 | Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 498 pages
...humility, which told Cecilia there must be no triflic-. " ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all.' He put it to the test, and won it all. General Clarendon, indeed, is a man likely to win and keep the... | |
 | 1870 - 846 pages
...take all ordinary risks of the time. " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are srnmll, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all," sings the soldier-minstrel of the cavaliers ; and though the song is of noble things, it will apply... | |
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1845 - 666 pages
...not endure the thought of being indebted for its preservation to false-hood and concealment. I dared to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. What she felt for me should at least be genuine, should be the result of truth. I could not, I dared... | |
 | 1855 - 804 pages
...gallant Marquis of Montrose. "He either Tears bis fate too much, Or his desert's too small, 'I'll u fcars to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." A little later she was standing beside a marble table examining minutely a vase of flowers when a little... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 594 pages
...her greatly by calling her Mademoiselle. Was he angry with her? After various hesitations, whether " to put it to the touch, to win, or lose it all," Eugene made the mamma acquainted with the condition of his affections. A cabinet council of the confessor... | |
 | 1859 - 272 pages
...vague but ineffable gladness dawned softly on the darkness of his heart's slumber. He was not one " Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." One evening he had been talking with Miss Sumner about a novel lately issued, the plot of which gave... | |
 | Mark Napier - Scotland - 1862 - 422 pages
...is sold." General, the Celtic tribes he hoped again to inspire, the royal cause for which he was now to " put it to the touch to win or lose it all," and the whole plan and progress of his campaign, must have kept Montrose for ever in his mind. Claverhouse... | |
 | Charles Reade - English fiction - 1866 - 260 pages
...the words manly: for what says the righting poet? — ." He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." CHAPTER II. Miss PEYTON drew herself up and back by one motion, like a queen at bay; but still she... | |
 | 1871 - 970 pages
...if she is worthy of you she will come to you. " He either dreads his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all." God grant you a home and fireside, Harry, and I will be the indulgent uncle in the chimney-corner.... | |
 | 1867 - 632 pages
...time, my father was down at Atherstone agnin ; and he plunged headlong into the business, determined ' To put it to the touch — To win or lose it all.' The Earl was greatly annoyed — at first very angry ; and (but quite without reason) displeased with... | |
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He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who fears to put it to the touch, To win or lose it all. 
