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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. "
The Quarterly Review - Página 195
1876
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The Laird of Norlaw: A Scottish Story

Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1859 - 406 páginas
...full of thought, turning over half unconsciously in his mind the words of his adviser. " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, "Who dares not put it to the touch, To gam or lose it all." Somehow these lines floated in upon Huntley's mind as he stood gazing upon the...
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The Waverley Novels, Volumen41

Walter Scott - 1860 - 476 páginas
...the 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...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 páginas
...CHAPTER XXVII. THE ABBK'tf SALAD. ' He cither fears hi.s fate too much, Or bis deserts arc small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all.' ' AND Mademoiselle's witnesses ? ' inquired the notary, when he had accommodated the ladies with chairs....
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Market Harborough: Or, How Mr. Sawyer Went to the Shires

George John Whyte-Melville - 1861 - 412 páginas
...and strong his arm, That bears from me the meed ; " varied by the resolute sentiment— " 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 ! " One or other of these romantic stanzas was continually on Mr. Sawyer's lips....
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John Arnold, by the author of 'Mathew Paxton'.

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1862 - 346 páginas
...reading — I wonder where it came from, or how it came to my hands here — I read : " ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small,...not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.' and so I have in this particular ventured all, and gained, not lost, all, as you may see." "Verily,...
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Legends of Strathisla, Inverness-shire, and Strathbogie: With an Appendix ...

R. Sim - 1862 - 206 páginas
...One venturous game our hands have won to-day, Another, gallants, yet remains to play." " He cither fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or loose it all." INTKO. TO THE LADY OF THE LAKE. OLD KEITH is a town of very great, although not very...
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Market Harborough; or, How mr. Sawyer went to the shires [by G.J ..., Volumen60

George John Whyte- Melville - 1862 - 446 páginas
...and strong his arm, That bears from me the meed;" varied by the resolute sentiment — " 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 !" One or other of these romantic stanzas was continually on Mr. Sawyer's lips....
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Brisée

1862 - 268 páginas
...Montrose's Love Song — he had been copying it for Clare ; he picked it up and read — '• 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." "I accept the omen," he said aloud, rising ; "the brave old Marquis was...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...2. Oh I now I find where your ambition drives. DRYDEN. — Spanish Friar, Act I. Scene I. 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. SCOTT. — Intro, to Chron. of the Canongate, Vol. XIX. He that climbs the tall...
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Scrapegrace at sea; or, Soldiers afloat and sailors ashore, Volumen3

William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1863 - 330 páginas
...case stands without any circumlocution. " What said the gallant marquis of Montrose : " lie 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." " Yes, my dear Scapegrace," said Montagu ; " but when you quote the gallant marquis...
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