| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - Страниц: 404
...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... | |
| Dinah Maria Craik - 1869 - Страниц: 328
...repeat to himself when he goes a-wooing : — ' 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.' After that decision the doctor walked home with steadier feet, and a bolder heart. He let himself in... | |
| Justin Dewey Fulton - 1869 - Страниц: 314
...me? If Yes, then he is right in loving; for " He cither fears his fate too much, Or Ifis dcBcrts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all." A woman, writing of woman, has truly said, " There are but two ways open to any woman. If she loves... | |
| Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - 1869 - Страниц: 458
...believing with the poet, that " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all." He left home carrying with him the best of treasures, a sound, unswerving home character. He took little... | |
| Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - 1869 - Страниц: 478
...viug with the poet, that i " He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dare not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all." He left home carrying with him the best of treasures, a sound, unswerving home character. He took little... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1871 - Страниц: 546
...hyaeinths, and amhrosial odors. Dou't talk to me ahout poverty, sir ! He either fears his fate too mueh or his desert is small, who dares not put it to the toueh and win or lose it nil ! Have n't I endured poverty ? Am I not as poor now as a man ean he, —... | |
| Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - 1872 - Страниц: 459
...to repeat to himself when he goes a-wooing: "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." After that decision the doctor walked home with steadier feet and a bolder heart. He let himself in... | |
| Emma Maria Pearson - 1874 - Страниц: 320
...a very long way off, and the telegraph is not finished." CHAPTER IX. HERBEBTS REFUSAL. " 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 !" TT is probable that Mrs. Evans heartily .*. wished Herbert in Africa with John and James, when she... | |
| Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1875 - Страниц: 188
...happy edition of ' Beauty and the Beast.' Popping the question is thus concisely decided. He either fears his fate too much Or his desert is small Who dares not put it to the touch To win or loose it all. — Scott. Happy's the wooing That's not long a doing. We will now suppose... | |
| 1875 - Страниц: 706
...hy brown eyes, and I knew that he knew it. ' He either fears his fate too much, Or his desert's too small, Who dares not put it to the touch, And win or lose it all !' i was on my lips that morning as I walked towards the croquet ground in search of Dot, my intention,... | |
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