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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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The Process and Empire of Christ: From His Birth to the End of the ...

Elhanan Winchester - 1805 - 364 pages
...might' " Extort from me, to bow and fue for grace •• Wi.h fuppliant knee, and deify his pow't. "To reign is worth ambition though in hell ; " Better to reign in hdl'than ferve in Heav'n. . M Which way Ifly is hell ;; myfelf am hell ; . " And in the loweft deep...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...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 is worth ambition tho' in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. , But wherefore let we then our faithful...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...for his envy — will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reiljn is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...least i We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not bnilt 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. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 26» Here we may reign fecure, and, in my choice* To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heaven ! Ver. 252. Receive t/iy new pqffeffbur !] This paflagc feems to be an improvement...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1

1810 - 482 pages
...at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not buitl Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie tbusastonisli'd on th' oblivious pool, And cull them...
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice * a To reign his worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in...friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus zistonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1810 - 306 pages
...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. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the...
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Letter to reign in bell than serve in heaven : But in this : To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in bell than serve in heaven. An emphasis of exactly the same kind is found in a saying of Julius Caesar,...
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A Contrast Between Calvinism and Hopkinsianism

Ezra Stiles Ely - Calvinism - 1811 - 302 pages
...performing his own will, and consents to be a lover of pleasure, more than of God without declaring, . ' " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven !'* I would not insinuate that all unholy beings have the same degree of wickedness : but...
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