 | Don F. Westerheijden, Bjorn Stensaker, Maria Joao Rosa - Education - 2007 - 264 pages
...blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre...this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Alan Jacobs - Religion - 2008 - 125 pages
...blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: Tis the mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre...fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; 23. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, IV. I. 106. 24. Shakespeare, IV. I. 199. 25. Shakespeare,... | |
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It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear... 
