 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...It hles?cth him that gives, and him that take« : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sccptcrM sway, It i« enthroned in the hearts of kings, Hi« an attribute to Got himself; And earthly... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. But mercy is above the... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - Women in literature and art - 1832 - 378 pages
...in immediate comparison with each other. PORTIA. "I'ts mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. ISABELLA. Well believe this, No ceremony... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...not strained ; 1 To impugn is to oppose, to controvert. It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It...this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...bless'dj It hlesseth him that gives, and him that takes : Tin mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The robe Upon a dwarfish thief. Mt "'- Who then shall...Itoelf, for being there!4 Cath. Well, march we on, sceptreci sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself: And earthly... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...bless'd : It blesaeth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre...this sceptre'd sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings. ISABELLA. Well, believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown,... | |
 | John Gay - 1838 - 254 pages
...It blessetb him that gives, and him that takes. ' 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes ' The throned monarch better than his crown: ' His sceptre...dread and fear of kings; ' But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, ' It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; ' It is an attribute to God himself ; 'And... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...gentle rain from heaven The quality of mercy is not strained ; Upon the place beneath. It is thrice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes;...crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; The attribute to awe and majesty, But mercy is above... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...and me.' " 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...this sceptred sway — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...James ii. 13; iii. 17. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It...this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
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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; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear... 
