 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...  The Bookman - Page 6351925Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 pages
...Ant. I do. Par. 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, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell пи that. Por. 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 blesscth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...straying thoughts henceforth for ever rest. SHAKSPEARE. MERCY. — Family Shakspeare, vol. iii. p. 63. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavrn Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; Itrblesseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | 1822 - 502 pages
...gentleness, mildness, and mercy, are the poiuu they contend for; as Shakspeare beautifully observes: 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 hnn that takes... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...benignant rule of their conduct, had been Shakspeare's divine commendation of heaven-bora mercy : " The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth...twice blest — , It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." It is supposed that this act of " general and free pardon'' effaced all crimes and misdemeanors... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. \liii. On what compulsion must I? tell ma that. Por. eceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesselh him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...esteemed sufficient; since they are not easily to be paralleled, except in Milton, or Lucretius. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath." Merchant of Venice, iv. se. 1. Belarius, speaking of Arviragus and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...Ant. I do. For. 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, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It olesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles. Mercy. — SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 416 pages
...esteemed sufficient ; since they are not easily to be paralleled, except in Milton, or Lucretius. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle ran from heaven Upon the place beneath." Merchant of Venice, iv. se. 1. Belarius, speaking of Arviragus... | |
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