| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 350 pągines
...Anth. I do. For. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ;* It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven 5 Upon the place beneath : It is twice bless'd ;4 It that to be in debt and to be in danger,... | |
| mrs. Burke - 1805 - 234 pągines
...wrongs of enmity, and generously distinguish them under circumstances of misfortune ! CHAP. III. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed— " It blesseth him that gives, and him that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pągines
...participle, biased or blest, [bliīf £ian, Saxon.] I. To make happy ; ty prosper ; to make successful. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blcss'd; It blcssetb him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1811 - 476 pągines
...XXXIX. urb this crnel curiosity. Be tonch'd with human gentleness and love, Glancing an eye of pity. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless' ri ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that lakes... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pągines
...then. delights To pardon erring man ; sweet mercy seems It's darling attribute, which limits justice. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that... | |
| 1817 - 548 pągines
...to be mutually felt by the donor and receiver. For M the great poet of nature appositely remarks, " The quality of Mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesses him that gives and him that takes."... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1823 - 534 pągines
...benignant rule of their conduct, had been Shakspeare's divine commendation of heaven-bora mercy : " The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest — , It blesseth him that gives and him that takes."... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 408 pągines
...esteemed sufficient; since they are not easily to be paralleled, except in Milton, or Lucretius. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath." Merchant of Venice, iv. se. 1. Belarius, speaking of Arviragus and... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 pągines
...esteemed sufficient ; since they are not easily to be paralleled, except in Milton, or Lucretius. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle ran from heaven Upon the place beneath." Merchant of Venice, iv. se. 1. Belarius, speaking of Arviragus... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pągines
...course, and many a league Cheer'd with 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... | |
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