 The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...  The Classical Journal - Page 1321824Full view - About this book
 | Joshua Wells Downing - Methodist Church - 1842 - 346 pages
...conferring favours : and " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." I suppose the various circumstances in which you are placed give you full scope to gratify... | |
 | Henry Cruger Van Schaack - History - 1842 - 538 pages
...beautiful lines : " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest," &c. I am sure you will get this by heart. TO HIS SON.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 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 bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and hfrn that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his... | |
 | Frederick ROWTON - Debates and debating - 1846 - 366 pages
...Shakspere gives us when he enjoins Mercy ? — " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth like the gentle dew from Heaven, Upon the place beneath...twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown."... | |
 | English literature - 1846 - 492 pages
...CHAPTER IV. " The quality of mercy is not strain' d ; It dioppeth, as the gentle rain from Heaven, Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : ' f is mightest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown."... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...the great queen of earth, imperial Rome ! MERCY. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath....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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 536 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 bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : "Pis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | English history - 1848 - 208 pages
...humanity and mercy! " The quality of mercy is not strained ; Jt droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty." All fears of the rebel army were now over; and the broken... | |
 | European history - 1848 - 208 pages
...humanity and mercy! " 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 blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty.'' All fears of the rebel army were now over ; and the broken... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...he asking on what compulsion, she says of mercy : — It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heav'n, Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. This is a beautiful idea of the existence of natural morality in general; it yields its... | |
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