 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 40 Seiten
...if I be still the same, And what I should be; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? In my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." PAB. LosT, B. i. The history of the world, as now recorded, has been a history of wars;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 Seiten
...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 bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1842 - 846 Seiten
...Paradise Lost ; ' this was indeed grand ; and when he pronounced the following very difficult lines — ' and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven' — * Since removed to Bruce Castle, Tottenham, Middlesex. vol.. ix. 2 s the idea of the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the 8 ) in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 Seiten
...be , all , but less than he Whom Mulinier 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ! Here at least We shall be free ; the L W in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 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 co-partners of our loss,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 552 Seiten
...LECT. n. fectly agrees with truth and nature. We might almost imagine that Satan actually exclaimed, "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven." May not something take place amongst these fallen spirits similar to what we know often... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...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...Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonrum are well worthy of the place and the occasion — with gods for speakers, and angels and... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...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...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane. I cannot bear him ; One heav'n and earth can never hold us both, : Still... | |
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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. 
