 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His scepter shows...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 576 pages
...you,] To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His scepter shows...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...you,] To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His scepter shows the...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His scepter shows the...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sccpter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself: And earthly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His scepter shows...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His scepter shows...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 348 pages
...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His scepter shows the...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 pages
...his danger,] ie within his reach or control. Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His scepter shows...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...that takes: * Oppose. t Reach or control. *Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it become* The throned monarch better than his crown : His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to .iwe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread ami tent of kings; But merry is above this... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 452 pages
...gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it hecomeg The throned monarch hetter than his crown : His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attrihute to awe and majesty, "Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is ahove this... | |
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 
