...high.* To a Lady sinying a Song of his composing. MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. 1612-1650. 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. Song " MtJ Dear and only Looe." I '11 make thee glorious by my pen, And famous by my sword. lb'd. *...

...impunity." I replied to this affectionate 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...

...covering the Danish retreat ! CHAPTER V. HOW THE PRUSSIANS LOST AN OPPORTUNITY. " 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." MONTHOSE'B LOVE SONG. RAPIDLY following in their enemies' footsteps, Marshal Wrangel...

...a sort of gay defiance that — " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Wbo dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all!" Of his company are Sir Richard Lovelace, flying to the wars, and consoling his sweet for the inconstancy,...

...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. 8* '-V But I will reign and govern still, And always give the law, And have each subject at my will,...

...conclusion she fell asleep at last. " He either feara his fate too much Or his deserts are small That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all." Everard was not wanting in courage, but one must confess that his hand trembled as he put together...

...gallant Montrose : — • Ho either fears his fate too much, Or bis deserta are email. That (lures not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all !' What a mercy that tho privileges of an incognito surround us ! Were it not for these, we should...

...would end the matter ere long; and I thought the while of the song of Moutrose, ' He cither fears his fate too much. Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all !' BEAUTIFUL NAMES. III. ROSALIE. ' When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name. ' SHAKESPEARK....

...right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. Scott. 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. Scott, Intro. Chron. Canong. BANDY — see Coxcomb. He was perfumed like a milliner ; And "twixt his...

...extent to which he was involved, but persisted to the end in the course which he 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. (,';esar felt that his own powers deserved had originally chosen. When he ultimately...