 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 Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 124by John Milton - 1855 - 858 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where,...choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if 1 n Aikin : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be , all , but less than he Whom Mulinier hath made greater ! Here at least We shall be free...choice To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven. » But wherefore let we then our faithful friends... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 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...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." Perhaps of all the passages in Paradise Lost, the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater 1 Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for His envy, will not...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonrum... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...should be. all but less than he Whom thunder Imih made greater? Here, at tout We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not...in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in belt : Itetter to reign in hell, than serve in Heaven. He is my ¿nn?. I cannot bear him ; One heuv'n... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 362 pages
...itself Can make a beaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if 1 be still the same 1 Jtnd what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven '" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...place, or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater? Here 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,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 350 pages
...all out lees than he Whom tknnder hath made greater. Here at least We shall be free ; the .ilmiirHy hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven !" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...or time : The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 295 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...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 : Better... | |
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