 | 1843 - 184 pagine
...And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. MERCY. 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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pagine
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shg. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. 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... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pagine
...until the great judgment day. 1st Murd. — Why, then he'll say we stabb'd him sleeping." " 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 blesses him that gives, and him that takes"... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pagine
...their nature. " 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." " The severe punishment of this unfortunate gentleman many people pitied, he being a person well known both... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pagine
...not strained ; 1 To impugn is to oppose, to controvert. 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... | |
 | My school-boy days - 1844 - 190 pagine
...heaven is merciful. ' The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. — It is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.' " By this time the shades of evening had thickened, and we had nearly reached our home.... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 pagine
...reverence, and for his sake conferred many favours upon the Christians. PERCY ANECDOTES. 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... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 206 pagine
...reverence, and for his sake conferred many favours upon the Christians. PERCY ANECDOTES. 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... | |
 | 1844 - 332 pagine
...seated ready to receive the nobleman and his papers. — Frazer's London Magazine. MEKC Y. 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;... | |
 | Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1844 - 264 pagine
...any soberer condemnation ? The high-minded and magnanimous Protestant will feel that " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven," on Catholic as well as Protestant ; that it would be intolerant, as it would be unjust and... | |
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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. 
