| English poetry - 1866 - 392 pages
...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 at my will, And all... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1866 - 800 pages
...and education, to blecs a country heart and adorn a country life. He remembered that — ' Ho either fears his fate too much. Or his deserts are small, Who dares not pnt it to ihe touch, And win— or lose it all.' He would put his fate to the touch to-morrow before... | |
| American literature - 1880 - 1210 pages
...conclusion she fell asleep at last. " He either feara his fate too much Or his deserts are small That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all." Everard was not wanting in courage, but one must confess that his hand trembled as he put together... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1866 - 698 pages
...gallant Montrose : — • Ho either fears his fate too much, Or bis deserta are email. That (lures not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all !' What a mercy that tho privileges of an incognito surround us ! Were it not for these, we should... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. Scott. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. Scott, Intro. Chron. Canong. BANDY — see Coxcomb. He was perfumed like a milliner ; And "twixt his... | |
| English fiction - 1871
...might, I would end the matter ere long; and I thought the while of the song of Moutrose, ' He cither fears his fate too much. Or his deserts are small,...dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all !' BEAUTIFUL NAMES. III. ROSALIE. ' When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name. ' SHAKESPEARK.... | |
| American periodicals - 1867 - 850 pages
...dismay at the extent to which he was involved, but persisted to the end in the course which he He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch To win or lose it all. (,';esar felt that his own powers deserved had originally chosen. When he ultimately... | |
| 1873 - 758 pages
...renewed his attentions, and in an evil hour took unto himself the counsel of the old ballad, ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch. And win or lose it all.' He did put it to the touch ; and Eleanor's answer was simple and decided.... | |
| English fiction - 1872 - 858 pages
...attentions, and in an evil hour took unto himself the counsel of the old ballad, ' lie cither fears liis fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all.' He did put it to the touch ; and Eleanor's answer was simple and decided.... | |
| Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 664 pages
...Thus he sat; and when the company retired we left him there, still smoking and thinking." " He either fears his fate too much Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To wiu or lose it all." He staked every tiling upon it ; and relenting Fortune, tir of battling against... | |
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