 | Cushman Kellogg Davis - 1999 - 306 Seiten
...confess the bond ? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must 1 1 tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ;... | |
 | Michael Pearson - 1999 - 240 Seiten
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 | Peter Mudford - 2000 - 274 Seiten
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 | G. Wilson Knight - 2002 - 396 Seiten
...predicament. In respect to government the ideal was put perfectly by Portia in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strain'd. It droppeth...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 Seiten
...opposites, as when justice and Christian mercy are balanced in Portia's speech in The Merchant of Venice: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 366 Seiten
...merciful will receive mercy. In thought, word, and deed, always show mercy. As Shakespeare reminded us: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.7... | |
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better... 
