 Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway,...  An Elementary English Grammar - Page 188by Robert Gordon LATHAM - 1843Full view - About this book
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, iWhen... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the heart of kings* ; It is an attribute to God himself* ; And earthly power doth show most like to God's... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 192 pages
...instances. In the celebrated description of mercy in the Merchant of Venice, Portia concludes by saying : " But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself! And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 pages
...instances. In the celebrated description of mercy in the Merchant of Venice, Portia concludes by saying : " But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself ! And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When... | |
 | 1840 - 610 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...shews the force of temporal power, Th' attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway...power doth then shew likest God's When mercy seasons justice. BREATHES there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, " This is my own,... | |
 | 1876 - 516 pages
...mightiest in the mightiest;" " It becomes the throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute of awe...this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute of God Himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...shows the force of 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 in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; i 3 And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When... | |
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