 | 1826 - 492 pages
...told us, in the genuine language of nature, that ' it descends, like rain, from heaven, upon the spot beneath. It is twice blessed : it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' It is the most disinterested of all principles, and therefore the most commendable. The... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1871 - 1146 pages
...was another quotation, better known, which was specially applicable in this case — " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; It is mightiest in the mightiest." It was in this feeling, anxious to do good only, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...blessedness. Shalapeare. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Id. The person that is called, knec-leth down before the chair, and the father laycth his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 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...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty." SHAXSPEAKE. 9. Pros'elyte, ». a convert to a new opinion.... | |
 | Deale - 1833 - 626 pages
...hill." Shakspeare. " The quality of mercy is not strain 'd; 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. "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 pages
...Mercy.—SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; ' T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | Deale, Henry Luttrell - 1833 - 294 pages
...hill." Shakspeare. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; 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. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than bis crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...not strained ; 1 To impugn is to oppose, to controvert. 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. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Rowland Mainwaring - 1838 - 528 pages
...say to them, in the words of the first of English poets, when speaking of mercy :— " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. It is an attribute to God himself! And earthly power doth then shew likest Gods, When mercy... | |
 | 470 pages
...incredible. CHAP. XX. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, 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 ; "Tig mightiest .in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
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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... 
