 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That,...Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Shakspeare. MERIT. There's a proud modesty... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mighty; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. ****** Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That...Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Shakspere. Wilt thou draw near the nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...so good a grace, As mercy does. MM ii. 2. Lawful mercy is Nothing akin to foul redemption. MM ii. 4. Though justice be thy plea, consider this : — That...Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. MV iv. 1. Mercy is not itself that oft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy." — Micah vii. 18. Consider this, — That, in the course of justice,...Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy 8. 9 — iv. ]. 451. Mercy, the fairest... | |
 | Theodore Ziolkowski - 2003 - 340 pages
...to drop his suit. It is Portia who in her "mercy" speech projects upon him the longing for justice: Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in...of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy. . . . (4.1.195-97) Her speech makes it clear that Portia is using her words in the evolving sixteenth-century... | |
 | Elmer Rice - 1950 - 84 pages
...temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned...Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. (As speech goes on, CLARK'S expression... | |
 | Beatrix Hesse - 1998 - 214 pages
...Verlauf ihrer Rede schildert Portia daraufhin das Prinzip der Gnade aus symmetrischer Sicht. PORTIA Though justice be thy plea, consider this: That in...Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy (IV.i. 195-199) Der simplen Form der Symmetrie... | |
 | Patricia McCarthy - 1998 - 150 pages
...seasoned with mercy. And earthly power doth then show itself likest God's When mercy seasons justice . . . Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in...Should see salvation. We do pray for mercy. And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. (The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene... | |
 | Frances Amelia Yates - 1999 - 252 pages
...heaven Upon the place beneath. . . . It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice: therefore...justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy.4 These words have been interpreted as an allegory of the Law, of the rigorous Jewish Law of... | |
 | Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Rod Ellis - 2002 - 358 pages
...himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, 15 Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in...render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much 20 To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs... | |
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Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. 
