 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1847 - 400 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 568 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tie 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 - 1847 - 762 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... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - English poetry - 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 - 746 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...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... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - English language - 1848 - 56 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest m the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the heart of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 306 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...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... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 140 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...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptr'd sway, It is enthron'd in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | 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...; But mercy is above this sceptred sway — It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.... | |
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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... 
