 | 1826 - 492 pages
...told us, in the genuine language of nature, that ' it descends, like rain, from heaven, upon the spot beneath. It is twice blessed : it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.' It is the most disinterested of all principles, and therefore the most commendable. The... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter aid the crash of worlds." TnAGE0r W GOTO. " 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... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...Magazine, the " Port-Folio" shall be omitted. Not otherwise. ED. SCRAPS FROM A PORT-FOLIO. " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven, Upon the place beneath." What a beautiful description' of that mercy which is charity, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...blessedness. Shalapeare. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Id. The person that is called, knec-leth down before the chair, and the father laycth his... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1871 - 1146 pages
...was another quotation, better known, which was specially applicable in this case — " 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...looks a little paler ; 't is a day, Such as the day is when the sun is hid. MERCY. Portia. 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... | |
 | Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1831 - 248 pages
...well expressed, by the first lines of the following beautiful apostrophe of Shakspeare : " 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—... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...determination of the rebel army ? What was the amount of their forces ? GEORGE II. SECTION VII. 1 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.... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Merchant of Venice.] 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 hecomes The throned monarch better than his crown :... | |
 | Deale - 1833 - 626 pages
...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. "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
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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. 
