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 ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure,... The Paradise Lost - Sida 51838 - 373 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| John Milton - 1855 - 202 sidor
...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 reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven ! which we have felt the duty of this delightful conformity ; and if there be no such principle... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 sidor
...Receive thy new possessor : one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. And afterwards, — Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sidor
...mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. Book i. Line 261. Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Book i. Line 275. Heard so oft In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Book... | |
| 1858 - 602 sidor
...new possessor. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. The Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will...though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." We have only seen Satan grovelling on the lake, or spreading his drenched and heavy pinions... | |
| 1858 - 746 sidor
...of Heaven." With what graphic power is painted the true character of Satan in thes« words : — " Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Again, observe his unconquerable will in resolving once more to rally bis army, and see... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861 - 816 sidor
...VVe shall be free; thé Almighty hath not built Hère for bis envy ; will not drive us hence : flere we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is...But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associâtes and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish'd on thé oblivious pool ; And call them... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 sidor
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us henee ; 260 Here we may reign seeure, and in my ehoiee To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell, — Better...But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The assoeiates and eopartners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And eall them not... | |
| James Alexander McMullen - 1860 - 170 sidor
...time : The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. AVhat matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should...! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them... | |
| John Milton - 1860 - 574 sidor
...the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at lenjl We shall be free: the Almighty hath not built Here...Heaven! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on th' oblivious pool And call them... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 sidor
...world ! and thou, profoundest hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in...though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." I. 250. Having summoned the scattered hosts and assembled them "At Pandemonium, the high... | |
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