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| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 * a To reign his worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven, But... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...the emphatick inflections. Thus in the following passage of Milton, (Paradise Lost, Book I. v. 262 .) To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven : The words heaven and hell, in the last line, besides the common antithesis which they form... | |
| 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... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...least We shall be Free r th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...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,... | |
| Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...or beggars. " O rico, o pinjada," rich, or hanged, "neck, or nothing." Milton makes Lucifer say, " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven." But the adage seems to have a special reference to the respect usually paid to idiots. In Turkey, and in... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...of the finest characteristic passages in the Paradise Lost. Satan in triumphant despair exclaims -" In my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." Which is precisely the sentiment expressed by Stafford. A reader who is well acquainted... | |
| England - 1852 - 798 pages
...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...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish M on the oblivious pool, And call them... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...than he Whom 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: Here we...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonium are well worthy of the place and the... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 308 pages
...Here at least We shall be free ! lh' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive as hence : Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice...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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