 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.  The Spectator ... - Page 2551803Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...hath made greater 1 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 serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...hath made greater? Here, at tout We shall be./ree/ th' Almighty hath not built Il< r ; for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure; and in my choice, To reifn is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in heti, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...We shall be free; th' Almighty halli not built Here for his envy / will not drive us hence ; Herewe may reign secure; and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane. I cannot bear him ;... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 362 pages
...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 serve in heaven '" I might multiply passages of the same... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...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 serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 350 pages
...hath made greater. Here at least We shall be free ; the .ilmiirHy 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 !" I might multiply passages of the same... | |
 | Émile Frensdorff - 1846 - 218 pages
...l'humanité à celle du prince des ténèbres, on pourrait conférer Milton, Paradis perdu, I, 260,: 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 même idée se reproduit liv. II... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...fit habitation, fraught with fire Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 6. 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. 7. A black and hollow vault, Where... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...fit habitation, fraught with fire Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 6. 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. 7. A black and hollow vault, Where... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...least We shall be free ; the 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 : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful... | |
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