 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.  Notes and Queries - Page 3041851Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at leaat We shall be free ; th' Almighty h / But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...have deeply ventured ; But all must do so who would greatly win. Byron's Doge of Venice, a. 2, s. 1. Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. His trust was with th' Eternal to be deem'd Equal in strength, and rather... | |
 | 1824 - 294 pages
...place or time. And afterwards, Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here tor his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign...secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in helM Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...Tartaro : Alto pneesse Tartaro siquidem juvat, Caelis quam in ipsis servi obire munia. Milton, i. 261. and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. VIII. An interpolation in Grotius, Innominata quaeque nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...Tartaro: Alto preesse Tartaro siquidem juvat, Caelis quam in ipsis servi obire munia. Milton, i. 261. and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. VIII. An interpolation in Grotius, Imioium.it,'! quaeque nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 260 Here we may reign secure, and in ray choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...but prefer the common reading. 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 : 960 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...all but less than he M'hom thunder hath made greater ? Here at lean We shall be free ; th' Almi-lity hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Hure we may reitrn secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free.; th' bies red, as fire sparkling. His erispe henee : Here we may reign seeure, and, in my ehoiee, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be—all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven ! But wherefore let we, then, our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners of our... | |
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