 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...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...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptre'd sway. It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...quality of mercy is not strain'd ; Itdroppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and iear of kings; But mercy is above this... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle ram from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd : It blesseth him that gives, and...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 the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...temporal power, "he attribute to awe and majesty, Vherein doth sit the dreart and fear of kings ; t Even so void is your false heart of truth, By of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest Got. ., When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...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...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... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...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...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 the... | |
 | Ethics - 1828 - 234 pages
...the tears that break, For others' woe, down virtue's manly cheek. No. 248.] MERCY. [WEDNESDAY. Mercy is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and...monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the source of temporal power, The attribute of awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...And in the following lines, a pause immediately before the word God, has a powerful emphatic effect. But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute — to GOD himself. So also in the reproof of David, when made immediately... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...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...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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It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : '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... 
