 | Samuel Sidwell Randall - Education - 1844 - 264 pages
...any soberer condemnation ? The high-minded and magnanimous Protestant will feel that " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven," on Catholic as well as Protestant ; that it would be intolerant, as it would be unjust and... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Conduct of life - 1844 - 206 pages
...reverence, and for his sake conferred many favours upon the Christians. PERCY ANECDOTES. The quality of mercy is not strained ; 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... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1844 - 474 pages
...virtues. And as Shakspeare says, for he often elbows in between many a holy text :— ' 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;... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...their nature. " 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." " The severe punishment of this unfortunate gentleman many people pitied, he being a person well known both... | |
 | Gareth Armstrong - Drama - 2004 - 224 pages
...kneel and beg for the Duke's clemency, Portia is hardly true to her most famous injunction: The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ... She has also made plain that it is Shylock's status as 'an alien'... | |
 | Lance B. Kurke - Business & Economics - 2004 - 204 pages
...created the most enduring alliance to come out of his entire campaign. Leading Lessons "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. . . ."' A convert often becomes a vocal supporter. Whether the convert... | |
 | Christine Balint - Fiction - 2004 - 360 pages
...I would usually have dared. Wearing the Castle Coote cloak, slowly and clearly I began: The quality of mercy is not strained; 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... | |
 | 彭鏡禧 - English drama - 2004 - 504 pages
...乃是上帝本身的一椎特質。 世間的權力若要彷彿上帝． 須以慈悲搭配公道， The quality of mercy is not strained. 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... | |
 | 86 pages
...SHERIFF. You mind keepin' this short. I'm likely to bleed to death. SUZANNE. Daddy! MARY ANN. The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven . . . HARP. What the hell is that? MARY ANN. Shakespeare. HARP. Old Testament or the New Testament?... | |
 | Roy L. Brooks - History - 2004 - 364 pages
...notion of mercy. In The Merchaut of Venice, Shakespeare g1ves Portia these immorral lines: "The quality of mercy is not strained/ It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven/Upon the place beneath."'" In her eloquent essay "Forgiveness 'Written Within & Without' Law,"... | |
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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. 
