 The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: "T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than...  Overland Monthly - Page 6791895Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...reassumet 'Solemnity. The quality of mercy is not strained j It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; ' it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...told us, in the genuine language of nature, that ' it descends, like rain, from heaven, upon the spot beneath. It is twice blessed : it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' It is the most disinterested of all principles, and therefore the most commendable. The... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1871 - 1146 pages
...was another quotation, better known, which was specially applicable in this case — " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; It is mightiest in the mightiest." It was in this feeling, anxious to do good only, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...blessedness. Shalapeare. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Id. The person that is called, knec-leth down before the chair, and the father laycth his... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath : It is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 pages
...determination of the rebel army ? What was the amount of their forces ? GEORGE II. SECTION VII. 1 The quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty." SHAXSPEAKE. 9. Pros'elyte, ». a convert to a new opinion.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...Mercy.—SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; It blesseth...' T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His Sceptre shows the force of temporal power, Wherein doth... | |
 | Deale - 1833 - 626 pages
...hill." Shakspeare. " The quality of mercy is not strain 'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Deale, Henry Luttrell - 1833 - 294 pages
...hill." Shakspeare. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than bis crown... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1834 - 440 pages
...rank or condition, as merit, and the light in which they are considered in the world. MERCY. — Mercy is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : T is mightiest in the mighty ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown j His sceptre shows the source of temporal... | |
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