 | 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 rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blest : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes."... | |
 | 1847 - 796 pages
...then might he heap up words against me, and shake his head at me, remembering also that " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed — It blesses him that gives and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | Bits - 1847 - 88 pages
...of bit dog. MERCY. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; 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. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown :... | |
 | 1848 - 424 pages
...specially be tie r't tion of humanity in this present age. *Butler's Analogy, p. 129. MERCY. ' TBE quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed , It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pages
...but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe. Milton. XIV. MERCY. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest m the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Richard Cobbold - 1848 - 72 pages
...celebrated speech of wisdom, which is one of Shakspeare's grandest and most sublime passages. " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His... | |
 | Philander Chase - 1848 - 582 pages
...engraved even in the book of God's remembrance for evermore. Yes, brethren, for ' The quality of this mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain...twice blessed, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' " In conclusion of this part of our subject, it may be observed, that the present condition... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1849 - 380 pages
...seen the purity and simplicity and beauty of English speech in its highest perfection : The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesscth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1848 - 466 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...Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed : It blessfcth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
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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 blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... 
