 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
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...success. King Henry 6th, Third Part — Act 2, Sc. 2. SHAKSPEARE. A GNOME or a NUN. 65. 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...receives the falling inflection, and the thing denied the rising inflection. EXAMPLES. The quality of mercy is not*' strained'. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. 28. It is not^ grief that bids me moan ; It is that I am all alone.... | |
 | 1851 - 568 pages
...Ilotherfield, Feb. 23. 1851. SHAKSPEABE 8 " MERCHANT OF VENICE (Act IV. Sc. 1.). n the lines — " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." at is the meaning of the word "strained?" verb to strain is susceptible... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...Por. 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.... | |
 | William Holmes, John Warner Barber - 1851 - 342 pages
...of doing goodhe feels most truly that " it is more blessed to give than to receive." " The qnality of mercy is not strained ; ' It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven ' Upon the place beneath. It ia twice blessed ; ' It blesseth him who gives, and him who takes,... | |
 | 1851 - 582 pages
...Feb. 23. 1851. SHAKSPEARE'S " MERCHANT or VENICE " (Act IV. Sc. 1.). In the lines — " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." What is the meaning of the word " strained ? " The verb to strain... | |
 | Midland-metropolitan magazine - 1852 - 676 pages
...of Venice :" — " The quality of Mercy is not strained f 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 crown... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...behind." MERCY. " 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 mighty ; and becomes The throned monarch better than his crown :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 18 pages
...SHAKSPERE. MERCY.1 The quality of mercy is not strain'd,3 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 crown... | |
 | David Thomas - 674 pages
...the giver more than the 'receiver, for " it is more blessed to give than to receive." "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,"... | |
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