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" 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 129
1888
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The Characteristics and Laws of Figurative Language: Designed for Use in ...

David Nevins Lord - 1854 - 316 pages
...round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." " The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle...is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." SHAKBPKAU. In some similes, like one already quoted, several objects are presented as...
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Pitcairn; the Island, the People, and the Pastor: With a Short Account of ...

Thomas Boyles Murray - 1854 - 376 pages
...satisfaction to the King. " 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 crown....
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The Characteristics and Laws of Figurative Language: Designed for Use in ...

David Nevins Lord - 1854 - 320 pages
...settles on its head." " The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain fr6m heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." SHAKSPEARE. In some similes, like one already quoted, several objects are presented as...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...Par. 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 him that takes...
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Prismatics

Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1854 - 268 pages
...cases seem to require. To the board of visitors, I would refer the motto above quoted : " 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.1'1...
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The practical elocutionist

Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 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...
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The Wesleyan methodist association magazine, Volume 17

1854 - 622 pages
...charity, which one of our noblest poets has said and sung of a sister grace — 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 who gives, and him who takes ;...
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Atonement and Forgiveness: A New Model for Black Reparations

Roy L. Brooks - 2004 - 364 pages
...notion of mercy. In The Merchaut of Venice, Shakespeare g1ves Portia these immorral lines: "The quality of mercy is not strained/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/Upon the place beneath."'" In her eloquent essay "Forgiveness 'Written Within & Without' Law,"...
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The Wisdom of Alexander the Great: Enduring Leadership Lessons from the Man ...

Lance B. Kurke - 2004 - 204 pages
...created the most enduring alliance to come out of his entire campaign. Leading Lessons "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. . . ."' A convert often becomes a vocal supporter. Whether the convert...
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Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770–1800

Daniel O'Quinn - 2005 - 444 pages
...Portia's soliloquy on the quality of mercy, which reads rather differently in this context: The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle...is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Til mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown....
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