 | 1874 - 596 str.
...exclaimed on January 24, in the words of Montrose — ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' He played for the largest possible stake, and he played it on a single throw. One week he was a powerful... | |
 | 1837 - 540 str.
...did ever more disdain A rival to my throne. " 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. " Then in the empire of thy heart. Where I alone would be, If others should pretend a part, Or dare... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 470 str.
...in literature, as in war, " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who'Mires not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." To...that the lady, termed in his narrative, Mrs Bethune Balliol, was designed to shadow out in its leading points the interesting character of a dear friend... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 484 str.
...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...that the lady, termed in his narrative, Mrs. Bethune Balliol, was designed to shadow out in its leading points the interesting character of a dear friend... | |
 | 1837 - 598 str.
...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 is a sign that I ought... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 610 str.
...expostulation in the words of Montrose : ' He either fears Ilia fate too much, Or his deserts are smull, 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 is a sign that I ought... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 str.
...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 strong1 in my recollection, ' it is a sign that I ought... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 str.
...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 is a sign that I ought... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1843 - 236 str.
...sanguine." " Do you not know ?" asked Charles : " 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!" And in half an hour he was gallopping to Teynton Park. » Some two hours subsequently, as Colonel Abberley... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 524 str.
...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...that the lady, termed in his narrative, Mrs. Bethune Balliol, was designed to shadow out in its leading points the interesting character of a dear friend... | |
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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. 
