 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 383 Seiten
...overcome evil ' with good. There is no 6ther way." 6. MERCY.— Shakspeare. B. 1564, d. 1616. 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... | |
 | G.W. Quinby - 1856
...justice we shall be certain of securing the best good of ourselves and our fellow men. ** 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 giveth and him that takes... | |
 | 1856 - 500 Seiten
...as the night the day, Thou canst not, then, be false to any man. SBAKSPEABB. 30. 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 358 Seiten
...mother. Act iv. Sc. 1. What ! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice ? Act iv. Sc. 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.... | |
 | 1856
...In many instances these are borrowed from nature. Let two or three examples suffice : " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath." Again, "'Tis the mind that makes the body rich : And as the sun breaks... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857
...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 rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 478 Seiten
...Maker." RTTSSKLL. CLXXXII. — PASSAGES FROM SHAKSPKARE. 1. MERCY. — PORTIA TO SHTLOCK. 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.... | |
 | Joel Lurie Grishaver, Stuart Kelman - 1999 - 400 Seiten
...strained." Out came Shakespeare's famous soliloguy of The Merchant of Venice (of all places): "The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath." It is the quality, not the quantity of life's precious moments that... | |
 | Frederick Turner - 1999 - 232 Seiten
...head! (V.iii.12i) This is an unmistakable echo of Portia's words in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. Both mercy and grace are imagined as a pure liquid poured down from... | |
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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. 
