...example of virtue, where the conqueror seeks for friendship of the conquered. — Sir P. Sidney. CCXIV. The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth,...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...

...justice to his sublime apostrophe to mercy, it would in a moment prove the truth of my assertion. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath," &c. &c. After such lines as these, is it possible for the most fastidious...

....'inf. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy.jßn what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Ponfthc quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth. as the gentle rain from heaven f 'pon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; II blesscth him that gives, and him that takes...

...Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...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...

...staunch Friends to their King and Country. '• Look upon this picture, and on this!"—Shakespeare. " The quality of Mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...Heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd. It blesses him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest! it becomes the Throned...

...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. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; ft dropnelh. as the gentle rain from heaven I1 pon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd; It hles?cth...

...Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond? Ant. I do. Per. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. g. Thou speak'st it falsely, as I love mine honour:...If it should prove That thou art so inhuman, — blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: "II- mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned...

...— 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,...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...

...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,...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...

...look, the morning, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill." Shakspeare. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; 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....