 It droppeth as the gentle rain 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 becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...  Story and Play Readers: Eighth year - Page 139edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...bond? Ant. I da Por. Then must the Jew be merciful Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain 'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless "d; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy, On what compulsion must 1 ? tell me that. Pro. The quality of mercy is not strain' d ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...ground. 1?19. MERCY. The quality of Mercy is not slrain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain 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 becomes The throned Monarch better than his crown; His... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...which limits justice. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 552 pages
...likely to be mutually felt by the donor and receiver. For as the great poet of appositely remarks, " The quality of Mercy is not strain' d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from be.« Upon the place beneath ; it is twice ЫР-Н It blesses him that gives and him tb takes." It... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...heaven-bora mercy : " The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest — , It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." It is supposed that this act of " general and free pardon'' effaced all crimes and misdemeanors... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...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 becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 pages
...dq you not ? [To AKTOVIO. dnt. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond ? -•//.'. I do. Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion...not strain 'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Deale - 1833 - 626 pages
...look, the morning, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern 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.... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1837 - 608 pages
...animation. Like Shakspeare's quality of mercy, It droppeth like the gentle rain of heaven Upon the ground beneath ; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; — not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost anything beside that I know of... | |
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