The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better... The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Seite 125von Reuben Percy - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...example of virtue, where the conqueror seeks for friendship of the conquered. — Sir P. Sidney. CCXIV. The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth,...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
| Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 Seiten
...justice to his sublime apostrophe to mercy, it would in a moment prove the truth of my assertion. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath," &c. &c. After such lines as these, is it possible for the most fastidious... | |
| William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 Seiten
....'inf. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy.jßn what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Ponfthc quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth. as the gentle rain from heaven f 'pon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; II blesscth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 Seiten
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
| Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 Seiten
...staunch Friends to their King and Country. '• Look upon this picture, and on this!"—Shakespeare. " The quality of Mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...Heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd. It blesses him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest! it becomes the Throned... | |
| Jane Alice Sargant - 1830 - 486 Seiten
...said, as of mercy, that " Its quality is not strained ; It droppethlike the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." The cause of my blessed Master was my first consideration ; interest and anxiety for you... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...MERCY. Portia. 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 : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
| John Statham - 1832 - 570 Seiten
...landscape with many an unseemly scar. ^Tot so the other : " 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." CHAPTER XXIII. " The west is flush'd with loveliest streaks of red, Faint and yet fainter... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 Seiten
...bond? Ant. I do. Per. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Par. nour: And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me,...so inhuman, — 'twill not prove so; — And yet that takes: "II- mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
| George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1833 - 68 Seiten
...— Then must the Jew be merciful. Shylock. — On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Portia. — The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...twice bless'd; 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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