 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same ? And what I should be, all but...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 - 1801 - 396 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...Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, 265 Lie thus astonish'd on th' oblivious pool, And call... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : 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. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...chang'd by place or time. Aud afterwards: Here at least i We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not bnilt Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence: Here...though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...than lie Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not buitl Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss, Lie tbusastonisli'd on th' oblivious pool, And cull them... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 306 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : -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. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
 | 1852 - 798 pages
...heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he WThom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall...The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish M on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...should be, all but less than he 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 Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonium are well worthy of the place and the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I he ethinlu a spirit calls, And more than Echoes talk...sister, come away ! Once like thyself, I trembled, in Heaven. Hut where-fore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. '. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be ; all but...reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth amhition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then... | |
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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; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and... 
