 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...all but less 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 : 260 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards, .Here at last We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. dst those impieties which this enraged spirit in other places of the poem, the author has care to introduce... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : Here at least We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive...in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Itell:' Better to reign in liell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...afterwards: Here at least We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy; will n¿t drive us hence Here we may reign secure; and in my...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'a. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: Here at least We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive...hell: \ Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. f Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the author has... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...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...reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to rain in Hell than serve iu Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Tltc associates... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...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...Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign his worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven, But wherefore let... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 402 pages
...common arrangement of emphatick inflection, though contrary to the strongest sense of the passage : To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Most readers, I say, in repeating these lines, will pronounce the last line as it is marked;... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...common arrangement of emphatick inflection, though contrary to the strongest sense of the passage : To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Most readers, I say, in repeating these lines, will pronounce the last line as it is marked;... | |
 | 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 de.gree of wickedness : but... | |
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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 serve in heav'n. 
