...has pointed out in Portia's address in the "Merchant of Venice" what he regards as this sonnet: — 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 the crown;...

...been reading Shakespeare, and there stood Sam making a plea for mercy in Shakespeare's words . . . The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: There is oftentimes a big distinction between justice and mercy. The last thing a guilty...

...virtue. In Tbe Mercbant of Venice, a female lawyer appeals to a judge's compassion with the words: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Was Portia displaying a skillful use of rhetoric to save her client's life, or was she...

...blesseth, gives, and takes in this portion of Portia's speech in The Merchant of Venice (1596-97): The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Like other teachers of English, we are well aware of what a pesky problem the third person...

...received are both generous blessings. In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Portia says, The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Once we have received mercy from the good hand of God, we should be motivan'onally compelled...

...do justice to the dignified reasonableness and unquestioned wisdom enunciated in the lines. Portia: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...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 this...

...in by scattering. THE quality of mercy is not strain'cl; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd; It blesseth...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 this...

...frowning Mars, Who, inward searched, have livers white as milk! (Ill, ii) 401 POETRY QUOTATIONS 123 a staring virgin stand Where holy Dionysus died,...hand And bear that beating heart away; (1. 1-5) 117 attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this...

...Portia's famous speech in defense of her lover, Antonia, who had contracted a pound of flesh to Shylock: 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....

...sweet teaching of the perpetual mercy of God as Portia has in the following speech in the trial scene: The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth...Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd ; It (Mercy) is an attribute to God himself And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons...