 | 1868 - 268 pages
...Hampden, Pym, Hollis, Hazelrig, and Strode were present, Lenthall the Speaker replies, — " I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me." The scene is one of deep interest, and the artist has handled it with considerable skill and knowledge.... | |
 | David Hume - 1869 - 822 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...whose servant I am; and I humbly ask pardon that I can not give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me." The king then said... | |
 | Humphry William Woolrych - 1869 - 492 pages
...them, and where they were. The Speaker, falling on his knee : — " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place,...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majesty's 1 Campbell's " Chancellors," vol. iv. p. 39. '' " Parliamentary... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 826 pages
...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 this place,...house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and humbly beg your majesty's par404 LENTHALL don that I cannot give any other answer than this... | |
 | Christopher Hill - 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,...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 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 - 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 - 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...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. Elected by MPs,... | |
 | Mike Corbishley - 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.... | |
 | Antonia Fraser - 2001 - 796 pages
...gave the momentous reply, a mixture of reverence and defiance: "May it pleasure your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place...House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here . . ,"23 Thus the King departed from the House of Commons and then from London itself, never to... | |
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