 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 484 pages
...rule, that the Venetian law Cannot impugn you,1 as you do proceed. — You stand within his danger," do you not ? [To ANTONIO. Ant. Ay, so he says. Por....twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | George Farren (resident director of the Asylum life office.) - 1833 - 68 pages
...— Then must the Jew be merciful. Shylock. — On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Portia. — The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...bond? Ant. I do. Per. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Par. nour: And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me,...so inhuman, — 'twill not prove so; — And yet that takes: "II- mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...gives, and him who takes. Portia, in the " Merchant of Venice," has beautifully described it : — " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | BIBLIOTHEQUE ANGLO-FRANCAISE - 1836 - 648 pages
...his danger, do you not? (To Antonio.) pp^ Do you confess the bond ? Ant. Ay, so he says. Ant. I do. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Por....twice bless'd : It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...you do proceed. — You stand within his danger, do you not? [To ASTOMO. Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest j it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - Charity organization - 1839 - 404 pages
...argument to a focus, mercy is the offspring of Heaven, but cruelty the most horrible inmate of hell. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes 'The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | Phrenology - 1840 - 610 pages
...theology shall we find a more exquisite picture of mercy than that put into the mouth of Portia? " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | Frederick Coombs - Phrenology - 1841 - 178 pages
...kind and indulgent to an excess. Location — on the top of the head, immediately above the forehead. "The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth....twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 pages
...Venetian law Cannot impugn you, as you do proceed. — You stand within his danger3, do you not ? \_To ANTONIO. Ant. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess...heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; * You stand WITHIN ms DANGER,] " Within his danger" was in Shakespeare's time, and long before, equivalent... | |
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better... 
