 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
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - Calvinism - 1811 - 298 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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