 what I 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 : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Էջ 8John Milton - 1829 - 332 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 էջ
...all but k than he Whom thunder bath made greater? here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty bath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:...worth ambition, though In Hell; Better to reign in Hell than serve In Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful Mends, Tb' associate. and copartner.... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 350 էջ
...itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same 1 .Ind what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder...least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built ffere for his гиг?/, will not drive us hence ; Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign... | |
 | John Milton - 1846 - 638 էջ
...make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 235 BOOK L 25 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he 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 : 900 Here we may reign secure,... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 էջ
...itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 255 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be; all but less than He, Whom thunder...built • Here for his envy; will not drive us hence: 2< > I ) Here, we may reign secure ; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:... | |
 | 1847 - 372 էջ
...itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. T What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than He 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 474 էջ
...itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder...worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners... | |
 | Gabriel GOODFELLOW (pseud.) - 1849 - 298 էջ
...itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, ALL but less than he Whom THUNDER...REIGN is worth AMBITION, though in Hell. BETTER TO BEISN in Hell than SERVE in Heaven ! This, in all probability, was otve c earliest, and is, beyond... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 էջ
...Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time." And afterwards, -Here at least "We shall be free ; the Almighty hath...worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 էջ
...entire discourse stands in massive opposition to the third element of Kierkegaard's triad, necessity: Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of one who would make a choice out of... | |
 | William Malin Porter - 1993 - 234 էջ
...taken as the very embodiment of the Homeric “virtues” that Milton rejects, avers early in book 1: in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. (i .261—63) Milton alludes to the dead Achilles' confession to Odysseus:... | |
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