 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...takes : Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this,— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 pages
...attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above his scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,...God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and tear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway,...God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...shews 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 scepter'd 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 - 1821 - 548 pages
...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 scepter'd 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 pages
...in the Merchant of Venice, makes Portia, in her beautiful apostrophe to Mercy, say, " It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temp'ral power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...bless'd ; It olesseth him that gives, and him that takes : Tis mightiest in the.mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...[31 To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. STEEVENS. Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this scepter' d sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...; It blesselh him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The ext. Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; t Reach or... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 pages
...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 scepter'd...God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
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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... 
