 The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his...  English Lessons - Page 113by Ada Van Stone Harris - 1912Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...And I saw in the vision fair, Now 'twas a dove that nestled there I a.. MERCY. — SHAKSPEARE. TUB quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneafih. It is twice blcss'd : It blcsseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | Selections - 1863 - 192 pages
...supplied ; And, while his harp responsive rung , T was thus the LATEST MINSTREL sung . Shaktsptart . 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 blessetb. him that gives and him... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 1056 pages
...? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must 1? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It hlesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 752 pages
...? Ant. I do. Then must the Jew be merciful. .SÄy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. J'<T. blessetb him that gives, and him that Lakes ; 'Tía mierhtitst in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...paradise To what we fear of death. . From THE MERCHANT OF VENIOK. 74.— Mercy.— Act IV. Sc. 1. Portia. 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... | |
 | John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...When the wide bloom on earth that lies Seems of a brighter world than ours. BRYANT.* 32.— MERCY. The quality of Mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...heaven, Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ;'i It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The... | |
 | 1866 - 68 pages
...beamed the divinity of the subject she dealt with, has put aside the unmerciful man, and told him that " 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 (hat takes.... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1867 - 448 pages
...For. — Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. — On what compulsion must I ? tell me that Par. — -The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd ; It blcsscth him that gives, and him that takes : "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 484 pages
...receive their value and significancy. Shakspere indicates this in the following beautiful verses :— " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It !/!• ••. •. i !i him that gives, and him that takes : "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it... | |
 | David Thomas - 1867 - 764 pages
...his heaven for thunder." " Pity is the virtue of the law ; And none but tyrants use it cruelly." " The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest. It blesseth Him that gives, and Him. that takes.... | |
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