 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...ground. 1?19. MERCY. The quality of Mercy is not slrain'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; His... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...which limits justice. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heav'n 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... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1823 - 534 pages
...motto, and the benignant rule of their conduct, had been Shakspeare's divine commendation of heaven-bora mercy : " The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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 takes , 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1837 - 608 pages
...animation. Like Shakspeare's quality of mercy, It droppeth like the gentle rain of heaven Upon the ground beneath ; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; — not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost anything beside that I know of... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...misfortune bodes. 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 crown... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 330 pages
...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." Happy as those poor fellows were, I doubt if they were happier than I was. It is the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 536 pages
...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 : "Pis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute... | |
 | 1849 - 240 pages
...about to do good and prevent evil. Like the quality of mercy it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath, it is twice blest : it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : and irradiates with kind beneficence (as the glorious orb of day) all objects within the... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like an insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind." MERCY. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It...is twice blest : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mighty ; and becomes The throned monarch better than his crown :... | |
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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... 
