 Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.  The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Էջ 9խմբագրել է - 1779Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 էջ
...reminds one of the famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | Judith A. Stein - 1999 - 180 էջ
...Through irony the "fixt mind" can at least mock the creator of the situation: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence. (I, 258ff) When his fellows are involved Satan is likely to use a broader and more direct mockery that... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 էջ
...And what I should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve... | |
 | Victoria Silver - 2001 - 432 էջ
...should 1 be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; the almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve... | |
 | Lokangaka Losambe, Devi Sarinjeive - 2001 - 170 էջ
...wrath or might Extort from me. (Paradise Lost II, 1 05-1 1 1 ) Here at least We shall be free, the almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve... | |
 | Brian Richardson - 2002 - 416 էջ
...I will,' in Book 1 of The Prelude with Milton's Satan: Here at least We shall be free: th'Almighry hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 էջ
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; the almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 260 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to... | |
 | Tony Childs, Jackie Moore - 2003 - 166 էջ
...speaker). Here is an example of Satan speaking to the troops: ACT IV TY 13 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. (lines 261-3) • Can you see any irony in this speech?... | |
 | Glyn Morgan - 2005 - 228 էջ
...Satan's lines from Milton's Paradise Lost (ch. 1, lines 257-63) read as follows: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than... | |
 | Kurt Bruner - 2005 - 226 էջ
...regaining supremacy, Lucifer raises his fist to God's throne and declares... Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 4 Lucifer dedicated his entire existence to thwarting... | |
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