 | Frederic Swartwout Cozzens - 1854 - 268 pàgines
...cases seem to require. To the board of visitors, I would refer the motto above quoted : " 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 him that gives and him that takes.1'1... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - 1854 - 316 pàgines
...round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." " The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes."... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pàgines
...Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? Tell me that. For. 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 him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | 1854 - 622 pàgines
...charity, which one of our noblest poets has said and sung of a sister grace — 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 blesseth him who gives, and him who takes ;... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pàgines
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? Tell me that. Por. 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 him that gives, and him that takes... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pàgines
...mercy. — Janics, iii. 17. Charity shall cover the multitude of sins. — 1 Pet. iv. 8. The qnality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.... | |
 | George Lewis Prentiss - 1855 - 598 pàgines
...given to you — not grudgingly, but with an open hand ; for the quality of benevolence, like that of mercy, "Is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven, Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes."... | |
 | 1855 - 374 pàgines
...glorious is the conqueror who in the hour of victory forgets not human'•y and mercy ! "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, and him that takes.... | |
 | Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan - 1855 - 312 pàgines
...quickly, she who gives with womanly gentleness and tenderness may be said to do the same. " 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 and him that takes... | |
 | 1855 - 892 pàgines
...that ' God is love.' Pestered ! Not so felt Shakespere when he makes Portia say ; — ' 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, and him that takes... | |
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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 him that gives, and him that takes... 
