| William Betham - Baronetage - 1801 - 580 pages
...ingenuous confession, sent several of the members to see if the chancellor would own it, which he did in these words: " My lords, it is my act, my hand,...beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." This answer being reported to the house, the lords agreed to move the king to sequester the seal; and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 538 pages
...subscribed to the same ? and whether he will stand to it or not ? To which the lord chancellor answered, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." In consequence of these proceedings, his lordship delivered up the great seal to his majesty, and the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 536 pages
...subscribed to the same ? and whether he will Stand to it or not? To which the lord chancellor answered, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." In consequence of these proceedings, his "lordship delivered up the great seal to his majesty, and... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...to demand, ' whether it were his own hand, that was subscribed to the same:' to whom he replied, " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart, I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." Notwithstanding these abject and humiliating admissions, however, he was sentenced to pay a mulct of... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...you as Peers and Prelates, humbly commending my cause to your noble minds and magnanimous affections. Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart, I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." Notwithstanding these abject and humiliating admissions, however, he was sentenced to pay a mulct of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 544 pages
...subscribed to the same ? and whether he will stand to it or not ? To which the lord chancellor answered, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." In consequence of these proceedings, his lordship delivered up the great seal to his majesty, and the... | |
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 598 pages
...same, and whether he will stand to it or no ; unto which the said lord Chancellor answered, namely, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart : I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The which answer being reported to the house, it was agreed by the house, to move his Majesty to sequester... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1823 - 470 pages
...hand subscribed to the same, and whether he will stand to it or not.' The lord chancellor replied, ' My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.' This answer being returned to the house, the Lords sent a deputation to the king, at the head of which... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...and demanded of his lordship whether it were his hand that is subscribed thereunto; who answered, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships, be merciful unto a broken reed." Which being reported to the house, it was agreed by the house, to... | |
| Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...to the same 1 and whether he will stand to it or not ? Unto which the said Lord Chancellor answered, My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed. The which answer being reported to the House, it was agreed by the House, to move his Majesty to sequester... | |
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