 | 1838 - 358 דפים
...Bates there knows right well The genlman gave it me !" 3. W, C. TURF BENEVOLENT FUND. " The quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the earth beneath : it is twice blessed: It blesseth him that fives, and him that takes." Merchant of Venice,... | |
 | 1843 - 750 דפים
...This, we are told, is the original of Shakspere's simile in the Merchant of Venice: — " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven, Upon the place beneath." If so, Shakspere has almost as much" credit in the improvement as in the origination of the idea. Pope's... | |
 | 1823 - 432 דפים
...he must build churches then, or else he shall suffer not thinking on. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. MERCY. Portia The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 דפים
...the grateful smell old Ocean smiles. Mercy. — SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes , 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest.... | |
 | 1824 - 448 דפים
...merciful. SHY. On what compulsion must If tell me that. POR. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew 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... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1826 - 156 דפים
...HIS LITTLE SCHOOL. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH, AUTHOR OF " OSRIC," "fcADOC," " IZKAM,' He. &C. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the earth beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesselh him that gives, and him that takes. "Ti3 mightiest... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 486 דפים
...sentiment alone is infallible, since it centres and reposes on itself. Like mercy, " its quality is not strained : it droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven upon the place beneath !" — R. You have asked me what Reason is : may I ask you what it is that constitutes Sentiment ?... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 דפים
...day-light sick, It looks a little paler ; 't is a day, Such as the day is when the sun is hid. MERCY. Portia. 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 288 דפים
...of one energetic master, However harsh and hard in his own bearing. Mercy.—SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; ' T is mightiest in the mightiest;... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 דפים
...daily crumbs, and repay them, morning and evening, with his song! CHAP. XXVI. The quality of mercv is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath ! SHAKSPEARF.. RICHARD and George were too delighted with their success, and too impatient to make... | |
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The quality of mercy is not strained'; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath* : it is twice blessed* ; It blesseth him that gives', and him that takes*. 
