 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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!... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 362 pagina’s
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence ; 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 '" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1846 - 350 pagina’s
....ilmiirHy hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence ; 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 !" I might multiply passages of the same kind ; but I dare only allude to the proposition... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pagina’s
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 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. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
 | Émile Frensdorff - 1846 - 218 pagina’s
...ténèbres, on pourrait conférer Milton, Paradis perdu, I, 260,: 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. La même idée se reproduit liv. II , v. 255 : Preferring Hard liberty before the easy yoke... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pagina’s
...Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 6. 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. 7. A black and hollow vault, Where day is never seen ; there shines no sun, But flaming... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pagina’s
...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 : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss... | |
 | Sir James Stephen, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1848 - 356 pagina’s
...Here for Аis cnctt, will not drive us hence ; Here we may reigu •ecure, and in my choice To reigu 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 dare only allude to the proposition... | |
 | Gabriel GOODFELLOW (pseud.) - 1849 - 298 pagina’s
...Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 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 ! This, in all probability, was one of the earliest, and is, beyond all question, one of... | |
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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. 
