 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 570 pages
...have the best and most improving effect on the mind of the donor. The quality of charity like that of mercy, " Is not strained) " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the earth beneath." The immense sums distributed to the poor in this country, by the... | |
 | 1823 - 432 pages
...churches then, or else he shall suffer not thinking on. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. MERCY. Portia The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath. It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. Merchant of Venice,... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...have always been productive of innumerable evils, both to the victors and the vanquished. The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath. There cannot be a greater absurdity than for a man to run the hazard... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1824 - 596 pages
...et exaltat," which coincides remarkably with a passage in the " Merchant of Venice." " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath."—Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed." Who... | |
 | Wynnard Hooper - 1824 - 552 pages
...et exaltat," which coincides remarkably with a passage in the " Merchant of Venice." " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." — Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed."... | |
 | Charles Swan - 1824 - 566 pages
...et exaltat," which coincides remarkably with a passage in the " Merchant of Venice." " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." — Act III. Sc. 1 . NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed."... | |
 | 1824 - 558 pages
...et exaltat," which coincides remarkably with a passage in the " Merchant of Venice." " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." — Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIU | has observed."... | |
 | Romani - 1824 - 548 pages
...et exaltat," which coincides remarkably with a passage in the " Merchant of Venice." " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." — Act III. Sc. 1. NOTE 48. Page 166. " As QUIDIUS has observed."... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter aid the crash of worlds." TnAGE0r W GOTO. " 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... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...Magazine, the " Port-Folio" shall be omitted. Not otherwise. ED. SCRAPS FROM A PORT-FOLIO. " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven, Upon the place beneath." What a beautiful description' of that mercy which is charity, and... | |
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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. 
