 It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear...  An essay on Shakespeare's character of Shylock - Page 41by George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 582 pages
...their true import and significance. This truth is thus beautifully expressed by Shakspeare : — " But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 588 pages
...their true import and significance. This truth is thus beautifully expressed by Shakspeare : — " But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 pages
...power, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;. The attribute to awe and majesty, ,. '. \ • But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings; ' . '• It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majestv, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway,...God's, When mercy seasons justice.* Therefore, Jew, TTïou^h justice be ihy píen, consider this,— That in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, A nd earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - English language - 1848 - 56 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings : It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...shows the force of temporal pow'r, The attribute to awe, and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | Margaretta (pseud.) - 1850 - 176 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But Mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then seem likest God's When mercy... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1850 - 398 pages
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings : But mercy is above this sceptred sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. ISABELLA. Well, believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown,... | |
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