 | George Robins Gliddon - 1841 - 236 pagine
...I have always experienced the truth of the sentence, " 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." But, it is possible that I should not have entered so fully upon the arcana of Consular relations,... | |
 | 1843 - 280 pagine
...point at which indulgence ceases to be mercy.; 1843.3 2o, 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 : but, provided toe are acquainted with the conditions under which we use them, moral instruments are... | |
 | Floral fancies - 1843 - 372 pagine
...circumstance is happily expressed by Aaron Hill : — " 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." The young tops of the Nettle are sometimes used as a pot-herb, and Haller tells us — " Que son ecorce... | |
 | 1845 - 792 pagine
...characters are thus described : " Tender-handed pcess ilie nettle And listings you for your pains; Squeeze it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Ihus it is with vulgar natures— Use them gently they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pagine
...nettles, and the other to avoid the places where they grow. " 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. So it is with vulgar natures, Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the... | |
 | 1847 - 624 pagine
...exposed with an unsparing pen. " Soft and easy touch a nettle, And it stings you fur your pains; Grusp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." On such an occasion we shall not permit ourselves to be influenced by mere feelings of humanity,—justice... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pagine
...in our infancy. What says the Nursery Rbyme ? — •' Tender-handed touch a nettle. And it stingy you for your pains : Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Bulwer has truthfully observed, that the most valuable characteristic of fame, is the laborious and... | |
 | 1856 - 800 pagine
...similar idea respecting the action of calomel, that — " 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." And having acted upon it, I can boast of having generally obtained the best effects of calomel, without... | |
 | Annie French Hector - 1856 - 336 pagine
...with spirit, for the old rhyme will ever be true — " Tender hearted stroke the nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Mr. Longmore was just rising from breakfast when I entered their dining room, and was as ever cordially... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagine
...jealousy injustice.* Verses Written on a Window in Scotland. 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. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel ; v But be rough as nutmeg-graters,... | |
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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. 
