 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3821852Full view - About this book
 | David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...raignes" (1.20), rings changes on the proverbial Caesarian sentiment that Milton's Satan will echo: "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: / Better to reign in Hell, than serve in heaven" (1.262-63).21 Fletcher's Book 1 ends with a simile that belittles his devils by comparing... | |
 | Alice K. Turner - Devil in art - 1993 - 324 pages
...should be, all but less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last 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! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons set to work on the side of a volcano to build a splendiferous... | |
 | André Verbart - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1995 - 322 pages
...be, all but less then he Whom Thunder 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, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n. (249-63)... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - English language - 1997 - 613 pages
...heaven. 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...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's temptations and bites the forbidden fruit, the effect is of loss,... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - Religion - 1998 - 310 pages
...the famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: 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. 391 While Job, like Milton's Satan, has no particular love for the netherworld per se, he... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. 7558 Paradise Lost m has justice enough to accuse. 4149 The Deserted Village Sweet Aubum, lovelie in heaven. 7559 Paradise Lost First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and... | |
 | Judith A. Stein - Bible - 1999 - 180 pages
...the "fixt mind" can at least mock the creator of the situation: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence. (I, 258ff) When his fellows are involved Satan is likely to use a broader and more direct mockery that... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - English language - 2001 - 598 pages
...if I be still the same. And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made grearer? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Berrer to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's remprations and bires the... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - Good and evil - 2001 - 376 pages
...should be, all but less than hee 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 Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss... | |
 | Raymond Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 212 pages
...bit wei niu hou Translation: Better be a cock's beak than a bull's rump. Milton said it another way: "To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" (Paradise Lost, Book I, 262-63). Proverb tin zhu zhe chi tin mo zhe hsi (close) (ver- (person)... | |
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