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
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 260 Here we may reign secure, and in ray choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell:...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, 265 Lie thus astonish'd on th' oblivious pool, And call... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...at leaat We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : liam Hazlitt in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...have deeply ventured ; But all must do so who would greatly win. Byron's Doge of Venice, a. 2, s. 1. Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd Equal in strength,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...Tartaro: Alto preesse Tartaro siquidem juvat, Caelis quam in ipsis servi obire munia. Milton, i. 261. and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. VIII. An interpolation in Grotius, Imioium.it,'! quaeque nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...Tartaro : Alto pneesse Tartaro siquidem juvat, Caelis quam in ipsis servi obire munia. Milton, i. 261. and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. VIII. An interpolation in Grotius, Innominata quaeque nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...; th' Almi-lity hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Hure we may reitrn secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to «-sign in hell, than serve in heaven But wherefore let we then our faithful friende. Th- associates... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here tor his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in helM Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
| 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,... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 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...friends, The associates and co-partners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy... | |
| English letters - 1826 - 638 pages
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