Lordships

"In conclusion," said Hornblower, "it gives me particular pleasure to call Their Lordships 'attention to the ingenuity and activity of Captain Sir Thomas Fell, which made this exemplary capture possible."

Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

I must now call your Lordships 'attention from the vaunted services of the prisoner, which have been urged to convict us of ingratitude, to another part of his recriminatory defence.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

To one of these abuses I will now call your Lordships 'attention.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

For, admitting that your Lordships are the best judges, as I well know that you are, yet I cannot say that you are not men, and that matter of this kind, however irrelevant, may not make an impression upon you.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

My Lords, these are the iniquities which we have charged upon the prisoner at your bar; and I will next call your Lordships 'attention to the manner in which these iniquities have been pretended to be justified.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

The issue before your Lordships is a hundred times more important than the cause itself, for it is to determine by what law or maxims of law the conduct of governors is to be judged.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Two _arzees_, or petitions, were presented to the Council, of which we shall first call your Lordships 'attention to one from the dowager princess of Benares, in favor of her child and of her family.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

I will now call your Lordships 'attention to another extract from the same comment of Mr. Hastings, with respect to the removal of the

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

I will next call your Lordships 'attention to the projected sale of

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

Let me now call your Lordships 'attention to his assumption of power, without one word of communication with the Council at Calcutta, where the whole of these trading regulations might and ought to have been considered, and where they could have been deliberately examined and determined upon.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763