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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. "
Paradise Lost - Page 62
by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pages
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British Literature 1640 - 1789: An Anthology

Robert DeMaria, Jr. - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 976 pages
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The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000

Gore Vidal - American essays - 2001 - 488 pages
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Imperfect Sense: The Predicament of Milton's Irony

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...
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Collins Quotation Finder

Quotations - 2001 - 838 pages
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

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...
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Speaking of Chinese

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)...
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Motherhood in the Balance: Children, Career, Me, and God

Catherine Wallace - Religion - 2001 - 276 pages
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Soul Scratching: Poetry and Essays of a Veteran

John F. Cooney - 2001 - 109 pages
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British Writers: Retrospective supplement, Volume 2

Jay Parini - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 600 pages
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Poetry from 1660 to 1780: Civil War, Restoration, Revolution

Robert DeMaria, Jr., Duncan Wu - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 192 pages
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