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
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 88 pages
...Ant. I do. Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Sliy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd , It droppeth...Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesscth him that gives , and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 pages
...PERCY ANECDOTES. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It...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... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 206 pages
...PERCY ANECDOTES. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven 1 Reach or control. Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It...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... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...TRAGEDY or Clio. 1 '' The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : It is twice bless'd ; It...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 the... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...tear humane. The quality of mercy— is not siratn'd / It droppeih, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe — and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and/ear of kings ; But mercy — is above... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
..." The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the earth beneath. It is twice bless'd: It blesseth him that...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute of awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But-mercy is above this... | |
| G. W. Montgomery - 1845 - 248 pages
...subduing enmity. This position will be sustained by historical facts. CHAPTER II. THE POWER OF KINDNESS. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; It blesses him who gites, and him who takes; "Pis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch... | |
| George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pages
...Por. — Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. — On what compulsion must 1 1 tell me that. For. — 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 the... | |
| George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 pages
...so he says. Par. — Do you confess the bond ? Ant.— I do. Par. — Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. — On what compulsion must I ? tell me that....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 the... | |
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