 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 sivua
...the sword of justice stained with human blood : he is merciful almost to a fault ; • The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heav'n, Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 sivua
...see the sword of justice stained with human blood : he is merciful almost to a fault ; The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heav'n, Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 570 sivua
...have the best and most improving effect on the mind of the donor. The quality of charity like that of mercy, " Is not strained) " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the earth beneath." The immense sums distributed to the poor in this country, by the... | |
 | 1843 - 750 sivua
...dementia regis usque sydera provehit et exaltat." 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... | |
 | 1823 - 432 sivua
...churches then, or else he shall suffer not thinking on. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. MERCY. Portia The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. Merchant of Venice,... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 sivua
...have always been productive of innumerable evils, both to the victors and the vanquished. The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath. There cannot be a greater absurdity than for a man to run the hazard... | |
 | 1824 - 558 sivua
...FAB. THES. The Roman Catholics put the Host into this kind of box. NOTE 47. Page 164. " And as the den moistens the herbage, and promotes a large increase...beneath." — Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIU | has observed." Who Quidius was I am unable to say. The sentiment here referred to is Ovid's... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1824 - 596 sivua
...FAB. THEs. The Roman Catholics put the Host into this kind of box. NOTE 47. Page 164. " And as the den moistens the herbage, and promotes a large increase...not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath."—Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed." Who... | |
 | Wynnard Hooper - 1824 - 552 sivua
...clemency of a king lifts him above the stars." The Latin original is as follows : " Sicut ros herbatn irrigat ut crescat; sic dulcis dementia regis usque...NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed." Who Quidim was I am unable to say. The sen. timent here referred to is Ovid's — " Neque enim lex aequior... | |
 | Henry Blake - 1825 - 392 sivua
...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."... | |
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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... 
