 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.  La Belle Assemblée - Page 31810Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for bid eusy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Belter to reign iu Hell than serve in Heaven ! Hut wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th'... | |
 | 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...! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...will not drive us hence: fl6O Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth amhition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve...! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, TV associates and copartners of our loss, 265 Lie thus astonish'd on th' oblivious pool, And call them... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 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...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the' oblivious pool, And call them... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...time.* And afterwards : ' Here at teait We shall be free 1 th' Almighty hath not built Here for hb ter % cboiee To reign is worth ambition, tho* in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.' Amidst... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...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...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. i. 258r Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 354 pages
...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...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places x>f the poem, the... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 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...reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at leaat We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for h / in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | 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...though in 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,... | |
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