 | Mary Eleanor Kramer - American literature - 1917 - 322 pages
...the best of war poems. 188. Portia's plea, from Shakespeare's " Merchant of Venice," is as follows: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth,...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'T is mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1915 - 138 pages
...Antonio. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess the bond? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth,...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Edwin Gordon Lawrence - Public speaking - 1918 - 204 pages
...paraphrase Shakespeare's speech on Mercy as voiced by Portia in The Merchant of Venice: The Original The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 400 pages
...probable date of the Merchant of Venice Portia (Acte IV, Sc. 1.) answering Shylock thus delivers herseif: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, it droppeth...twice bless'd; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 't Is mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert, Andrew Thomas Weaver - Speech - 1922 - 426 pages
...in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell." ABRAHAM LINCOLN. D. MERCY "The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown;... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - American poetry - 1925 - 490 pages
...daily bread. So much for Calvary!" He said. MERCY (From The Merchant of Venice) BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The quality of mercy is not strain'd : It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: . Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown:... | |
 | James Milton O'Neill, Andrew Thomas Weaver - Oratory - 1926 - 506 pages
...the following with adequate and appropriate inflectional changes. i. "The Quality of Mercy" PORTIA: "The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...twice bless'd; 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, Tucker Brooke - 1927 - 984 pages
...the Venetian law Cannot impugn you as you do proceed. You stand within his danger, do you not? 180 sting is an honour, I shall promulgate — I fetch...reach'd: for know, lago, But that I love the gent heaven 185 Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1927 - 970 pages
...within his danger, do you not? i&> Ant. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess the bond? Ant. I do. Oor. ould attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign...cannot, be it known to you I do remain as neuter. heaven 185 Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes... | |
 | Crime - 1927 - 686 pages
...very generally accepted. Governor West of Oregon quoted, approvingly," Portia's eulogy of "mercy" : The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth...twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better... 
