 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 470 pages
...in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who'Mires not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." To the particulars explanatory of the plan of these Chronicles, which the reader is presented with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 pages
...sentiment of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." To the particulars explanatory of the plan of these Chronicles, which the reader is presented with... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1833 - 940 pages
...with impunity.' I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose, — ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.' "'If I fail,' I said,— for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, — '... | |
 | 1833 - 490 pages
...replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose, — • ' He either fears bis fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.' " ' If I fail,' I said, — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, —... | |
 | 1833 - 490 pages
...affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose, — ' He either fears his fate too much, Or bis deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.' " ' If I fail,' I said, — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, —... | |
 | 1835 - 418 pages
...will reign, And I will reign alone, My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. But I will reign, and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...reign, And I will reign alone, My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either feurs his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it alL But 1 will reign, and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject... | |
 | 1837 - 598 pages
...with impunity.' I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose:— ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' ' If I fail,' I said,—for the dialogue is strong in my recollection,— 'it is a sign that I ought... | |
 | Thomas Oliphant - 1837 - 376 pages
...beautiful song, " My dear and only love," breathes a similar sentiment of chivalrous feeling : " He either fears his fate too much, " Or his deserts are small ; " Who dares not put it to the test, " To gain — or lose it all." IX. As I beheld, I saw a'herdman wild With his sheephook a picture... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 pages
...affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose : . i ' He either fears hie fate too much, Or hie deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' ' If I fail,' I said — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, ' it is a sign that I ought... | |
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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. 
