 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 C. L. Gibson - 1981 - 236 sidor
...Arch-fiend's Promethean-like boast, spat forth from the infernal regions: Here at last We shall be free . . . Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. THE RECKONING— THE SERPENT Genesis 3:14-15 and dust you shall eat all the days of your... | |
 | Liz Greene - 1984 - 384 sidor
...civilisation and reflection becomes a genuine one, and dignifies the nobility of the human spirit. SCORPIO Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Milton, Paradise Lost We have met in preceding chapters the realm of the archaic Mother... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 sidor
...famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the birthday curse... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 sidor
...entire discourse stands in massive opposition to the third element of Kierkegaard's triad, necessity: Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of one who would make a choice out of a necessity. The... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 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...Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and co-partners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on th' oblivious pool, And call them... | |
 | Alice K. Turner - 1993 - 324 sidor
...should be, all but less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons set to work on the side of a volcano to build a splendiferous... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 sidor
...hell, where he will be free and reign supreme: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where,...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's temptations and bites the forbidden fruit, the effect is of loss,... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 sidor
...the famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 391 While Job, like Milton's Satan, has no particular love for the netherworld per se, he... | |
 | Richard Bradford - 2001 - 236 sidor
...tenacity has evolved into composure and authority The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of helL a hell of heaven What matter where,...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. (I: 254-63) While not altering the substance of Genesis, Milton's style would remind contemporary... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 sidor
...should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss... | |
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