| Henry Giles - 1850 - 312 pages
...they have no power to hurt us. Mercy is from above : — " 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." But how accursed is the spirit of hatred ! the deadliest spirit and the worst, which the... | |
| Margaretta (pseud.) - 1850 - 176 pages
...experienced that " the quality of mercy" " Droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the earth beneath. It is twice blessed. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. ***** It is an attribute to God himself. In peace and love they separated as they had met... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 pages
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? Tell me that. Por. 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 mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ;... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...ATTRIBUTES OF MERCY. 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 :... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 pages
...of benevolence, like that of mercy, " Is not strained ; It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." THE FALL OF SWITZERLAND. S. SMITH. AMIDST all the enormities of the French revolution,... | |
| 1859 - 952 pages
...beautiful lines apply as well to charity as to mercy — '"It droppeth as the gentle rein from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' " girts for IN connection with the foregoing article, the following report will be read... | |
| Alexander Allen, James Cornwell - 1851 - 170 pages
...thief hid the watch. Tht quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth as (he gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. The earth shook and trembled. I knew him when a boy, but 1 have not seen him for many years.... | |
| Eliza Corf - 1852 - 318 pages
...from Shakspeare, who, in his Merchant of Venice, causes Shylock to be thus addressed : " The quality of mercy is not strained, • It droppeth as the gentle...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.... | |
| David Thomas - 674 pages
...the giver more than the 'receiver, for " it is more blessed to give than to receive." "The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed ; — it blesseth him that gives And him that takes," The third rule that is here suggested is liberality. " Thou sb alt open thine hand wide... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that ! Por. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...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... | |
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