 | Elhanan Winchester - 1805 - 364 pàgines
...might' " Extort from me, to bow and fue for grace •• Wi.h fuppliant knee, and deify his pow't. "To reign is worth ambition though in hell ; " Better to reign in hdl'than ferve in Heav'n. . M Which way Ifly is hell ;; myfelf am hell ; . " And in the loweft deep... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pàgines
...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 choice, To reign is worth ambition tho' in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. , But wherefore let we then our faithful... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pàgines
...for his envy — will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reiljn 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pàgines
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 26» Here we may reign fecure, and, in my choice* To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heaven ! Ver. 252. Receive t/iy new pqffeffbur !] This paflagc feems to be an improvement... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pàgines
...at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not buitl Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...least We shall be Free r th' 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...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... | |
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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. 
