 | Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 560 pages
...not this a very common misprint for Iay'dst9 where the preterite is intended ? Sc. 1. p. 509. FoR. But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God 's When mercy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 400 pages
...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 the... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...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 the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch l)etter than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal...God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 pages
...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 scepter'd...God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...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...this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...shows the force of temp'ral power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to Gott himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God'e, When mercy... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings : It is an attribute to God himself; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; And earthly pore'rdoth then shew likest Heav'n's, When merry seasons justice. Therefore,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...awe and majesty, Wherein dpth sit the dread and fear of kings : It is an attribute to God himself; But mercy is above this scepter'd sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; And earthly pow'rdoth then shew likest tfeav'n't, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...; 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 the... | |
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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... 
