 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.  La Belle Assemblée - Page 31810Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 552 pages
...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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...than He Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here...though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." Perhaps of all the passages in Paradise Lost, the descrip tion of the employments of the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for His envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonrum are well worthy of the place and the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here, at taut We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not boilt Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here...choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Butter to reign in heU, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane, I cannot bear him ; One henv'n and earth... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...than he Whom thunder Imih made greater? Here, at tout We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here...in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in belt : Itetter to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my ¿nn?. I cannot bear him ; One heuv'n... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...Whom thunder hath made greater? Here, at tout We shall be./ree/ th' Almighty hath not built Il< r ; for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure; and in my choice, To reifn is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in heti, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...the two following examples. though not expressed, is, in Mr. Walker's opinion, clearly implied. 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 vitlage than the se'cond in Rome'." General... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 pages
...Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...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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