 | William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 160 pages
...as sport hy sport o'erthrown. The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with... | |
 | General Irish Relief Committee - International relief - 1848 - 200 pages
...himself to a share in these blessings ? who will not exercise that high attribute of mercy " Which is twice blessed ; It blesses him that gives and him that takes ?" In conclusion, Mr. K. said that those around and before him, habituated to look round in security... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...And calls the astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation popr. Mercy. SHAKSPEARE. THE quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon this place- beneath : It is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | John Hunter - English language - 1848 - 224 pages
...and the institution of the Mosaic economy. The words which he quoted were these: — " The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." 4. The mark called a period, when it is used to denote contraction,... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...joyous pranks a mystery still, Lest glaring day should do their secrels ill. Clare. MERCY. 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 mightiest; it becomes The throned... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...do. Ju. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Ju. 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. Shy. My deeds upon my head ! I crave the law, The penalty... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 602 pages
...king is like refreshing dew, gently falling on the summer grass. — The Three Monarch». The qualify greatly embittered by pecuniary embarrassments. When in prosper heaven, Upon the place beneath. Merchant nf Venice. He ie like a hanging apple. The surface is fair,... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...success. King Henry 6th, Third Part — Act 2, Sc. 2. SHAKSPEARE. A GNOME or a NUN. 65. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...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... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pages
...success. King Henry 6th, Third Part — Act 2, Sc. 2. SHAKSPEARE. A GNOME or a NUN. 85. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...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... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - Sermons, American - 1850 - 422 pages
...this godlike virtue, the poet has said, well and truly, " It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesses him that gives, and him that lakes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His... | |
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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... 
