 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 614 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... | |
 | Georgiana Fullerton - 1846 - 380 pages
...disdain A rival in my throne. He cither fears his fate too much , Or his deserts are small, Who dnres not put it to the touch To win or lose it all. "Would you stand this, Miss Moore?" "Why," she said, as her fingers ran carelessly over the keys, "I... | |
 | 1853 - 976 pages
...sought, then ; and bid the Varangian, whom he left below, attend me here." CHAPTER IV. " 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." SIB EDWABD DE BTTSHTOX had walked forth into the en with a lighter \ieort, sessed. The great difficulty... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1847 - 168 pages
...her quite happy, and returned to Beech Park. CHAPTER LV1I. " He either fears his fate too Jiuch, i Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all." Marquis of MONTKO s E . TIME rolled on, but no event occurred in Grizzy's life... | |
 | 1880 - 492 pages
...CHAPTER XII. (CONCLUSION.) " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who darns not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." really doesn't matter, as I have nothing particular on hand. I wonder who my visitor is." "Mr. Grahame,"... | |
 | England - 1850 - 456 pages
...I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My soul did evermore disdain A rival in my throne. 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. Then in the empire of thy heart, Where I alone would be, If others should pretend a part, Or dare to... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1850 - 596 pages
...reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too mueh, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the toueh, To gain or lose it all." So might have sung, at all events, James Graham, the " Great Marquis... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 478 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... | |
 | Confessor - 1851 - 304 pages
...have unravelled the mystery of the foregoing narrative, remained unrecorded. CHAPTER II. 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 ! JAMBS, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. SINCE the events recorded in our fourteenth chapter, time had held on... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...held with Montrose, twenty years after : " He either fears his fate too mucb, Or his desert is email, Who dares not put it to the touch To win or lose it all." And much as Ford's eft'ort is below his teacher's, it is undoubtedly a very creditable composition. We... | |
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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. 
