...Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. For. Then must the Jew be merciful. attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this...

...Ant. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por....twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : "Pis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...

...IV. SCENE I. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppetfa as the gentle rain from heaven e wardrobe. Sir And. Fie on him, 1 he attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; Bat mercy is above...

...imperial Rome ! MERCY. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd ; It blesseth...throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, Th' attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and...

...like. And if so, who among any of our own ever spake of mercy with more unction than Shakspeare : — " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this...

...it, Though I alone do feel the injury. 1 Knotted. ' Frail, brittle. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. L Portia. The quality of mercy is not strain'd: It droppeth...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this...

...tell me that. For. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppcth, as the gentle rain from heaven, r. Bene. I will not desire that Bene. Surely, I do...show such friendship! Beat. A very even way, but no attribute to awe and majesty. Wherein doth «it the dread and tear of kings; But mercy is above his...

...breathless auditory : 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...His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this...

...do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. SHAKSPERE. THE quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. SHAKSPERE. IT ia an attribute of God himself, And earthly power doth then show liker God's,...

...significancy. Shakspere indicates this in the following beautiful verses : — " The quality of merey is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monareh better than his erown...