 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...to steal both his, And leave itself unfurnished. MERCY. (From the Merchant of Venice.) The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...following passage from Portia's speech on mercy : PERSUASIVE ENTREATY ; SOFT, MIDDLE TONE. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned * monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...Maker." RTTSSKLL. CLXXXII. — PASSAGES FROM SHAKSPKARE. 1. MERCY. — PORTIA TO SHTLOCK. THE quality of Mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pages
...for. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Par. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throne'd monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...eyes, sans taste, sans everything. PORTIA'S SPEECH TO SHYLOCK. The Merchant of Venice. THE quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 672 pages
...you do proceed. 29 — You stand within his danger,30 do you not? [Го ANTONIO. Ant. Ay, sojie says. Por. Do you confess the bond? Ant. I do. Por. Then...I? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven 26) Statt impediment wäre, da to let him lack... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...others, it shows much of a divine nature, and a kind of conformity with Christ himself. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...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.... | |
 | Augustus C. L. Arnold - Freemasonry - 1858 - 308 pages
...the giver is left cold and insensible in this matter ? No. Farthest from it possible. " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle...twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." Yes, it is the stamp of the Divinity, it is the handwriting of God on the soul, to feel... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 420 pages
...world, which should resound throughout the universe. LESSON CV. THE QCALITY OF MERCY. 1. THE quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle...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... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...contemporaries is remarkable. EXHORTATION TO MERCY. Merchant of Venice, act iv. scene 2. The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle...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. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his... 
