 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1827 - 294 Seiten
...he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built 259 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, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 Seiten
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 26O Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven !v -rt But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...the following examples the treble emphasis, though not expressed, is evidently implied. EXAMPLES. 1. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign' in hell' than serve' in heaven'. 2. I would rather be the first' man in that village'' than the tecond' in Rome\ THE ANTECEDENT.... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 Seiten
...place or time : The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reigu in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 Seiten
...place the emphatic inflections. Thus, in the following passage from Milton (Paradise Lost, BI 262), To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign- in hell, than serve in heaven. The words heaven and hell are here opposed to each other, and ought, therefore, if we follow the common... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...least We shall be free ; 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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates aml copartuers of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 Seiten
...possessor, one who hrings A mind not to he changed hy place or time. And afterward : Here at least Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign...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... | |
 | 1836 - 932 Seiten
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: -Here at least We shall be free! tb' bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
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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. 
