 | 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... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 434 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... | |
 | BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836 - 648 pages
...confess the bond ? Ant. Ay, so he says. Ant. I do. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, POT. Then must the Jew be merciful. Wherein doth sit the dread and fear... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...; 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836
...bless'dj It hlesseth him that gives, and him that takes : Tin mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The robe Upon a dwarfish thief. Mt "'- Who then shall...Itoelf, for being there!4 Cath. Well, march we on, sceptreci sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself: And earthly... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women and literature - 1837 - 400 pages
...bless'd : It blesaeth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...this sceptre'd sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. ISABELLA. Well, believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown,... | |
 | John Gay - 1838 - 254 pages
...It blessetb him that gives, and him that takes. ' 'Tis 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 ; ' It is an attribute to God himself ; 'And... | |
 | 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 - Charity organization - 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...; 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... | |
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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... 
