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| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...almost to a fault; The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heav'n, Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. The internal taxes are raised or reduced at the discretion of the king, which, with the... | |
| Classical philology - 1824 - 448 pages
...merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Pou. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it... | |
| Blake - Ireland - 1825 - 386 pages
...experience, that " 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." " Erin mavourneen ! Erin go bragh." THE END. A. O. WOODFALL, ANOIL COURT, SKINNER STREIT,... | |
| John Pierpont - Readers - 1825 - 494 pages
...with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles. Mercy.—Shakspeare. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It... | |
| William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 492 pages
...sentiment alone is infallible, since it centres and reposes on itself. Like mercy, " its quality is not strained : it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath !"— R. You have asked me what Reason is : may I ask you what it is that constitutes Sentiment ? S.... | |
| William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 488 pages
...sentiment alone is infallible, since it centres and reposes on itself. Like mercy, " its quality is not strained : it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath!"— R. You have asked me what Reason is : may I ask you what it is that constitutes Sentiment ? S. I have... | |
| William Hazlitt - Rationalism - 1826 - 486 pages
...sentiment alone is infallible, since it centres and reposes on itself. Like mercy, " its quality is not strained: it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath!"— R. You have asked me what Reason is: may I ask you what it is that constitutes Sentiment ? S. I have... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1826 - 156 pages
...SCHOOL. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH, AUTHOg OF " O8RIC," ** KADOC," " 1ZKAM, 1 &c. &c. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the earth beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Tis mightiest in... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1828 - 430 pages
...sans every thing. 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
| James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 1058 pages
...man new made. Mercy. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth, as a 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:... | |
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