 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 200 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... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 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." Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 452 pages
...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 " But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, " The associates and copartners of our... | |
 | 1851 - 554 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 heav'n ! " A great conjunction of little words ! Are monosyllables passionless * Listen to the widowed Constance... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 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 But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 464 pages
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 26° Here we may reign fecure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' aflbciates and copartners of our... | |
 | John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 450 pages
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign fecure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' aflbciates and copartners of our... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 554 pages
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 2 fill Here we may reign secure, and in my choice ;To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; "Better to reign iiThell than serve in heavcruT But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners... | |
 | 1852 - 354 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 :." I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude lo the proposition... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 pages
...th'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 Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the birthday curse... | |
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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. 
