...do you. not > [To ANTHONIO. Anth. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond i Anth. I do.. Par. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ) tell me that. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place...

...power ? This must never be ; kindness is like mercy, " 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 ; "Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown."...

...danger,5 do you not ? [To ANTONIO. Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond i Ant. I do. Pot . Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion...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...

...his danger, do you not ? [To Antonio. Amt. Ay, so he says. Per. Do you confess the bond? Ant. I da Por. Then must the Jew be merciful Shy. On what compulsion...I ? tell me that. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain 'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless "d;...

...stand within his danger,8 do you not ? [To ANTONIO. Ant. Ay, so he says. Por. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy....twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 7 Cannot impugn you,] To impugn, is to oppose, to controvert. Tis mightiest in the mightiest...

...he says. Ant. I do. [To ANTONIO. Por. Do you confess the bond ? For. Then must the Jew be merciful. Por. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth,...twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. 7 Cannot impugn you,] To impugn, is to oppose,...

...common language of the time, Anth. Ay, so he says. For. Do you confess the bond ? Anth. I do. For. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion...not strain'd ;* It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven 5 Upon the place beneath : It is twice bless'd ;4 It that to be in debt and to be in danger,...

...represented at Chester. See MS. Hart. 1013, p. 106: Ant. Ay, so he says. Par. Do you confess the bond ? Ant. I do. Por. Then must the Jew be merciful. Shy. On what compulsion must I ? tell me that. Par. The quality of mercy is not strain'd; 3 It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place...

...wrongs of enmity, and generously distinguish them under circumstances of misfortune ! CHAP. III. " The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; " It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven " Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed— " It blesseth him that gives, and him that...

...participle, biased or blest, [bliîf £ian, Saxon.] I. To make happy ; ty prosper ; to make successful. The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blcss'd; It blcssetb him that gives, and him that takes....