 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 American Whig Review - Էջ 5101851Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | James Chandler - 1984 - 338 էջ
...where I will, in book 1 of The Prelude with Milton's Satan: 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 choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n." Said... | |
 | Liz Greene - 1984 - 384 էջ
...civilisation and reflection becomes a genuine one, and dignifies the nobility of the human spirit. SCORPIO 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. Milton, Paradise Lost We have met in... | |
 | Edward W. Said - 1985 - 442 էջ
...I will,37 in Book 1 of The Prelude with Milton's Satan: 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 choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.38... | |
 | 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...secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular,... | |
 | 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...secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of... | |
 | Alice K. Turner - 1993 - 324 էջ
...still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here...secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons... | |
 | André Verbart - 1995 - 322 էջ
...be, all but less then 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 in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n. (249-63)... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 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...secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's temptations... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 էջ
...Job's death-wish almost 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...secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 391 While Job, like Milton's Satan,... | |
 | Judith A. Stein - 1999 - 180 էջ
...Farewel happy Fields Through irony the "fixt mind" can at least mock the creator of the situation: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath...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... | |
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