...the emphatick inflections. Thus in the following passage of Milton, (Paradise Lost, Book I. v. 262 .) To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven : The words heaven and hell, in the last line, besides the common antithesis which they form...

...performing his own will, and consents to be a lover of pleasure, more than of God without declaring, . ' " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven !'* I would not insinuate that all unholy beings have the same degree of wickedness : but...

...least We shall be Free r th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : 260 Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign...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,...

...or beggars. " O rico, o pinjada," rich, or hanged, "neck, or nothing." Milton makes Lucifer say, " To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven." But the adage seems to have a special reference to the respect usually paid to idiots. In Turkey, and in...

...of the finest characteristic passages in the Paradise Lost. Satan in triumphant despair exclaims -" In my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell ; Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." Which is precisely the sentiment expressed by Stafford. A reader who is well acquainted...

...than he WThom 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...heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss, Lie thus astonish M on the oblivious pool, And call them...

...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 drive us hence: Here we...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven." The whole of the speeches and debates in Pandemonium are well worthy of the place and the...

...Here at least We shall be free ! lh' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive as hence : Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice...though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Amidst those impieties which this enraged spirit utters in other places of the poem, the...

...than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Come, sister, come !" (it said, or seem'd to say)...sister, come away ! Once like thyself, I trembled, in Heaven. Hut where-fore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and copartners of our loss,...

...Princedoms, Virtues, and that fine characteristic passage, put into the mouth of the rebellious Satan, " Here we may reign secure ; and in my choice To reign...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven !" Now read the following passage in a prose author, who wrote while Milton was yet almost...