| Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 sider
...success. King Henry 6th, Third Part — Act 2, Sc. 2. SHAKSPEARE. A GNOME or a NUN. 85. 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 sider
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? Tell me that. Por. 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.... | |
| William Holmes, John Warner Barber - 1851 - 342 sider
...of doing goodhe feels most truly that " it is more blessed to give than to receive." " The qnality of mercy is not strained ; ' It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven ' Upon the place beneath. It ia twice blessed ; ' It blesseth him who gives, and him who takes,... | |
| 1851 - 568 sider
...Ilotherfield, Feb. 23. 1851. SHAKSPEABE 8 " MERCHANT OF VENICE (Act IV. Sc. 1.). n the lines — " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." at is the meaning of the word "strained?" verb to strain is susceptible... | |
| 1851 - 582 sider
...Feb. 23. 1851. SHAKSPEARE'S " MERCHANT or VENICE " (Act IV. Sc. 1.). In the lines — " The quality of Mercy is not strained, It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath." What is the meaning of the word " strained ? " The verb to strain... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 sider
...Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that ! Por. 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... | |
| David Thomas - 674 sider
...the giver more than the 'receiver, for " it is more blessed to give than to receive." "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,"... | |
| 1852 - 652 sider
...permission, he will now address a few words to the assembled company. En. Kxiexiuocu«. *THE quality of mercy is not strained: It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It Dlesselh him that gives, and him that takes*... | |
| Eliza Corf - 1852 - 318 sider
...from Shakspeare, who, in his Merchant of Venice, causes Shylock to be thus addressed : " 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.... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 sider
...For. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I? tell me that. Por. 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... | |
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