| William Shakespeare - 1785 - 402 pages
...190 It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ! it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth .sit the dread and tear, of kings; liij But But mercy is above this... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes j Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shews the force of temporal pow'r, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread und fear of kings 5 But mercy is... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...which limits 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...; It blesse th him that gives, and him that takes : Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre...dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly... | |
| John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above the scepter'd... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1823 - 534 pages
...heaven-bora mercy : " 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... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...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... | |
| George Daniel, John Cumberland - 1826 - 512 pages
...It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : i 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above the scepter'd... | |
| Paul Duport - 1828 - 458 pages
...réclame la loi. Je veux qu'on remplisse les clauses de mon billet. Wherein doth sit thé dread and fear of kings , But mercy is above this sceptred sway. It is enthroned in thé hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likcst... | |
| Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
.... It blesseth him that gives and him that takes , -Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and Majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of Kings ; But mercy is above the sceptered... | |
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