 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
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1844 - 542 pages
...the determination of the rebel army? What was the amount of their forces ; SECTION VII. " 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." SHAKSPKARE. 9. Pros'alyte, .*. a convert to a new opinion.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...not strained ; 1 To impugn is to oppose, to controvert. 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... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pages
...their nature. " 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." " The severe punishment of this unfortunate gentleman many people pitied, he being a person... | |
 | My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 pages
...heaven is merciful. ' The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. — It is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.' " By this time the shades of evening had thickened, and we had nearly reached our home.... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...passages to their original form, and supply the proper points in the fourth example : — 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 mightiest; it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...From man, from saint, from — angel is concealed. PORTIA'S SPEECH ON MERCY. SHAKSPEARE. 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 mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his ermun... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...For. Then must the Jew be merciful*. Shy. On what compulsion must I' ? tell me that*. For. The quality of mercy is not strained' ; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed' ; It blesseth him' that gives', and himv that takes' : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest* ; it becomes' The throned monarch better than his... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pages
...their nature. " 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." " The severe punishment of this unfortunate gentleman many people pitied, he being a person... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...loves his brother man, life can never be without hope. -. SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE. •' 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 mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere, himself, In lowliness of heart. MERCY. 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 mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
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