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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. "
The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Page 13
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Paradise Lost: A Poem

John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...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 : Here we may reign secure ; — and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reigu in Hell...
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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...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 is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in...
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Œuvres complètes, Volume 35

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...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 : Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in hell : Retter to reign in hell , than...
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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' secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in bell, than...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free : the Almighty hath not built Sere 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: Jetter to reign in hell, than...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...bringe A mind mil to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards: Here at leaet We shall be free ! th1 Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign ie worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than...
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Paradis perdu: de Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...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 : Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than...
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Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...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 : Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in bell : Better to reign in hell , than...
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Le paradis perdu, Volume 1

John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; wilj not drive us hence : Here we may reign secùïe ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in hell : Better to reign in hell , than serve in heaven. " But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , The associates...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell than...
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