| Henry Blake - 1825 - 392 pàgines
...of the brightest gems in England's diadem ; — may England happily experience, that " 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."... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pàgines
...amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter aid the crash of worlds." TnAGE0r W GOTO. " 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... | |
| 1828 - 608 pàgines
...Magazine, the " Port-Folio" shall be omitted. Not otherwise. ED. SCRAPS FROM A PORT-FOLIO. " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven, Upon the place beneath." What a beautiful description' of that mercy which is charity, and... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1871 - 1146 pàgines
...was another quotation, better known, which was specially applicable in this case — " 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... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pàgines
...looks a little paler ; 't is a day, Such as the day is when the sun is hid. MERCY. Portia. 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... | |
| Mrs. Grey (Elizabeth Caroline) - 1831 - 248 pàgines
...well expressed, by the first lines of the following beautiful apostrophe of Shakspeare : " 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—... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 pàgines
...determination of the rebel army ? What was the amount of their forces ? GEORGE II. SECTION VII. 1 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.... | |
| Rowland Mainwaring - 1838 - 528 pàgines
...say to them, in the words of the first of English poets, when speaking of 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 that gives, and him that takes.... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 pàgines
...why should I hurt thee? This world is surely wide enough to hold thee 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 blesseth him that gives, and him that takes... | |
| John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pàgines
...8. Zech. vii. 9. Luke vi. 36; x'. 37. Rom. xii. 8. Col. iii. 12. 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 blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:... | |
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