 | 1843 - Liczba stron: 750
...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... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1826 - Liczba stron: 156
...HIS LITTLE SCHOOL. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH, AUTHOR OF " OSRIC," "fcADOC," " IZKAM,' He. &C. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle...heaven Upon the earth beneath. It is twice blessed ; It blesselh him that gives, and him that takes. "Ti3 mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - Liczba stron: 486
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - Liczba stron: 288
...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... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - Liczba stron: 482
...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... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - Liczba stron: 496
...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! SHAKSPEAKF,. RICHARD and George were too delighted with their success, and too impatient... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - Liczba stron: 400
...by placing the corresponding passages in immediate comparison with each other. PORTIA. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd : It blesaeth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - 1838 - Liczba stron: 302
...out the defence, closing by a hint to his worship and the gentlemen of the jury, that " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath." etc. The judge ' summed up' and ' charged,' the jury retired, and brought in a verdict... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - Liczba stron: 362
...night*, And his affections', dark as Erebus* : Let no such man be trusted*. , Mercy. — IB. 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*. 'Tis mightiest... | |
 | 1839 - Liczba stron: 300
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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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than... 
