| 1860 - 860 páginas
...you are a fool, Rex. Why, you have been betting about it just as if it were a certainty.' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all. And as my desert is not small, and as I do not fear my fate ;\ bit, I like the venture. At the worst... | |
| Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1860 - 294 páginas
...mean to lose — anyhow, it is too late to preach or to 'repent. So good night, old fellow. He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all. And as my desert is not small, and as I do not fear my fate a bit, I like the venture. At the worst,... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1861 - 804 páginas
...moves, rise roses, hyacinths, and ambrosial odours. Don't talk to me about poverty, sir ! He either fears his fate too much or his desert is small, who...dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all ! Haven't I endured poverty ? Am I not as poor now as a man can be — and what is there in it ? Do... | |
| sir Henry Stewart Cunningham - 1861 - 430 páginas
...to lose — anyhow, it is too late to preach or to repent. So, good night, old fellow. " ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all.' And as my desert is not small, and as I do not fear my fate a bit, I like the venture. At the worst... | |
| Moor cottage - 1861 - 548 páginas
...neighbours, that I will try at her bidding to like even the Miss Dixens." CHAPTER XXXIX. " He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small, Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all"1 " MOKTKOSB. THE next day but one after the above incidents took place, Mabel, who had not seen... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1861 - 840 páginas
...roses, hyacinths, and ambrosial odours. Don't talk to me about poverty, sir ! He either fears his fete too much or his desert is small, who dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all ! Haven't I endured poverty ? Am I not as poor now as a man can be — and what is there in it ? Do... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1861 - 884 páginas
...hyacinths, and ambrosial odors. Don't talk to me about poverty, Sir! He cither fears his fate too mueh or his desert is small, who dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all! Haven't I endured poverty ? Am I not as ]x>or now as a man can be — and what is there in it? Do I... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1862 - 288 páginas
...she moves rise roses, hyacinths, and ambrosial odors. Don't talk to me about poverty, Sir! He either fears his fate too much or his desert is small, who...dares not put it to the touch and win or lose it all! Haven't I endured poverty ? Am I not as poor now as a man can be—and what is there in it? Do I want... | |
| 1862 - 268 páginas
...for Clare ; he picked it up and read — '• He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch And win — or lose it all." "I accept the omen," he said aloud, rising ; "the brave old Marquis was in the right, and I, a soldier... | |
| 1863 - 404 páginas
...marble-playing, as in everything else, and agree with the grand old Elizabethan poet, who wrote — "He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert is small. Who...dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it alL" BACK HITS, OR LAG.— For this game, the ground should be very nard and smooth, or there should be... | |
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