 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 Seiten
...shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majestv, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred 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 - 2003 - 156 Seiten
...blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 180 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; 185 But mercy is above... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2003 - 242 Seiten
...blest, 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 this... | |
 | J. Philip Newell - 2003 - 148 Seiten
...Portia says in The Merchant of Venice, mercy is at the heart of true sovereignty, ... it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power . . . But mercy is above this sceptr'd sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute... | |
 | Michele Marrapodi - 2004 - 292 Seiten
...blest, 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 this... | |
 | Tom Kleffmann - 2004 - 178 Seiten
...blest: It blesseth him that gives and hirn 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 this... | |
 | Jean Carnahan - 2004 - 270 Seiten
...blest: 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 this... | |
 | Peter Dawkins - 2004 - 159 Seiten
...Merchant of Venice: Portia. The quality of mercy is not strain'd, 150 THE SHAKESPEARE ENIGMA OO 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 this... | |
 | Richard Malim - 2004 - 380 Seiten
...doeth the dew, as the showre vpon the hearbes and as the droppes vpon the grasses. Portia continues: But mercy is above this sceptred 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... | |
 | Dennis McCann, Patrick D. Miller - 2005 - 382 Seiten
...throughout life" (2.8.30). "When Mercy Seasons Justice" Jonah and the Common Good Jacqueline Lapsley 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... | |
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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 this sceptred sway,... 
