| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...takes : Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; An.I earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and tear 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... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...bless'd ; Itrblesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...this scepter'd sway : It is enthroned in the he-arts of kings ; It is an attribute to GOD himself; And earthly power doth then show likest GOD'S When mercy... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...shews 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 shew likest God's, When mercy... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 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... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 pages
...in the Merchant of Venice, makes Portia, in her beautiful apostrophe to Mercy, say, " It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temp'ral power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 pages
...bless'd ; It olesseth him that gives, and him that takes : Tis mightiest in the.mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...[31 To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. STEEVENS. 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 this scepter' d sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...; It blesselh him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The ext. Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; t Reach or... | |
| 1824 - 456 pages
...quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppetli as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
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