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The Light of Shakespeare; Passages Illustrative of the Higher Teaching of Shakespeare's Dramas
The Light of Shakespeare Passages Illustrative of the Higher Teaching of Shakespeare's Dramas Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: E. Stock Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book ... more »you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct. Hamlet, III. 4. 3. MERCY. No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. Measure For Measure, II. 2. The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance; They, being penitent, the sole drift of my purpose Doth extend not a frown further. Tempest, V. i Pity is the virtue of the law, And none but tyrants use it cruelly. Timon Of Athens, III. 5. Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods ? Draw near them then in being merciful: Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Titus Andronicus, I. 2. 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 ; 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 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 seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, -- That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy And ...« less