 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1854 - 235 Seiten
...cases seem to require. To the board of visitors, I would refer the motto above quoted : " 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.1'1... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...Par. 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 blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 444 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... | |
 | George Croly (Rev., ed) - 1854
...childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing. MERCY. The quahty 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... | |
 | 1854
...charity, which one of our noblest poets has said and sung of a sister grace — 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 who gives, and him who takes ;... | |
 | Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan - 1855 - 312 Seiten
...quickly, she who gives with womanly gentleness and tenderness may be said to do the same. " 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... | |
 | 1855
...that ' God is love.' Pestered ! Not so felt Shakespere when he makes Portia say ; — ' 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... | |
 | 1855 - 344 Seiten
...glorious is the conqueror who in the hour of victory forgets not human'•y 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.... | |
 | Caroline Hyde Butler Laing - 1855 - 461 Seiten
...In heaven's name forbear— why intrude these horrid thoughts !" "I will tell you— 1 The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.' Anna, forgive that erring child ! Let the past be forgotten, she is... | |
 | George Lewis Prentiss - 1855
...given to you — not grudgingly, but with an open hand ; for the quality of benevolence, like that 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."... | |
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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. 
