 | William Babington Maxwell - 1922 - 408 ページ
...Chouette's, but somewhere else. 'He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who will not put it to the touch To win or lose it all.' That's as true of cards as of love." They had been talking of a polite gambling hell that both frequented,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 976 ページ
...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...Chronicles, which the reader is presented with in chapter i1 by the imaginary editor, Mr. Croftangry, I have now to add, that the lady, termed in his narrative... | |
 | 1910 - 620 ページ
...with a few lines of poetry. "He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small Who durst not put it to the touch, To win or lose It all." CORRESPONDENT. BRANCH No. 18, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Branch No. 18 meets as usual the first and third Mondays... | |
 | George Gissing, Algernon Gissing, Ellen Gissing - 1927 - 440 ページ
...Petersburg business ; but — " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." I suppose I shall have to become frightfully learned in politics — especially Irish matters — for... | |
 | John Buchan - 1928 - 444 ページ
...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 win or lose it all. And in the Empire of thine heart Where I should solely be, It others do pretend a part Or dare to vie... | |
 | John North - 1953 - 312 ページ
...Sir Bernard Montgomery wrote: He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. If only because success speedily dimmed the inherent danger of the enterprise, it is well to record... | |
 | 1906 - 726 ページ
...a sort of desperate mockery : He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. Yes — Yes ! That was best. " To win or lose it all." He whispered the last line over again ; and... | |
 | Andrew Greig - 1997 - 294 ページ
...something of the life he chose to live. He either fears his fate too much or his deserts are small, that dares not put it to the touch to win or lose it all. Joe Simpson Sheffield, August 1997 Foreword The characters who appear in this book may bear only a... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 454 ページ
...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...Chronicles, which the reader is presented with in Chapter n. by the imaginary Editor, Mr. Croftangry, I have now to add, that the lady, termed in his narrative,... | |
 | Edwin Lester Linden Arnold - 2003 - 222 ページ
...of the ether has said — " 'He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who will not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' It seems to me you must either bustle and fight again, or sit tamely down, and by paying the coward's... | |
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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 win or lose it all. 
