 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1823 - 534 pagina’s
..." The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1846 - 528 pagina’s
...have told me, what should I have done ? 1 should have discharged the perilous stuff from my bosom ; I should have taken sweet counsel ; I should have...not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost any thing beside that I know of earthly blessedness. O, that I were once more a fifth-form boy at Eton... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 330 pagina’s
...— " 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... | |
 | 1849 - 240 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
..." 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 mighty ; and becomes The throned monarch better than his crown :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 18 pagina’s
...MERCY.1 The quality of mercy is not strain'd,3 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... | |
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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... 
