 But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That,...  Overland Monthly - Page 6791895Full view - About this book
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...enthroned in thé hearts of kings, ït is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doththen show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be tliy plea, consider this, — That, in thé course of j ustice, none of us Should see salvation : we... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...in th heurts of kings ; It is an attribute to (jod himself; And earthly power doth then show likect God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, connider this — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likei't Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ;...And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows of us Should sec salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 18 pages
...is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest6 God's When mercy seasons7 justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea,...consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation :8 we do pray for mercy ¡« And that same prayer doth teach us all to render... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this — 1 Thoroughly. J Power. That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do... | |
 | Edwin Owen Jones - 1853 - 258 pages
...you as you are ? " * In the "Merchant of Venice," again, the fair doctor of laws thus addresses the Jew : — " Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation."f As a general rule, however, Shakspere's writings are deficient in the... | |
 | Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1853 - 568 pages
...were argument, I would give two passages to one in my favour." They sneered, and I at once quoted " Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation." And again : " Why, all the souls that are were forfeit once, And he that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thv plea, consider this,— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salratitn : we do... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1854 - 204 pages
...is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God Himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When Mercy seasons Justice. Therefore,...consider this — That, in the course of justice, none of ns Should gee salvation: we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy season« my counsel sway you in this case. Your daughter,...the princes left for dead ; Let her awhile be secr of us Should eco salvation : we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render... | |
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