 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...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...though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 362 pages
...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...though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven '" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 350 pages
...least We shall be free ; the .ilmiirHy hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence ; Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven !" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 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...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners of our loss,... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...fit habitation, fraught with fire Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 6. Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice, To reign...though in hell ; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. 7. A black and hollow vault, Where day is never seen ; there shines no sun, But flaming... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...fit habitation, fraught with fire Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 6. Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice, To reign...though in hell ; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. 7. A black and hollow vault, Where day is never seen ; there shines no sun, But flaming... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 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...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... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Gabriel GOODFELLOW (pseud.) - 1849 - 298 pages
...least We shall tie 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...though in Hell. BETTER TO REIGN in Hell than SERVE in Heaven ! This, in all probability, was one of the earliest, and is, beyond all question, one of... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 200 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...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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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... 
