 | Brian Richardson - 2002 - 416 pages
...hath not built Here for his envy, will not 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, than serve in Heav'n1 In due course each poem develops correctives to such unrestrained sentiments. Wordsworth's... | |
 | Tony Childs, Jackie Moore - 2003 - 166 pages
...speaker). Here is an example of Satan speaking to the troops: ACT IV TY 13 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 heav'n. (lines 261-3) • Can you see any irony in this speech? • What do you think of Satan's logic? Use... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 2003 - 388 pages
...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 is worth ambition 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 265 Lie thus... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pages
...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 is worth ambition 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 265 Lie thus... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...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 is 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 coparmers of our loss... | |
 | Kurt Bruner - 2005 - 226 pages
...regaining supremacy, Lucifer raises his fist to God's throne and declares... 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 Heav'n. 4 Lucifer dedicated his entire existence to thwarting God's purposes and plans, preferring first chair... | |
 | Glyn Morgan - 2005 - 228 pages
...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. 5. The failure of the intergovernmental council at Nice in December 2000 to resolve successfully... | |
 | Allan W. Janssen - 2006 - 193 pages
...force to make one unit. Rather simplistic, but what the hell! - AWJ ** "Here we may reign secure, and in my choice." "To reign is worth ambition though...hell." "Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n." - John Milton ** You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...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. FROM Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing I deny not, but that... | |
 | Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - 2006 - 400 pages
...hath not built Here for his envy, will not 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, than serve in Heav'n, Paradise Lost 1.254-63 This is an engraving of Satan by Gustave Doré (1832-1883), from his edition... | |
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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. 
