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" Whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme Above His equals. Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells! hail horrors! hail Infernal world; and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place... "
Poetical Works: Reprinted from the Chandos Poets. With Memoir, Explanatory ... - Page 82
by John Milton - 1886
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...equall'd, force hath made supreme Above his equals. Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail, horrors, hail ! Infernal world, and thou, profoundest...changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same ?...
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The Mégha Dúta, Or, Cloud Messenger: A Poem, in the Sanscrit Language

Kālidāsa - 1814 - 192 pages
...strain, however, in Satan's sublime apostrophe to Hell, is still more elevated : " Hail, horrors, hail 1 and thou, profoundest Hell, " Receive thy new possessor...by place or time ; " The mind is its own place, and in itself " Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." Reference to this noble principle is very...
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History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge: Including ..., Volume 2

George Dyer - 1814 - 538 pages
...produced is part of that fin* speech of Satan's. -Farewell, happy fields, Where Joy for ever dwells: hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. To rule is worth Ambition, f ho' in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven ». Zixrmtt...
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Lectures on the English Poets: Delivered at the Surrey Institution

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...equal'd, force hath made supreme Above his equals. Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells: Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest...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:...
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Lectures on the English Poets

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...world, and thoa profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in...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...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1

John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail, horrors ! hail, Infernal world ! And thon, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who...changed by place or time: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 7-8

British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : — Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou, profoundest...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. i. 250. And afterwards : — Here at least We shall be free ! th' Almighty hath not built Here for...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...World, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd zlitt ? Here at leaat We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be ehang'd by plaee or time. The mind is its own plaee, iding like the god of armes Mars. His eote-armure...His sadel was of brent gold new ybete ; A mantelet u ? Here at least We shall be free.; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...
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Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the ..., Volume 6

English letters - 1826 - 638 pages
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