 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 294 pages
...at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here tor his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, tho' in helM Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...not built Here for his envy, will not drive us henee : Here we may reign seeure, and, in my ehoiee, irlond hadde he sette upon his hede, As gret as it were for an alestake ; A bokeler hadde But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' assoeiates and eopartners of our loss, Lie thus... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 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 ! But wherefore let we, then, our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners of our... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...if I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which different individuals acquire an ascendency... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 528 pages
...I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater '( Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. It is interesting to trace the different ways in which different individuals acquire an ascendency... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...at least We shall he free; the Almighty hath not huilt Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven ! I5ut wherefore let we then... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : 26O Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven !v -rt But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...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 is worth ambition, though in hell : 240 recover'd strength'] Revigorate, resumed, recovering, reviving, self-raised, self-recovered.... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...the following examples the treble emphasis, though not expressed, is evidently implied. EXAMPLES. 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 village'' than the tecond' in Rome\ THE ANTECEDENT.... | |
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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. 
