 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. i. 250. And afterwards : — Here at least We shall be free ! 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 - 1823 - 354 pages
...mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : • Here at least We shall be free ! Hi' 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 - 1824 - 1062 pages
...And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at leaat We shall @ / secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...Satan in his present situation. Thyer. 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 ray choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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 is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. His trust was with th'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...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 to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th'... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall Bret-ful of rubies 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
...should be—all but less than he Whom thunder had 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... | |
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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. 
