 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...the tears that break, For others' woe, down virtue's manly cheek. No. 248.] MERCY. [WEDNESDAY. Mercy is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and...monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the source of temporal power, The attribute of awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...example of virtue, where the conqueror seeks for friendship of the conquered.—Sir P. Sidney. CCXIV. The quality of mercy is not strain'd: It droppeth,...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is an attribute to God himself; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, And earthly... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...example of virtue, where the conqueror seeks for friendship of the conquered. — Sir P. Sidney. CCXIV. The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth,...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | 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, George Steevens - 1829
...takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch heller than his crown : ) I is sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceplcr'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, J< ˇч an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptered sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings : It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831
...; U blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The be confiscate. Thia very day, a Syr acusan merchant...out his life, According to the statute of the town, u enthroned in the hearU of kings, It is an attribute to God himself: And earthly power doth then show... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...It hles?cth him that gives, and him that take« : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sccptcrM sway, It i« enthroned in the hearts of kings, Hi« an attribute to Got himself; And earthly... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - Women in literature and art - 1832 - 352 pages
...in immediate comparison with each other. PORTIA. "I'ts mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. ISABELLA. Well believe this, No ceremony... | |
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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... 
