 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 pages
...strain'd ; 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; 'Tis...Throned Monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...looks a little paler ; 't is a day, Such as the day is when the sun is hid. MERCY. Portia. 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...determination of the rebel army ? What was the amount of their forces ? GEORGE II. SECTION VII. 1 The quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth as the gentle...Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty." SHAXSPEAKE. 9. Pros'elyte,... | |
 | Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1831 - 248 pages
...well expressed, by the first lines of the following beautiful apostrophe of Shakspeare : " 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—... | |
 | 1831 - 32 pages
...them, come forward nobly ; and give generously ; in • The sacred work of Charity, which like mercy, is twice blessed, It blesses him that gives, and him that takes.' the Sanctuary they tell us, the Lord loveth a cheer^ ful giver, and we believe it. After this awful... | |
 | 1832 - 550 pages
...bitterly suffering from the consequences of it at the present moment. Charity, according to the poet is " twice blessed, it blesses him that gives, and him that takes ;" but under this system it is to be feared, it too often proves a curse, especially when given in... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...strain'd ; It droppeth, as a gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; It blesses him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis...throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1833 - 438 pages
...their Brightest splendors. It is everywhere of inestimable price. Like the divine quality of mercy, it is twice blessed. It blesses him that gives, and him that takes. THE MONKEY AND THE CHILD. My young readers have probably heard many stories about that mischievous... | |
 | Henry Halford - Medicine - 1833 - 266 pages
...obligations to Dr. Cotton, and you will agree with me, that gratitude partakes of the quality of mercy, and is ' twice blessed. It blesses him that gives, and him that takes;' and fortunate above all others is your profession, which gives you occasion to hear the language of... | |
 | James Simpson - Education - 1834 - 270 pages
...joys are vapid, in comparison with the delights of benevolence. Truly, as well as poetically, — " it is twice blessed. It blesses him that gives and him that takes, 'Tis mightiest in the mightiost, and becomes The throned monarch better than his crown." It is rewarded... | |
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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... 
