 | Robert Chambers - 1862 - 880 pagine
...— which can be said to have survived to our time : 1 Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle,...remains. ' "Tis the same with common natures, Use them kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well." SEDANS. Evelvn,... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pagine
...drive. MALLET.— Epilogue to " The Brothers." NETTLE.— Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle,...silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well. AARON HILL.... | |
 | 1864 - 580 pagine
...lines he alludes to must, I imagine, be these : — " 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. " Thus it is with vulgar natures, Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pagine
...resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle,...remains. 'Tis the same with common natures Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues will use you well. 3 Whig and Tory.... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pagine
...resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle,...remains. 'Tis the same with common natures Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues will use you well. Whig and Tory.... | |
 | George Sparkes - 1865 - 184 pagine
...devoid of truth — Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it, as a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures; Use them kindly ; they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the rogues will use you well. ATI incident... | |
 | 1865 - 600 pagine
...following: — • ' Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it as a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures : Use them kindly : they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues will use you well.' Prior, indeed,... | |
 | 1865 - 600 pagine
...the following :— ' Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it as a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures : Use them kindly : they rebel: But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues will use you well.' Prior, indeed,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagine
...is affront : and jealousy injustice.* Epilogue to Zara. 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. Verses written on a Window in Scotland. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel... | |
 | New Hampshire. General Court - 1865 - 996 pagine
...inforced. We are often remiuded of the quaint lines — "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." We have in mind now a case in point. Some two or three years since, a boy came to be sixteen years... | |
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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. 
