 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
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...place or time. And afterwards, Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here tor his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign...secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in helM Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
 | 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 nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...Tartaro : Alto pneesse 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, Innominata quaeque nominibus suis, Libet vocare propriis... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...; 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 to «-sign in hell, than serve in heaven But wherefore let we then our faithful friende. Th- associates... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us henee : Here we may reign seeure, and, in my ehoiee, irlond hadde he sette upon his hede, As gret as it were for an alestake ; A bo in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' assoeiates and eopartners of our loss,... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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...But wherefore let we, then, our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on the oblivious pool, And call them... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath hot built vlere for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss \ 2C5 Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, , { And... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 528 pages
...I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater '( Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which different individuals acquire an ascendency... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which different individuals acquire an ascendency... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...he Whom thunder hath made greater ? I lere 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 mv choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in IK-11 : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.... | |
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