| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...see the sword of justice stained with human blood : he is merciful almost to a fault ; The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. The internal taxes are raised or reduced at the discretion of the king, which, with the... | |
| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...the sword of justice stained with human blood : he is merciful almost to a fault ; • The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. The internal taxes are raised or reduced at the discretion of the king, which with the... | |
| mrs. Burke - 1805 - 234 pages
...CHAP. III. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed— " It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. It becomes " The throned Monarch better than his crown." AlTER the departure of Mr. O'... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...MERCY. (SHAKESPEARE.) THE quality of Mercy is not strain'd; ]t droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon- the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes j Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
| Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 570 pages
...have the best and most improving effect on the mind of the donor. The quality of charity like that of mercy, " Is not strained) " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the earth beneath." The immense sums distributed to the poor in this country, by the... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...work of mercy, a work of charity of the highest order. " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the place beneath; — it is twice blessed ; " It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." The distribution of our Tracts is, therefore, one department of eminent usefulness, to... | |
| Theater - 1823 - 432 pages
...churches then, or else he shall suffer not thinking on. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. MERCY. Portia The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. Merchant of Venice,... | |
| John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...PHILANTHROPY IN IRELAND. The quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
| W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...have always been productive of innumerable evils, both to the victors and the vanquished. The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath. There cannot be a greater absurdity than for a man to run the hazard... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 pages
...tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
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