 | John Walker - 1799 - 438 страници
...the common arrangement of emphatic inflexion, though contrary to the ftrongert fenfe of the paflage : To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell, than/irrw in heaven. Moft readers, I fay, in repeating thefe lines, will pronounce the laft line as... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 страници
...of hell, a hell of heav'n. What matter where, if I he stiil the same, And what I should he, all hut less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall he free ' th' Almighty hath not huilt Here for his envy, will not drive us hence i Here we may reign... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 страници
...all but let thr.n he Whom thunder huth made j.rcaterf Here at laaft We fhall be free ; th' Almight)- hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we rmiy reign fecure, and in my choice To rei^n is worth ambition though in Hell : Better... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 страници
...itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 255 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less 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 : 260 Here we may reign secure,... | |
 | 1803 - 372 страници
...possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards, , Here at last We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here...will not drive us hence ; Here we may reign secure ; *nd in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 страници
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards, > Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built :Here for his envy ; will...secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - 1805 - 364 страници
...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 страници
...be , all but less than he "Whom thunder has made greater ? Here , at least, "We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 страници
...all but less than he \Vhom thunder has made greater ? Here, at least, fWe shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...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 страници
...should be. all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; 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 reiljn is worth ambition though in Hell : Better... | |
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What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? 
