In one work, this concept is described as being "enthroned in the hearts of kings" and is also described as "an attribute to God himself."
In one work, this concept is described as being "enthroned in the hearts of kings" and is also described as "an attribute to God himself." In that work, this concept is said to sit above the "sceptered sway" of the "temporal power" of a king, and it is said to be "mightiest in the mightiest," since "it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown." In that play, one character asks "on what compulsion" he is required to respect this concept, to which another character responds that it (*) "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven" and is "twice blest: it blesseth him that gives and him that takes" as part of a speech exalting this quality to try to convince Shylock to display it. For 10 points, name this concept which is the subject of a speech by Portia in The Merchant of Venice in which she declares that its quality is not strained.
In one work, this concept is described as being "enthroned in the hearts of kings" and is also described as "an attribute to God himself."
mercy