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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. "
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Anxiety in Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Paradise Lost

John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 pages
...entire discourse stands in massive opposition to the third element of Kierkegaard's triad, necessity: Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of one who would make a choice out of a necessity. The...
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Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to Milton

David Quint - 1993 - 448 pages
...raignes" (1.20), rings changes on the proverbial Caesarian sentiment that Milton's Satan will echo: "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: / Better to reign in Hell, than serve in heaven" (1.262-63).21 Fletcher's Book 1 ends with a simile that belittles his devils by comparing...
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The History of Hell

Alice K. Turner - 1993 - 324 pages
...than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last 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! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons set to work on the side of a volcano to build a splendiferous...
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Fellowship in Paradise Lost: Vergil, Milton, Wordsworth, Volume 97

André Verbart - 1995 - 322 pages
...then 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 we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n. (249-63)...
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 pages
...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 drive us hence: Here we...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's temptations and bites the forbidden fruit, the effect is of loss,...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. 7558 Paradise Lost m has justice enough to accuse. 4149 The Deserted Village Sweet Aubum, lovelie in heaven. 7559 Paradise Lost First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and...
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The Many Faces of Evil: Historical Perspectives

Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 pages
...than hee 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 we...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...
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Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa

Lokangaka Losambe, Devi Sarinjeive - 2001 - 170 pages
...from me. (Paradise Lost II, 1 05-1 1 1 ) Here at least We shall be free, the 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. (Paradise Lost II, 258-264) uNosilimela's earlier attitude, emotions and plight mostly echo...
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The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

Ronald Carter, John McRae - 2001 - 598 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made grearer? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Berrer to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's remprations and bires the...
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Speaking of Chinese

Raymond Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang - 2001 - 212 pages
...bit wei niu hou Translation: Better be a cock's beak than a bull's rump. Milton said it another way: "To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" (Paradise Lost, Book I, 262-63). Proverb tin zhu zhe chi tin mo zhe hsi (close) (ver- (person)...
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