 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 424 pages
...is not strain'd ; I( droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven (2) Reach or control. Scene I. VENICE. Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majeslv, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...of the following passage from Portia's speech on mercy: — PERSUASIVE ENTREATY ; SOFT, MIDDLE TONE. The quality of me'rcy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest, in the mightiest ; it bec6mes The thr6ned m6narch better than his crown.... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...obliged to mourn over the massacre of Glencoe, as a stain on the memory of our sovereign William III. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy, On what compulsion must I ? tell mo that. Por. 's tomb. Where is my love?" Lion. "Oh — ."[TkcLimroari. — Taisvr.ruwoff'. attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this... | |
 | 1855 - 892 pages
...Portia say ; — ' 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...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... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...Ant. I do. Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...twice bless'd : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightest in the mighty : it becomes * Oppose. f Reach or control. The thron'd monarch... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...The chieftains of that stern old time Could ne'er have loved a jessamine tree. THE EARL OF CARLISLE. MERCY. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...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... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...vengeance to their prey — That she might quench them on their way ! , _ Shakspeare. ). — Shakspeare. quality of Mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth, as...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... | |
 | 1856 - 374 pages
...example of virtue, where the conqueror seeks for friendship of the conquered. — Sir P. Sidney. ccxrv. The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth,...crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power F2 The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings* But mercy is above... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppelh, as the gentle rain from heaven conference. Urs. The pleasant st angling is to see...fish Cot with her golden oars the silver stream, attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and 'fear of kings But mercy is above this... | |
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