 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...Difcharge my follow'rs ; let them hence away, From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day. •Shaktfp. 1 :Th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence. Stilt. A fullen prudence drew thee hence From noife, fraud, and impertinence. Rrfcomm. •i. Away ;... | |
 | England - 1852 - 798 pages
...should be, all but less than he WThom thunder hath made greater? Here 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 is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free j 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, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 308 pages
...lh' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive as 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 heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the heard a hollow sound. " Come, sister, come !" (it said, or seem'd to say) " Thy place secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | John Payne Collier - English poetry - 1820 - 394 pages
...fine characteristic passage, put into the mouth of the rebellious Satan, " 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 !" Now read the following passage in a prose author,... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...Almighty hath not built Here for bid eusy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Belter to reign iu Hell than serve in Heaven ! Hut wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th'... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...should be; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here 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 is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...And what I should be, all but less than he Wbom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence: fl6O Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth amhition, though in Hell : Better... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...should be ; all but less than He Whom thunder hath made greater? Here 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 is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell,... | |
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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. 
