 The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better...  SHAKESPEARE - Page 578by BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...pulpit, that " The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth, sa the gentle rain from heaven. Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd . It...throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and Majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 pages
...Ant. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por....His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this... | |
 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 pages
...staunch Friends to their King and Country. '• Look upon this picture, and on this!"—Shakespeare. " The quality of Mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...Heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd. It blesses him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest! it becomes the Throned... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...gives, and him who takes. Portia, in the " Merchant of Venice," has beautifully described it : — " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above his... | |
 | George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1833 - 68 pages
...— Then must the Jew be merciful. Shylock. — On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Portia. — The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, • . • i Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; '•.' But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...bond? Ant. I do. Per. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Par. nour: And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me,...so inhuman, — 'twill not prove so; — And yet that takes: "II- mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...[To AHTONIO, Ant. Ay, so ho says. Por. Do you confess the bond? Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. e we our march towards Birnam. [Exeunt, marching....Dunsinane. A Roomintht Castle. Enter MACBETH, Doctor, and ram from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'dj It hlesseth him that gives, and him that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond ! Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest j it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...been denied by Pharaoh 1 Rom. iii. 10—23. m John iii. 16. • Ps. cxxx. 3. Upon the place beneath :p it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and...throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pages
...argument to a focus, mercy is the offspring of Heaven, but cruelty the most horrible inmate of hell. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of the temporal power. But mercy is above this scepter'd sway. It is an attribute of God himself; And... | |
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