 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...  The calendar of the University college of Wales - Page xxxviiby Wales univ, univ. coll. of Wales - 1878Full view - About this book
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 588 pages
...their true import and significance. This truth is thus beautifully expressed by Shakspeare : — " But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2003 - 242 pages
...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 sceptre...fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, no It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Jews - 2003 - 156 pages
...blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 180 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; 185 But mercy is above... | |
 | J. Philip Newell - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 148 pages
...Portia says in The Merchant of Venice, mercy is at the heart of true sovereignty, ... it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power . . . But mercy is above this sceptr'd sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute... | |
 | Michele Marrapodi - Drama - 2004 - 292 pages
...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 sceptre...this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Peter Dawkins - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 159 pages
...Merchant of Venice: Portia. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, 150 THE SHAKESPEARE ENIGMA OO The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre...this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Tom Kleffmann - Bible - 2004 - 178 pages
...blest: It blesseth him that gives and hirn that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre...this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Jean Carnahan - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 270 pages
...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 sceptre...this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's Mansion... | |
 | S. P. Cerasano - Drama - 2004 - 228 pages
...that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. 185 His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The...and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway.9 It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, 190 It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power... | |
 | Richard Malim - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 380 pages
...doeth the dew, as the showre vpon the hearbes and as the droppes vpon the grasses. Portia continues: But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy... | |
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