 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 Seiten
...chang'd by place or time. Aud afterwards: Here at least i We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not bnilt 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 of the poem, the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 Seiten
...: Here at least We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will net drive ns hence : Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 Seiten
...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 !] This paflagc feems to be an improvement... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 Seiten
...Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : -Here at least We shall be free ! th' Almighty hath...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav•n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | 1810 - 482 Seiten
...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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...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, than serve in heaven, But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 Seiten
...reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Letter to reign in bell than serve in heaven : But in this : To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in bell than serve in heaven. An emphasis of exactly the same kind is found in a saying of Julius Caesar,... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1811 - 302 Seiten
...performing his own will, and consents to be a lover of pleasure, more than of God without declaring, . ' " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven !'* I would not insinuate that all unholy beings have the same degree of wickedness : but... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1811 - 296 Seiten
...own will, and consents to be a lover of pleasure, more than of God without declaring, ' " To reign IB worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven !" I would not insinuate that all unholy beings have the same degree of wickedness : but... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 Seiten
...least We shall be Free r th' 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...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
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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. 
