 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...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.... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...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 - Malthusianism - 1809 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | Theater - 1823 - 432 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Romani - 1824 - 548 pages
...clemency of a king lifts him above the stars." The Latin original is as follows : " Sicut ros herbam irrigat ut crescat ; sic dulcis dementia regis usque...NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed." Who Quidius was I am unable to say. The sentiment here referred to is Ovid's — " Neque enim lex aequior... | |
 | Charles Swan - Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern - 1824 - 566 pages
...clemency of a king lifts him above the stars." The Latin original is as follows : '" Sicut ros herbam irrigat ut crescat ; sic dulcis dementia regis . usque...NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed." Who Quidius was I am unable to say. The sentiment here referred to is Ovid's — " Neque enim lex sequior... | |
 | 1824 - 558 pages
...clemency of a king lifts him above the stars." The Latin original is as follows : " Sicut ros herbam irrigat ut crescat ; sic dulcis dementia regis usque...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... | |
 | Henry Blake - Connemara (Ireland) - 1825 - 392 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
