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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 460
by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882
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The Paradise Lost of Milton, Volume 1

1827 - 294 pages
...he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built 259 Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here...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,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author

John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall he free; the Almighty hath not huilt Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here...reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven ! I5ut wherefore let we then...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 255 What matter where, il i be'slill U1U y;l!«b'," * And what I should be ; all but less 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 : 26O Here we may reign secure,...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall he free ; the Almighty hath not huilt Here for his envy; will not drive us hence : Here...reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n. 255 What matter where, if 1 be still the same, And what I should be, all but less...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 : 240 recover'd...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...terribles ombres! 4The 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...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

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...place or 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...reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reigu in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates aml copartuers of our loss,...
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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...possessor, one who hrings A mind not to he changed hy place or time. And afterward : Here at least Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign...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 Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 932 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: -Here at least We shall be free! tb' bell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places...
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