 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
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than He Whom thunder hath 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 copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...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 : 240 recover'd strength'] Revigorate, resumed, recovering, reviving, self-raised, self-recovered.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...the following examples the treble emphasis, though not expressed, is evidently implied. EXAMPLES. 1. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign' in hell' than serve' in heaven'. 2. I would rather be the first' man in that village'' than the tecond' in Rome\ THE ANTECEDENT.... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...should be; 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...reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reigu in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...place the emphatic inflections. Thus, in the following passage from Milton (Paradise Lost, BI 262), To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign- in hell, than serve in heaven. The words heaven and hell are here opposed to each other, and ought, therefore, if we follow... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates aml copartuers of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...least We shall he free ; the Almighty hath not huilt Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in hell ; 250. 'This passage seems to he an improvement upon Aj. 395. where Ajax,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...if I be still the same > And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath...choice To reign is worth ambition , though in hell : Retter to reign in hell , than serve in heaven. " But wherefore let we then our faithful friends... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: -Here at least We shall be free! tb' bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free : the Almighty hath not built Sere for his envy; will not drive us hence : Here we may...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Jetter to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven ! 3ut wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th'... | |
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