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" 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. "
Lectures on the English Poets: Delivered at the Surrey Institution - Page 123
by William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 pages
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us henee : Here we may reign seeure, and, in my ehoiee, irlond hadde he sette upon his hede, As gret as it were for an alestake ; A bo in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' assoeiates and eopartners of our loss,...
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Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the ..., Volume 6

English letters - 1826 - 638 pages
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...should be—all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...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 of our...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books

John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath hot built vlere for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss...
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The Paradise Lost of Milton, Volume 1

Bible - 1827 - 294 pages
...he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built 259 Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,...
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The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5

1827 - 402 pages
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 328 pages
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 26O Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven !v -rt But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...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...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The' associates and copartners of our loss,...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...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 hell' than serve' in heaven'. 2. I would rather be the first' man in that village'' than the tecond' in Rome\ THE ANTECEDENT....
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