 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 페이지
...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.... | |
 | Bruce Zuckerman - 1998 - 310 페이지
...free; th'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 Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the birthday... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 페이지
...Kierkegaard's triad, necessity: 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 Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of one who would make a choice out of a necessity.... | |
 | David Quint - 1993 - 448 페이지
...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 - 1993 - 324 페이지
...free; th' 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 Heav'n! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons set to work on the side of a volcano to build... | |
 | André Verbart - 1995 - 322 페이지
...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) It is possible that Satan sees the irony in the word "secure" in line... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 페이지
...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 is worth ambition, 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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 페이지
...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, l serve in heaven. 7559 Paradise Lost First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice,... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 페이지
...free; th' 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 Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our... | |
 | Victoria Silver - 2001 - 432 페이지
...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 is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. (LM 1.242-63) The noble temper of this speech is deceptive, if only because the stoicism... | |
| |
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. 
