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
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 էջ
...to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: —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 heav'n. utters in other places ¿f the poem, the author has Amidst those impieties... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1824 - 432 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 - 1824 - 676 էջ
...have deeply ventured ; But all must do so who would greatly win. Byron's Doge of Venice, a. 2, s. 1. Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 580 էջ
...Tartaro: Alto preesse Tartaro siquidem juvat, Caelis quam in ipsis servi obire munia. Milton, i. 261. and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. VIII. An interpolation in Grotius, Imioium.it,'! quaeque nominibus suis,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 էջ
...itself Can make a heav'n of Hell, a hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And y— " True was the maiden, and her story, Written in light o'er Alla Î Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built [MILTON. Here for his envy, will not... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 էջ
...better ridiculed than they are here by being put in the mouth of Satan in his present situation. Thyer. 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: 260 Here we may reign secure,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 էջ
...all but] I have heard it proposed to read albeit, that is although ; but prefer the common reading. 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: 960 Here we may reign secure,... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 էջ
...Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should In-, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?...reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth nmbition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than servi- in IK'avcn. But wherefore let we then... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 էջ
...matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be—all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free; the...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... | |
| Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 558 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 hath made greater ? Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. It is interesting... | |
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