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" yes," for I know that the author's generosity is like the quality of mercy — it is twice blessed, it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. "
London Medical and Physical Journal - Page 347
1816
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Essay on cruelty to animals

James Macaulay - Animal welfare - 1839 - 144 pages
...man. And, as the effects of cruelty are twofold, so also are those of benevolence ; for, -" Mercy is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." I, therefore, divide the motives to humanity, whether drawn from nature or revelation, into these two...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 47

American periodicals - 1856 - 704 pages
...dangerous doctrine for the giver : and it must never be lost sight of that charity, like mercy, is twice blessed, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' I hope there is nothing irreverent in the thought ; but I would lie to see an angel in human shape descend...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1857 - 958 pages
...regard this charity as one of the most benevolent that can be bestowed, and doubt not but that it "is twice blessed — it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." I most earnestly hope that the appropriation may be increased, in conformity with the recommendation...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents ..., Volume 1, Part 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1857 - 994 pages
...regard this charity as one of the most benevolent that can be bestowed, and doubt not but that it "is twice blessed — it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." I most earnestly hope that the appropriation may be increased, in conformity with the recommendation...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 90

American essays - 1902 - 902 pages
...Indeed I promise " yes," for I know that the author's generosity is like the quality of mercy — it is twice blessed, it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. I HAVE always found it a rather tantalizing thing that nothing Concerning . ? the Good ever happens to...
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The Congregationalist, Volume 8

Robert William Dale, James Guinness Rogers - Congregational churches - 1879 - 1092 pages
...Conquest as a rule is twice cursed ; it curses conquered and conqueror alike. Commerce, like mercy, is twice blessed ; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. I rejoice in the thought that our first movements towards the kind of empire which we have won and wield,...
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The Honourable Sir Charles Murray, K.C.B.: A Memoir

Sir Herbert Maxwell - Diplomats - 1898 - 460 pages
...subjects I will be silent, for I know you have both of you your reward. Kindness is like mercy ; it is twice blessed — it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. I am very sorry indeed that vile visitor of yours still continues to torment you, but hope you are now...
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The Emigrant: The Life, Experience and Humorous Adventures of A. Jager ...

A. Jager - Australia - 1908 - 528 pages
...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. ' ' I hope the Creche mistress found it so in my future conducts — though I have some doubts. I may add...
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Public Speaking: Principles and Practice

Irvah Lester Winter - Elocution - 1912 - 454 pages
...judgments." "The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven : . . . It is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." I leave you, gentlemen, hoping you will be directed in your inquiry and judgment to a right discharge...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 90

American essays - 1902 - 1024 pages
...Indeed I promise " yes," for I know that the author's generosity is like the quality of mercy — it is twice blessed, it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. I HAVE always found it a rather tantalizing thing that nothing Concerning . • the Good ever happens...
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