 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
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? Tell me that. Por. 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 ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 688 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 606 pages
...droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blessoth 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 604 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... | |
 | Edward Budge - 1851 - 322 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... | |
 | Mark Bailey - 1880 - 80 pages
...Then must the Jew be merciful. SHYLOCK. On what compulsion must 1 1 Tell me that. POR. 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... | |
 | Jeffrie G. Murphy, Jean Hampton - 1988 - 212 pages
...our civilization: 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 throwned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1991 - 44 pages
...and moves to a full length painting of herself as Portia ... SHE closes her eyes ...) "The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." (SHE smiles, remembering those lines, but not being able to remember "I was Constance... | |
 | John Gross - 1994 - 404 pages
...he must be merciful: The quality oj mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rainjrom 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.... | |
 | Kathleen Hughes, Joseph A. Favazza - 1997 - 228 pages
...gift is the greatest Thomas Merton source of growth for our love and for our holiness. 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: His... | |
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