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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 I humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what... "
The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ... - Page 427
by David Hume - 1810
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 12

Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...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 give any other answer than this to what...
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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
...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...to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me." IJ u ME. This subject now engages the pencil ef Mr. Copley, who hut chosen it as a companionftr his...
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A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...purpose : ' 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 Majestie's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this, to what...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...purpose: ' 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 Majestie's pardon that 1 cannot give any other answer than this, to what...
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Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, and Proceedings for High ...

Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1809 - 768 pages
...: ' 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 cannot give ' any other answer than this to what...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 2

William Harris - 1814 - 510 pages
..... . ' 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 yourraato demand them of the house. This greatly alarmed both houses of parliament,...
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Lives of British Statesmen, Volume 2

John Macdiarmid - 1820 - 468 pages
...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...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 ...
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Oliver Cromwell and His Times

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,...
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A Biographical History of England: From Egbert the Great to the Revolution ...

James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 446 pages
...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...answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me. He was for a time master of the Rolls, and had other places of great trust and emolument. Ant. Wood...
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A biographical history of England, adapted to a methodical catalogue of ...

James Granger - 1824 - 704 pages
...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...answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me. He was for a time master of the Rolls, and had other places of great trust and emolument. Ant. Wood...
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