 | 1874 - 596 pages
...great acts of his policy, might have exclaimed on January 24, in the words of Montrose — ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' He played for the largest possible stake, and he played it on a single throw.... | |
 | Literature - 1864 - 764 pages
...whispered in my ear the old verse : " He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert Is small, Wtio dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all." " Hacknied !" I retorted, turning, hut she was gone, and I could only meditate upon the mischievous... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1854 - 934 pages
...despair. Perhaps he remembered the words — F " 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 !" though I hardly think he was likely to have heard these old lines, or to have remembered them if... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Families - 1855 - 428 pages
...swells, in her train ? I daren't ask her — " Here his friend hummed Montrose's lines — " He cither fears his fate too much, or his desert is small, who...If she were to refuse me, I know I should never ask ugain. This isn't the moment, when all Swelldom is at her feet, for me to come forward and say, ' Maiden.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 442 pages
...swells, in her train ? I daren't ask her — " Here his friend hummed Montrose's lines — "He either fears his fate too much, or his desert is small, who...not put it to the touch, and win or lose it all." " O you did ? I thought, when we were at Baden, we were so modest that we did not even whisper our... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1856 - 878 pages
...and playing a number of other sheepish tricks, but saying never a word to the purpose. " ' Either he fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all/ " Rally was entering on her ninetc~..th year when she was one day heard to observe, that men were the... | |
 | What - 1856 - 404 pages
...remarked Adela, " Mr. Clayton is of opinion — ' 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.' And quite right too; it is the best way, I am sure. If anyone came to me for advice that is what I... | |
 | David Hunter Strother - Randolph County (W. Va.) - 1857 - 310 pages
...playing a number of other sheepish tricks, but saying never a word to the purpose. * " ' Either he fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all.' "Sally was entering on her nineteenth year, when she was one day heard to . observe that men were the... | |
 | Frederica Graham - 1858 - 332 pages
...advice, Maud, and keep out of it, no good comes of meddling in other people's love affairs. ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all.' Let Herbert alone; if he can't manage his own business, he does not deserve success." Maud was silent.... | |
 | Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1860 - 294 pages
...mean to lose — anyhow, it is too late to preach or to 'repent. So good night, old fellow. He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all. And as my desert is not small, and as I do not fear my fate a bit, I like the venture. At the worst,... | |
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He either fears his fate too much or his desert is small, who dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all... 
