 | Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - 264 trang
...chair, and asked him if the five members were present. But the Speaker fell upon his knees, and said : " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to...speak in this place but as the House is pleased to command me." The five members wanted had fled into the city; Charles went there to seize them; the... | |
 | Sir Theodore Martin - 1883 - 556 trang
...when the Speaker Lenthall, dropping on his knee, gave the memorable answer to the king: "I have, sire, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place,...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... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1894 - 438 trang
...it please your Speaker's Majesty," he said, falling on his knee before the answer. _-..•_, King, " I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place but as this House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your Majesty's pardon... | |
 | David Hume - 1884 - 330 trang
...persons were in the house. The speaker (Lenthall), 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... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1884 - 452 trang
...your Speaker's Majesty," he said, falling on his knee before the answer. T7- • T i • i King, " I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place but as this House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your Majesty's pardon... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1885 - 274 trang
...Lenthall knelt before him. with all outward show of reverence. " May it please your Majesty," he said, " I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in...place, but as the House is pleased to direct me." " Well, well ! " answered Charles, " 'tis no matter ; I think my eyes are as good as another's. " Then... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - 1886 - 744 trang
...Lenthall, the Speaker of the House, where the accused members were. Lenthall fell on his knees, and said, ' May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to...speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to command me.' The king first looked round the House, and then said, c Well, since I see all the birds... | |
 | Christopher Hill - 1982 - 308 trang
...But in 1642, when Charles I came to arrest five members of Parliament, Speaker Lenthall said to him, 'I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am.' So the revolution was completed by which the Speaker ceased to be the King's servant and became the... | |
 | David M. Olson - 1994 - 206 trang
...Parliament in 1640, demanding to know whether several members, whom he was going to arrest, were present: "May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to...nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House doth direct me, whose servant I am." Bailey 1971, 62 The very name, "Speaker," illustrates the tortured... | |
 | Robert Unwin - 1996 - 124 trang
...flown, I do expect from you that you shall send them unto me as soon as they return ... The Speaker: May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to...this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me. 1 Look at Source A. The Churchman shown in the pulpit is named in the cartoon. Who is he? What is he... | |
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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, whose servant I am here. And humbly beg your majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your... 
