| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 Seiten
...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: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and tear of kings ; "But mercy is above... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1808 - 400 Seiten
...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 : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and tear of kings ; But mercy is above... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 Seiten
...II. 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 shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...mercy is not strain'd ; Itdroppeth as a gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. Jt is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that...crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings: But mercy is above... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 Seiten
...takes : Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; , But mercy is above... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...bless'd ; Itrblesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, ' . Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above... | |
| John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 Seiten
...is not strained : It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : It is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...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... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 Seiten
...in the Merchant of Venice, makes Portia, in her beautiful apostrophe to Mercy, say, " It becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temp'ral power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 Seiten
...[31 To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. STEEVENS. Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above... | |
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