 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 - 1847 - 726 pages
...Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. For. Then must the Jew be merciful. attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 536 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....twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : "Pis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 pages
...IV. SCENE I. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppetfa as the gentle rain from heaven e wardrobe. Sir And. Fie on him, 1 he attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; Bat mercy is above... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...imperial Rome ! MERCY. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; It blesseth...throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, Th' attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | John Spurgin (B.D., Vicar of Great Hockham, Thetford.) - 1848 - 744 pages
...like. And if so, who among any of our own ever spake of mercy with more unction than Shakspeare : — " 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 this... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...it, Though I alone do feel the injury. 1 Knotted. ' Frail, brittle. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. L 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, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...tell me that. For. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppcth, as the gentle rain from heaven, r. Bene. I will not desire that Bene. Surely, I do...show such friendship! Beat. A very even way, but no attribute to awe and majesty. Wherein doth «it the dread and tear of kings; But mercy is above his... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...breathless auditory : 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... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. SHAKSPERE. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. SHAKSPERE. IT ia an attribute of God himself, And earthly power doth then show liker God's,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...significancy. Shakspere indicates this in the following beautiful verses : — " The quality of merey is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monareh better than his erown... | |
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