 Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : 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 sceptred sway,...  Hudibras: A Poem - Page 455by Samuel Butler - 1822 - 494 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that taltes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But... | |
 | Christopher Biden - 1830 - 432 pages
...the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and power of kings. But Mercy is above this scepter'd sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings; It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's, When Mercy... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 pages
...; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...It hles?cth him that gives, and him that take« : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein dolh sit the dread and fear of kings; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...; U blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His 'sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - Women in literature and art - 1832 - 378 pages
...in immediate comparison with each other. PORTIA. "I'ts mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
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