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
| David Quint - 1993 - 448 էջ
...raignes" (1.20), rings changes on the proverbial Caesarian sentiment that Milton's Satan will echo: "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: / Better to reign in Hell, than serve in heaven" (1.262-63). 21 Fletcher's Book 1 ends with a simile that belittles his... | |
| John Milton - 1994 - 630 էջ
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder bath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' 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... | |
| Joseph M. Knippenberg, Peter Augustine Lawler - 1996 - 340 էջ
...the Novel 8 (1976): 60. 21. Maurois, 146-57. The Sea-Wolf: Nature Versus Morality Patrick Malcolmson Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. Paradise Lost, Book I Jack London's best novels are still widely read, by... | |
| Gordon R. Dickson - 1997 - 356 էջ
...Can make a heav'n of Hell, a hell of heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what 1 should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? ..." But Walter's voice dwindled again and was lost while Bleys was still speaking. The Other's deep... | |
| Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 էջ
...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...worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 էջ
...mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. 7558 Paradise Lost To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, thanserve in heaven. 7559 Paradise Lost First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human... | |
| Philip Gaskell - 1999 - 188 էջ
...itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 35 What matter where, if I be still the some, 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. 40 Here we may reign secure;... | |
| Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber - 1999 - 614 էջ
...make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what should I be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free.... Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to... | |
| Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber - 1999 - 614 էջ
...make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what should I be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to... | |
| Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber - 1999 - 614 էջ
...make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what should I be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to... | |
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