| John Milton - 1853 - 374 Seiten
...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 But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,... | |
| Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1854 - 192 Seiten
...heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same? And what I should he, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater....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 - 1855 - 564 Seiten
...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...The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 900 Seiten
...own place,J 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...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : The superiority of Milton in noire and compression is striking. Spenser breaks his descriptions into... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 644 Seiten
...Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but 5 less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here...choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Not by the sufferance of supernal power. 1 Rather read " winds," with Pearce. 2 The Cape di Faro, a... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 542 Seiten
...Receive thy new possessor : one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. And afterwards, — Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 Seiten
...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...The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonished on the" oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 Seiten
...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 I should be ; all but...choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Setter to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n ! A great conjunction of little words ! Are monosyllables... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 664 Seiten
...of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but5 less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here...my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : 1 Rather read " winds," with Pearee. 2 The Cape di Faro, a- promontory of Sicily, about a mile and... | |
| 1858 - 602 Seiten
...new possessor. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. The Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will...though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." We have only seen Satan grovelling on the lake, or spreading his drenched and heavy pinions... | |
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