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" 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. "
Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton - Page 5
by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...Il peut encor placer, du sein de ses revers , Les enfers dans les cieux, les cieux dans les enfers. "WHat matter where, If I be still the same! And what I should be, all but less than he \Vhom thunder has made greater ? Here, at least, fWe shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built Here...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of Hell, a hell of Heav'n. . 25* What matter where, if I he still the same, And what I should be. all but less than he Whom thunder had made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th.' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : Here at least 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 hell : ' Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pages
...chang'd by place or time. Aud afterwards: Here at least i We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not bnilt Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence: Here...in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit...
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The British Essayists, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...: Here at least We shall be free! th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will net drive ns 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. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...And what I fliould be ; all but lefs than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at leaft We (hall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 26» Here we may reign fecure, and, in my choice* To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 3

John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...hajtjulJiUed; and the words nor enrieft mean, " Nor thinkeft this gift too good for me:" as in B. i. 259. " The Almighty hath not built " Here for his envy, will not drive us hence." Dr. Pearce alfo refers, for the fame fenfe of envy, to Par. Lojt, B. iv. 517, and B, ix. 770. TODD....
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...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, if I be still the same, And what...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,...
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...place or time. The mind is it's 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...hence: Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice * a To reign his worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven, But...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 306 pages
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. And afterwards : -Here at least 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 hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav•n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit...
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