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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. "
Development of English Literature and Language - Page 481
by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n cf Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be,...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 560 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...The mind is its own place, and in 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,...built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 360 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better...
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same ? And what I should...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 may reign secure,...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...The mind is its own place, and in 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,...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...Receive thy new possessor : one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards, > Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath...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...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...matter where , If I be still the same! And what I should be , all but less than he "Whom thunder has made greater ? Here , at least, "We shall be free;...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...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...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...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...What matter where, if I he still the same, And what I should be. all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th.'...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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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : Here at least We shall be free ! th' Almighty hath...though in hell : ' Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...chang'd by place or time. Aud afterwards: Here at least i We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not bnilt Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence: Here...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the...
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