 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 American Whig Review - Page 5101851Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...or time, And afterwards: -Here at least We shall be (tee '. th' Almighty hath not built Here for bis which we have now under our consideration, hath no other though in hell: Better to reign in bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the 8 ) though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...should be ; all but less 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...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ! Here at least We shall be free ; the L W though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...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 ; th' Almighty hath...secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." Perhaps of all the passages in Paradise... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath...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 - 396 pages
...Ihe same, And what I should be. all but less than he Whom thunder Imih made greater? Here, at tout We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here...secure; and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in belt : Itetter to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my ¿nn?. I cannot bear him... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here, at taut We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not boilt Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here...secure; and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Butter to reign in heU, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane, I cannot bear him ; One... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...Whom thunder 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,... | |
 | James Chandler - Poetry - 1984 - 338 pages
...sojourner: now free, Free as a bird to settle where I will, in book 1 of The Prelude with Milton's Satan: Here at least We shall be free: th' Almighty hath...drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n." Said... | |
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