 | S. M. Stirling, David Drake - 2003 - 561 ページ
...messers," he said, raising his cup. "He fears his fate too much, and his desserts are small, who will not put it to the touch — to win or lose it all." "Where're we going, Corporal?" rifleman Minatelli murmured. The 24th Valencia were tramping down the... | |
 | Lars Anderson - 2004 - 279 ページ
...football field to the battlefield. 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. — EARL OF MONTROSE, a seventeenth-century Scortish commander Une ALL AMERICANS PART ONE D-DAY THE... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1854 - 986 ページ
...The General agreed with Montrosc : — He either fears hie fate too much, Or his deserts are email, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. In pursuance of this doughty 38 The General's Comforters. 39 resolution, our veteran warrior took advantage... | |
 | John Oman - 1921 - 308 ページ
...high heart upon our own enterprise. 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. To this reproach Peter was never exposed. To be young is to feel that the world is before us, with all... | |
 | J. B. Mackenzie - 1898 - 192 ページ
...— may be appropriately cited : " 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." LINE 404.— The "Royal Grant." This gift was spontaneously bestowed upon Johnson by the Indians —... | |
 | Maitland club, Glasgow - 1850 - 572 ページ
...germain to the matter of love ; / ' 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.' But (and we recommend the fact to the particular attention of Lord Mahon) although this well-known... | |
 | Belgravia - 1875 - 760 ページ
...They are to the effect that " 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." Now, old fellow, it's absurd to suppose that your deserts are small ; so the only thing left to suppose... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1893 - 592 ページ
...when he wrote the fine lines : " He cither fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." But many more fail where the few succeed, simply because they are above using what they have. This... | |
 | 1875 - 618 ページ
...They are to the effect that " 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." Now, old fellow, it's absurd to suppose that your deserts are small ; so the only thing left to suppose... | |
 | 1884 - 588 ページ
...heart is in his handsome eyes. " 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 quote, smiling mischievously across a pile of music. Ah, he loves me, after all, and I shall be glad... | |
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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. 
