 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1814 - 568 pages
...or beggars. " O rico, o pinjada," rich, or hanged, "neck, or nothing." Milton makes Lucifer say, " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven." But the adage seems to have a special reference to the respect usually paid to idiots.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...of the finest characteristic passages in the Paradise Lost. Satan in triumphant despair exclaims -" In my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." Which is precisely the sentiment expressed by Stafford. A reader who is well acquainted... | |
 | 1852 - 798 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. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 358 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." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonium are well worthy of the place and the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...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 keif than servt? in heaven. 2. I would rather be thejirit' man in that village" than the teeond' in... | |
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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. 
