 | James Frederick Todd - 1856 - 410 pàgines
...it is that of mercy.* Even these, who are loath to imitate, are constrained to admire and to praise. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: "Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | 1927 - 686 pàgines
...has been very generally accepted. Governor West of Oregon quoted, approvingly," Portia's eulogy of "mercy" : The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It...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 this... | |
 | Nathan Kaufman - 1928 - 176 pàgines
...Forgiveness, the poet touches most deeply upon the truest form of religious faith, as when Portia cries: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...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 this... | |
 | William Peacock - 1928 - 476 pàgines
...OF MERCY 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 ; It...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 this... | |
 | 1960 - 262 pàgines
...cruel fate Were the night too late To undo the work of morn. — Margaret E. Sangster SHAKESPEARE ON MERCY The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...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 this... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 pàgines
...has pointed out in Portia's address in the "Merchant of Venice" what he regards as this sonnet: — The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes The throned monarch better than the crown;... | |
 | Paul R. Clancy - 1974 - 338 pàgines
...been reading Shakespeare, and there stood Sam making a plea for mercy in Shakespeare's words . . . The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: There is oftentimes a big distinction between justice and mercy. The last thing a guilty... | |
 | Louis Arthur Berman - 1982 - 156 pàgines
...virtue. In Tbe Mercbant of Venice, a female lawyer appeals to a judge's compassion with the words: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Was Portia displaying a skillful use of rhetoric to save her client's life, or was she... | |
 | 1983 - 324 pàgines
...blesseth, gives, and takes in this portion of Portia's speech in The Merchant of Venice (1596-97): The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Like other teachers of English, we are well aware of what a pesky problem the third person... | |
 | James R. Beck - 1999 - 284 pàgines
...received are both generous blessings. In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Portia says, The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Once we have received mercy from the good hand of God, we should be motivan'onally compelled... | |
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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 ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better... 
