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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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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 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 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...
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Le Paradis perdu de J. Milton

John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...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...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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy...
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

British periodicals - 1841 - 640 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 !" ' " I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition...
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The Desire of Reputation: An Address, Before the Phoenix and Union Societies ...

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;...
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Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ...

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...
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The Works of Joseph Addison, Volumes 1-2

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...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 9

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...
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Oeuvres complètes de M. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Oeuvres littéraires ...

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...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

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...
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