 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
 | Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1844 - 264 pages
...any soberer condemnation ? The high-minded and magnanimous Protestant will feel that " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven," on Catholic as well as Protestant ; that it would be intolerant, as it would be unjust and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1844 - 542 pages
...the determination of the rebel army? What was the amount of their forces ; SECTION VII. " 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... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 pages
...reverence, and for his sake conferred many favours upon the Christians. PERCY ANECDOTES. 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...bakes the elf-locks2 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. THE quality of mercy is not strained ! It droppeth as the gentle...twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...For. Then must the Jew be merciful*. Shy. On what compulsion must I' ? tell me that*. For. 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 himv that... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...passages to their original form, and supply the proper points in the fourth example : — 1. 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 Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds." TRAGEDY or Clio. 1 '' 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... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...From man, from saint, from — angel is concealed. PORTIA'S SPEECH ON MERCY. SHAKSPEARE. 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... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 pages
...prisoners, and I fully realized the truth of the lines of the greatest of poets : — " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle...is twice blest : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Happy as those poor fellows were, I doubt if they were happier than I was. It is the fashion... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 336 pages
...prisoners, and I fully realized the truth of the lines of the greatest of poets : — " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle...place beneath ; it is twice blest : It blesseth him fiat gives and him that takes." Happy as those poor fellows were, I doubt if they were happier than... | |
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