 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1876 - 752 pagine
...for an end worthy of pursuit : "Tenderly, you touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains. But grasp it, like a man of mettle. And it soft as silk remains." These men had grasped their nettle in the same spirit as that which had erstwhiles animated the citizens... | |
 | Alicia Amy Leith - 1877 - 292 pagine
...life Poised on her even finger. J\<igm-e. January 5th. TENDER-HEARTED, stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Aar,»i inn. COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1877 - 698 pagine
...Courageous, full of spirit. METTLESOME. — Courageous. Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like- a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. JOHNSON. A metaphor from the metal of a blade upon the temper of which the power of a weapon depends.... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 pagine
...darkness half so well. Richard Crashaw. ON VULGAR NATURES. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with vulgar natures, Use them kindly, they rebel, But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you... | |
 | 1928 - 354 pagine
...all. Documents are really very much like nettles. They remind me of the old rhyme, "If you lightly touch a nettle, it will sting you for your pains,...like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." CATALOGUING OF DOMINION AND PROVINCIAL SESSIONAL PAPERS, JOURNALS, DEBATES AND STATUTES. BY FLORENCE... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - 1914 - 1088 pagine
...situation. It ia only another illustration of the old rhyme : Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle. And it soft as silk remains. If the Minister of Labour had grasped this matter like a man of mettle, he would not have the trouble... | |
 | William Walker Atkinson - 1996 - 234 pagine
...best, the very best, of his powers." — Fothergill. "Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it f tings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as down remains." "Don't flinch; don't foul; but hit the line hard."— Rootovelt. "The more difficulties... | |
 | 272 pagine
...cum and hep me, pelt dis bid budder wi' mud." EPIGRAM. Gently touch a stinging-nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. So it is with common natures — Use them kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1989 - 588 pagine
...all Civil Acquaintance again Tenderhearted touch a Nettle And it stings you for your Pains; Squeeze it like a Man of Mettle And it soft as Silk remains. This is part of an Epigram made by Aaron Hill when he had brought down Mr. Pope's proud Spirit.1 But... | |
 | Joanne Asala - 1998 - 388 pagine
...onwards all the monks on lona should eat proper meals. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle and it soft as silk remains. AARON HILL, i750 Nettle Soup In Ireland there was once an annual feast on May I called Feile na Neantog.... | |
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Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 
