 | Confessor - 1851 - 304 페이지
...have unravelled the mystery of the foregoing narrative, remained unrecorded. CHAPTER II. 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 ! JAMBS, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. SINCE the events recorded in our fourteenth chapter,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 478 페이지
...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, Who 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 페이지
...heart, I'll never love thee more. Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone; My thoughts shall evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert's too small, That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all. But I must rule and... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 페이지
...confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, I'll call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone...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 to... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 578 페이지
...sentiment of my old hero Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fenrs his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 페이지
...with impunity." I replied to this affectionate expostulation in the words of Montrose — " He cither fears his fate too much. Or his deserts are small, Who dares not pnt it to the touch To gain or lose it all." 1 The lady with whom Sir Walter Scott held this conversation,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 608 페이지
...Montrose, and to say to myself, that in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, t ir his deserts are small, Who 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... | |
 | 1854 - 356 페이지
...confusion have a part, Which virtuous souls abhor, I'll call a synod in my heart, And never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone...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 to... | |
 | Martha McCannon Thomas - 1854 - 410 페이지
...she believed him to be thinking of George and Ellen. Presently he repeated, sotto voce, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all." She gave him a quick glance ; he had reseated himself, and his face had a very silent expression :... | |
 | Caroline Grautoff - 1854 - 332 페이지
...success — how bright the future looked — that future but lately so dark and so dreary : " 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." Walter did hope, in spite of himself; and when he left town, and came down to... | |
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I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I 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. 
