...MERCY. The quality of Mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned Monarch better than his crown;...

...justice. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ;...

..." The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle rain from heav'n Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest— , It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." It is supposed that this act of " general and free pardon'' effaced all crimes and misdemeanors...

...Mercy.—Shakspeare. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...

...Mercy.—Suakspeare. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;...

...man;" with it, on the contrary, he is a being buoyant with hope, joy, and animation. Like Shakspeare's quality of mercy, It droppeth like the gentle rain...not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost anything beside that I know of earthly blessedness. Oh that I were once more a fifth form boy at Eton...

...poets:— " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Happy as those poor fellows were, I doubt if they were happier than I was. It is the fashion...

...poets:— " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." Happy as those poor fellows were, I doubt if they were happier than I was. It is the fashion...

..." The quality of mercy is not strain'J ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mighty ; and becomes The throned monarch better than his crown :...

...head." " The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice blest, It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes." SHAKSPEARE. In some similes, like one already quoted, several objects are presented as...