Merciful
Published in Shakespeare's Religious Language • Jan 1, 2015
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(A) The quality, human or divine, of showing mercy when justice or revenge might be legally allowed. Donne says of human mercy, ‘The root of all Christian duties is Humility, meeknesse, that’s . . . violated in an unmercifulnesse’ (3: 158), and Sandys says of Luke 6.37, ‘Forgive, and ye shall be for
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