 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...shame, As to offend, himself being offended; So can I give no reason, nor I will not, More than a lodg'd hate, and a certain loathing I bear Antonio, that...of kings; But mercy is above this sceptre'd sway. Itis enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1851 - 634 pages
...Heavenly Muse ! MILTON. The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd, It blesseth...this sceptred 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 - 1851 - 688 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...this sceptred 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... | |
 | Theodor Meron - 1998 - 257 pages
...blest: 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...this sceptred 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... | |
 | Susan Petrilli - 2000 - 272 pages
...prendere. Secondo tempo Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptre sway, It is enhroned in the heart of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly... | |
 | 顏元叔 - 2001 - 838 pages
...blest, 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...this sceptred 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... | |
 | Susannah York, William Shakespeare - 2001 - 124 pages
...blessed: 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...this sceptred 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... | |
 | Lynn Redgrave, William Shakespeare - 2001 - 68 pages
...blest, 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...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptered sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | G. Wilson Knight - 2002 - 396 pages
...predicament. In respect to government the ideal was put perfectly by Portia in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strain'd. It droppeth...this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to Cod himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 pages
...opposites, as when justice and Christian mercy are balanced in Portia's speech in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...this sceptred 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... 
