| Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...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,...twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. The internal taxes are raised or reduced at the discretion of the king, which, with the... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...of our best poets, is worthy of the reader"* most serious attention. " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed • It bleíseth him wfaogfott, and him who takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned... | |
| Blake - Ireland - 1825 - 386 pages
...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,...twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." " Erin mavourneen ! Erin go bragh." THE END. A. O. WOODFALL, ANOIL COURT, SKINNER STREIT,... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1826 - 156 pages
...&c. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the earth beneath. It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. PUBLISHED... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1828 - 430 pages
...and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans-eyes, sans taste, sans every thing. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
| James Montgomery - Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 1058 pages
...man new made. Mercy. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth, as a gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...is mercilest, and will not pity. 'Twere a paper lost, As offered mercy is. Sha&spean. Mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven....twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Id. Condition ! What good condition can a treaty find I* the part tiiat is at mercy ? Id.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...Culloden. 115, 14. What was the conduct of the conquerors ? SECTION VII. 1 The quality of mercy is not strained : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. "Tis mightiest in the mighty." 9. Pros'elyte, ». a convert to a new opinion. 15. Equiv'alent,... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1831 - 436 pages
...mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing. MERCY. The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...Mercy.—SHAKSPEARE. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; ' T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
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