 | Ontario Chief Superintendent of Education - 1868 - 338 strani
...hearing a passage from " The Merchant of Venice," containing Portia's famous speech : — " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven TTpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed ; It bleeseth him that gives and him that taken... | |
 | 1928 - 480 strani
...instance, take this passage from Shakespeare, whom all agree is the master of his art : "The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest ; .... We do not pray for mercy, And that same prayer... | |
 | 1868 - 882 strani
...Cocoa-nut tree. 15. Balac-lava. 16. Sir William Jones. 17. John Dryden. 18. Requisite. 21. The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven Upon the place beneath. 22. Disraeli. 23. Elements. 24. Current. 25. Mathematics. 26. Greenhouse.... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 strani
...teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. As You Like It. Act ii., Sc. 7. MERCY. ' 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.... | |
 | Harriet Miller Davidson - 1869 - 368 strani
...indulge you without a stage. Shut your eyes and imagine one.' And then she repeated, ' The quality of mercy is not strained ; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven'—and so on, to the end of the passage. She had that rare gift, the power of conveying expression... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 208 strani
...Then must the Jew be merciful. SHYLOCK. On what compulsion must I 1 Tell me that. PORTIA. 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... | |
 | New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb - 1869 - 698 strani
...other poets were given, which they were required to explain, with the following result: " The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath." This is a comparison, and it means that it is not in the nature of... | |
 | Robert S. Miola - 2000 - 206 strani
...other voices and emotional colour to the proceedings. Portia pleads eloquently for mercy: 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. (4.... | |
 | Theodor Meron - 1998 - 257 strani
...that of kings, the brave and the noble. Consider Portia's incomparable eulogy to mercy: 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. Tis... | |
 | Susan Petrilli - 2000 - 272 strani
...— momento per momento quello che è un rilanciare mirabilmente ritmato. Primo tempo "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".... | |
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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. 
