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 be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure,... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Seite 124von John Milton - 1855 - 858 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 Seiten
...pl.ice or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n cf Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 560 Here we may reign secure,... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 Seiten
...brings A mind not to be changed by 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,...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... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 255 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 360 Here we may reign secure,... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 Seiten
...or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. 255 What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by 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,...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... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...brings A mind not to be chang'd by 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,...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... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 306 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| 1852 - 798 Seiten
...heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he WThom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...choice To reign is 'worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonium... | |
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