 | Epes Sargent - 1848
...For. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. For. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed : It blessfcth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Richard Cobbold - 1848 - 80 Seiten
...celebrated speech of wisdom, which is one of Shakspeare's grandest and most sublime passages. " 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... | |
 | European history - 1848
...glorious is the conqueror who in the hour of victory forgets not humanity and mercy! " 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.... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 44 Seiten
...but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe. Milton. XIV. MERCY. 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.... | |
 | 1848
...they shall ohtain mercy." With the text, it should he deeply impressed upon our hearts. "The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place heneath; it is twice hlessed: It hlesscth him that gives and him that takes;... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 426 Seiten
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? Tell me that. Por. 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... | |
 | 1848
...specially be tie r't tion of humanity in this present age. *Butler's Analogy, p. 129. MERCY. ' TBE 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.... | |
 | John Hunter - 1848 - 190 Seiten
...and the institution of the Mosaic economy. The words which he quoted were these: — " The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." 4. The mark called a period, when it is used to denote contraction,... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 32 Seiten
...joyous pranks a mystery still, Lest glaring day should do their secrels ill. Clare. MERCY. 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... | |
 | 1849
...king is like refreshing dew, gently falling on the summer grass. — The Three Monarch». The qualify greatly embittered by pecuniary embarrassments. When in prosper heaven, Upon the place beneath. Merchant nf Venice. He ie like a hanging apple. The surface is fair,... | |
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