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. Paradise Lost - Page 62by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
| Victoria Silver - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 432 pages
...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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. (LM 1.242-63) The noble temper of this speech is deceptive, if only because the stoicism... | |
| Quotations - 2001 - 838 pages
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| Ronald Carter, John McRae - English language - 2001 - 598 pages
...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 in hell: Berrer to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's remprations and bires the... | |
| Raymond Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 212 pages
...bit wei niu hou Translation: Better be a cock's beak than a bull's rump. Milton said it another way: "To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" (Paradise Lost, Book I, 262-63). Proverb tin zhu zhe chi tin mo zhe hsi (close) (ver- (person)... | |
| John F. Cooney - 2001 - 109 pages
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