| Francis Wayland - Christian ethics - 1838 - 452 pages
...subject very beautifully in the following passages : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre...i/reud and fear of kings ; But mercy is above the sceptrfd sway. It is enthroned in the heart of kings. It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly... | |
| 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 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... | |
| Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...blessed; 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, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; The attribute to awe and majesty, But mercy is above... | |
| Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 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...is above the sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the heart of kings, It is an attribute of God himself, And earthly power, doth then show likest God's,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 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...the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above the scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself;f And earthly... | |
| 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 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... | |
| John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: Tis mightiest in the mighty ; 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 of kings; But mercy is above this... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 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 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... | |
| Francis Wayland - Christian ethics - 1839 - 424 pages
...subject very beautifully in the following passages : "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 of kings; But mercy is atone the... | |
| Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - Charity organization - 1839 - 404 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 shows the force of the temporal power. But mercy is above this scepter'd sway. It is an attribute of God himself; And... | |
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