| Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 120 páginas
...with impunity." I replied to this affectionate expostulation, in the words of Montrose, 11 He cither fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all." If I fail, I said, it is a sign I ought never to have succeeded, and I will write prose for life :... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1833 - 940 páginas
...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,...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, — ' it is a sign that I ought... | |
| 1833 - 490 páginas
...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, — ' it is a sign that... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 páginas
...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... | |
| 1833 - 490 páginas
...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, — ' it is a sign that... | |
| 1833 - 492 páginas
...in the words of Montrose, — . ' He either fears his fate too much, Or hk deserts arc small, \Vhn 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, — ' it is a sign that... | |
| 1835 - 418 páginas
...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,...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... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 páginas
...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 at my will, And... | |
| 1837 - 598 páginas
...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 win or lose it all.' ' If I fail,' I said,—for the dialogue is strong in my recollection,— 'it... | |
| Thomas Oliphant - 1837 - 376 páginas
...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... | |
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