 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 ; th...  The Spectator - Page 251publié par - 1810Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ! Here at least We shall be free ; the L W in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 552 pages
...LECT. n. fectly agrees with truth and nature. We might almost imagine that Satan actually exclaimed, "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven." May not something take place amongst these fallen spirits similar to what we know often... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...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 ; th' Almighty hath...though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." Perhaps of all the passages in Paradise Lost, the descrip tion of the employments of the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonrum are well worthy of the place and the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...We shall be free; th' Almighty halli not built Here for his envy / will not drive us hence ; Herewe may reign secure; and in my choice, To reign is worth...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my bane. I cannot bear him ; One heav'n and earth can never hold us both, : Still... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...the two following examples. though not expressed, is, in Mr. Walker's opinion, clearly implied. 1. "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign' in hell than serve'/ in heaven."* 2. " I would rather be the first' man in that vitlage than the se'cond in Rome'." General... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...13. Forever is not a category that can establish itself in this world of time. — Carlyle. 14. 'I'n reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Milton. 15. In the sands of Africa and Arabia the camel is a sacred and precious gift. —... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...Note. — In the following examples the treble emphasis, though not is evidently implied. EXAMPLES. 1. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign' in helP than serve1 in heaver?. 2. I would rather be \hefirst? man in that village'' than the second!... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...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 ; th' Almighty hath...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
...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 '" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition... | |
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