 544 lehte
...and where they were ? " the speaker, falling on his knees, replied, " 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 majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your Majesty... | |
 | David Hume - 1848 - 552 lehte
...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 to demand... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1849 - 428 lehte
...the speaker, Lenthal, TO point them out. " Sir," answered the speaker, falling O'» his knees, " 1 have 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 cny othe/ answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand... | |
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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... 
