...that ' God is love.' Pestered ! Not so felt Shakespere when he makes Portia say ; — ' 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...

...In heaven's name forbear— why intrude these horrid thoughts !" "I will tell you— 1 The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.' Anna, forgive that erring child ! Let the past be forgotten, she is...

...round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its 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."...

...given to you — not grudgingly, but with an open hand ; for the quality of benevolence, like that 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."...

...glorious is the conqueror who in the hour of victory forgets not human'•y and mercy ! "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....

...mother. Act iv. Sc. 1. What ! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice ? Act iv. Sc. 1. 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....

...overcome evil ' with good. There is no 6ther way." 6. MERCY.— Shakspeare. B. 1564, d. 1616. 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...

...justice we shall be certain of securing the best good of ourselves and our fellow men. ** 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 giveth and him that takes...

...In many instances these are borrowed from nature. Let two or three examples suffice : " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath." Again, "'Tis the mind that makes the body rich : And as the sun breaks...

...burn and cauldron bubble By the pricking of my thumbs, I Something wicked this way comes The quality of mercy is not strained, / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven O brave new world, / That has such people in't! Oh, and lest I forget, To be, or not to be,...