 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
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 էջ
...itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 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, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 էջ
...itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 464 էջ
...Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if 1 be still the sume, And what I should be t all but less than He Whom thunder hath made greater...worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful fricnds, The' associates and copartners... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 էջ
...the following examples the treble emphasis, though not expressed, is evidently implied. EXAMPLES. 1. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign' in keif than servt? in heaven. in /(.„>,.. 2. I would rather be thejirit' man in that village" than... | |
 | John Payne Collier - 1820 - 400 էջ
...Virtues, Powers," and that fine characteristic passage, put into the mouth of the rebellious Siitan, " 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!" Now read the following passage in a prose author, who wrote while Milton... | |
 | 1822 - 292 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...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 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...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... | |
 | 1822 - 788 էջ
...A mind not to be cbang'd by place or time.' And afterwards : - Here at least We ihall be free I th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not...Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign i> worth ambition, tho f in hell : Better to reign in bell tlinu serre in heaven.' Nor must I here... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1823 - 436 էջ
...changed by place or time. !. 250. And afterwards: -—Here at least We shall be free ! th'Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive...worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. i. 258. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 էջ
...not to be changed by place or time. And afterwards: —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 heaven. i.! Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
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