 | William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1863 - 330 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Claire Weissman Wilks - 1980 - 164 pàgines
...him to you. Tennyson I never loved a tree or flower but 'twas the soonest to decay. Arnold 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 Who changes the name and not the letter Changes for worse and not the better. Tis... | |
 | Jane Millgate - 1987 - 242 pàgines
...Marquis of Montrose; see, for example, his letter to Lady Abercorn ot 9 September 1809: 'He either tears his fate too much / Or his deserts are small / Who dares not put it to the touch / To win or lose it all' (L n, 239). See also his quotation of the same stanza in the 1830 Introduction... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 1996 - 260 pàgines
...Democratic politicians. Fear, n. A sense of the total depravity of the immediate future. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch Who'd rather pass than call. Earl ofMontrose Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually... | |
 | Duncan A. Bruce - 1998 - 404 pàgines
...Scotland's greatest soldiers, Montrose was also an accomplished poet. His most famous verse runs: "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."6 Hamish Hamilton British-American publisher who was an airplane pilot and rowed... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 438 pàgines
...Democratic politicians. Fear, n. A sense of the total depravity of the immediate future. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch — Who'd rather pass than call. Earl ofMontrose. Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually... | |
 | Anne Bogart - 2001 - 170 pàgines
...alleviates the risk of failure but at the same time there is also no possibility of advancement. He either fears his fate too much Or his deserts are small Who dares not put it to the torch To win or lose it all. I learned about the Japanese word irimi while studying Aikido, a Japanese... | |
 | Edward T. Dunn - 2005 - 84 pàgines
...Lady of the Lake, states of the need to take a risk, necessary to be creative, as follows: He either fears his fate too much Or his deserts are small Who dares not put it to the test? To gain or lose it all. (Editorial: As a college teacher of holistic health, I have come to believe... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2005 - 277 pàgines
...by another effort in the same kind, he gaily quoted the words of Montrose: He either fears his late too much Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. The result Justified his confidence; for not only was The Lady of the Lake as successful... | |
 | Andrew Michael Chugg - 2007 - 325 pàgines
...the minaret of the later Qait Bey fortress (author's collection) 5. The Shrine of the Caesars Like Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone; My...fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all. James Graham, Marquis of Montrose In the... | |
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I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. 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. 
