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" 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 sceptred sway,... "
Hudibras: A Poem - Page 455
by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pages
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it

William Shakespeare - 1785 - 402 pages
...temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth .sit the dread and tear, of kings; liij But But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to Goci himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's, io» When...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...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 scepter'd 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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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; JBut mercy is above this scepter'd 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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The comedies of The Merchant of Venice, and As you like it, with the notes ...

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 350 pages
...regal authority, which she observes The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kinsrs, It is but the emblem of an inferior characteristic of royalty, viz. temporal power, but...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 576 pages
...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 scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of tings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show litest God's, When mercy...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...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 scepter'd 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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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...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 scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts. of kings, It is an attribute to God himadf: And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...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 scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likcst God's, When mercy...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 348 pages
...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 scepter'd 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, Whjen...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 1

Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 560 pages
...not this a very common misprint for Iay'dst9 where the preterite is intended ? Sc. 1. p. 509. FoR. 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 power doth then show likest God 's When mercy...
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