 | David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...were in the House, and, if so, where. "May it please your Majesty," said Lenthall, kneeling, " 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... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1872 - 822 pages
...whether any of 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,...this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am ; and I humbly ask pardon that I can not give any other answer to what your majesty... | |
 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - Twickenham (London, England) - 1872 - 458 pages
...Speaker whether any of them were in the House. Lenthall, falling on his knee, prudently replied : " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak...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 other answer to what your Majesty... | |
 | Frederick Wicks - Administrative law - 1872 - 278 pages
...where they were. Upon this the Speaker fell on his knees, and desired excuse, 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." Then the King told him he thought his own eyes were as good as his, and said... | |
 | Frederick Wicks - Administrative law - 1872 - 236 pages
...where they were. Upon this the Speaker fell on his knees, and desired excuse, 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." Then the King told him he thought his own eyes were as good as his, and said... | |
 | Christopher Hill - History - 1982 - 308 pages
...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 this place, but as the 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... | |
 | David M. Olson - Law - 1994 - 206 pages
...whether several members, whom he was going to arrest, were present: "May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see 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 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1996 - 124 pages
...shall send them unto me as soon as they return ... The Speaker: 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. 1 Look at Source A. The Churchman shown in the pulpit is named in the cartoon. Who is he? What is he... | |
 | Andy Williams - Political Science - 1998 - 260 pages
...agent of the monarch. This link was not broken until 1642 when Speaker Lenthall told Charles I: '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.' Since the mid-nineteenth century the Speaker has been seen as a neutral figure.... | |
 | Mike Corbishley - History - 1998 - 420 pages
...were. The Speaker, William Lenthall, knelt respectlully and replied. May it please Your Mafesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place, but as this House is pleased to direct me, whose servant 1 am heiv. The king realized he had been outwitted.... | |
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