 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 Seiten
...receives the falling inflection, and the thing denied the rising inflection. EXAMPLES. The quality of mercy is not*' strained'. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. 28. It is not^ grief that bids me moan ; It is that I am all alone.... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 568 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Holmes, John Warner Barber - 1851 - 342 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 772 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 Seiten
...judgment of Portia. c Then must the Jew be merciful/ Shylock : ( On what compulsion must I ? tell me that/ Portia : ( The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle dew from Heaven upon the place beneath/ &c. ; and perceiving a slight tremulousness in his voice,... | |
 | 1851 - 582 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...behind." MERCY. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest : It blesseth...throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shews the force of temporal power, The attribute of awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 18 Seiten
...SHAKSPERE. MERCY.1 The quality of mercy is not strain'd,3 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 : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown... | |
 | Eliza Corf - 1852 - 318 Seiten
...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.... | |
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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. 
