 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 362 Seiten
...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 gain or lose it all." i [The lady with whom Sir Walter Scott held this conversation, was, no doubt, his aunt, Miss Christian... | |
 | Robert B. M. Binning - 1857 - 462 Seiten
...with the illfated Montrose: — " 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 whole army was in favour of this measure, but the moollah-hood violently opposed it. The ambitious... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 374 Seiten
...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 gain or lose it all." 1 [The lady with whom Sir Walter Scott held this conversation, was, no doubt, his aunt, Miss Christian... | |
 | John Langton Sanford - 1858 - 760 Seiten
...evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He cither fears his fate too much,. Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all. in. But I will reign and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject at my will, And... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1858 - 330 Seiten
...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 gain or lose it all." Somehow these lines floated in upon Huntley's mind as he stood gazing upon the summer landscape. To... | |
 | John Langton Sanford - 1858 - 672 Seiten
...evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch. To gain or lose it all. III. But I will reign and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject at my will,... | |
 | David Masson - 1873 - 770 Seiten
...evermore disdain A rival on my throne : He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all." Alas! iii a Scotland abject under a squint-eyed Argyle, with Loudoun and Warriston for liis lieutenants,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1859 - 406 Seiten
...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 gain or lose it all." Somehow these lines floated in upon Huntley's mind as he stood gazing upon the summer landscape. To... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1859 - 400 Seiten
...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 gain or lose it all." Somehow these lines floated in upon Huntley's mind as he stood gazing upon the summer landscape. To... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1861 - 320 Seiten
...fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win orlóse it all.' * If I fail,' I said — for the dialogue is strong in my recollection, 4 it is a sign that I ought never to have succeeded, and I will write prose for life : you shall see... | |
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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 I ought never to have succeeded, and I will 
