 | 1838 - 358 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 ?... | |
 | Paul Duport - 1828 - 458 trang
...C'est un attribut de Dieu lui-même -, et les puissances de la terre se rapPOHCIA. Thi'u must thé Jew be merciful. SHYLOCK. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. PORCI\. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth , as thé gentle rain from heaven Upon tlie... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 trang
...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,... | |
 | George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1833 - 68 trang
...Antonio.) Antonio. — Ay, so he says. Portia. — Do you confess the bond? Antonio, — I do. Portia — Then must the Jew be merciful. Shylock. — On what...tell me that. Portia. — 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;... | |
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It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... 
