 The quality of mercy is not strained, 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...  Wisconsin Journal of Education - Page 1291888Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1831 - 248 pages
...well expressed, by the first lines of the following beautiful apostrophe of Shakspeare : " The quality 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 him that takes—... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1837 - 608 pages
...animation. Like Shakspeare's quality of mercy, It droppeth like the gentle rain of heaven Upon the ground beneath ; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; — not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost anything beside that I know of... | |
 | Rowland Mainwaring - 1838 - 528 pages
...say to them, in the words of the first of English poets, when speaking of mercy :— " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain, from heaven, Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 pages
...why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold thee and me.' " MERCY. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...8. Zech. vii. 9. Luke vi. 36; x'. 37. Rom. xii. 8. Col. iii. 12. James ii. 13; iii. 17. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:... | |
 | 1841 - 300 pages
...Written for the Young Lady's Friend. THE BOOK OP BREVITIES.* BT MRS. 9. J. HALE. CHAPTER I. " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed : It blesses him who gives and him who takes." Merchant... | |
 | 1868 - 414 pages
...such charity would change the face of society, and make good these noble words : — " The quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath," &c. We were delayed in Paris by an announcement to the effect that... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1841 - 232 pages
...This position will be sustained by historical facts. CHAPTER II. THE POWER OF KINDNESS. " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed It blesses him who gives, and him who takes ; 'Tis... | |
 | 1842 - 844 pages
...have the best and most improving eflect on the mind of the donor. The quality of charity, like that of mercy, is not strained : It droppeth as the gentle rain, from heaven Upon the earth beneath. " The immense sums distributed to the poor in this country, by the parochial... | |
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