 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
 | Albert Barnes - Honor - 1841 - 40 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? In my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." PAB. LosT, B. i. The history of the world, as now recorded, has been a history of wars;... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...shall he free ; th' Almighty hath not huilt 260 " Here for his envy ; — will not drive us hence : " Here we may reign secure ; and, in my choice, " To reign is worth amhition, though in hell : " Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. " But wherefore let we... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...least We shall be (tee '. th' Almighty hath not built Here for bis envy ; will not drive us hence : deration, hath no other bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1842 - 846 pages
...Paradise Lost ; ' this was indeed grand ; and when he pronounced the following very difficult lines — ' and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven' — * Since removed to Bruce Castle, Tottenham, Middlesex. vol.. ix. 2 s the idea of the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...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 copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool; And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 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...friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 448 pages
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 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: ~{ 0X Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - Bible - 1998 - 310 pages
...Here at least We shall be free; th'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 Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the birthday curse... | |
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