 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...leaft We (hall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 26» Here we may reign fecure, and, in my choice* To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heaven ! Ver. 252. Receive t/iy new pqffeffbur... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...than lie Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not buitl 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 pages
...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 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 Hayley - 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,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...not built Herr for his envy ; will not drive us bence : Here we may reiijn set-ore ; and tn my cfeoux To reign is worth ambition, tho* in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.' Amidst those impieties which this enraged »pmi utters in other places of the poem,... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 566 pages
...hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. To rule is worth Ambition, tho' in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven *. 1st Booh viroy^Bovioff'Tt* erv F ejSegaio y*>j^y£a, rov ye Ou wjtWy ot/^e yjpwt... | |
 | 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 we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 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 may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is 'worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Come, sister, come !" (it said, or seem'd to say) " Thy place secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 226 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, 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. 
