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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. "
Notes and Queries - Seite 43
1864
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 Seiten
...this edition are ' Three Letters to the Revie,wers.' " Tender-handed touch a nettle, It will sting you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." • Sir Nathaniel has had the courage to act on the old poet's advice, but has nevertheless been woefully...
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Journal of an Expedition 1400 Miles Up the Orinoco and 300 Up the Arauca ...

J. H. Robinson (surgeon.) - 1822 - 442 Seiten
...moments keep your eye on their dagger^ To exist among any class of individuals, * " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Tis the same with all these creatures, Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg-graters,...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...will b< as well contented with a partner of 1,0001. pc annum, as with a larger sum. VULGAR NATURES. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...pains ; Grasp it, like a man of mettle. And it soft us silk remains. 'Tis the same with vulgar natures, Use them kindly, they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 442 Seiten
...benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain." — J. BOSWELL. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "1'is the same with common natures: Use them kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 440 Seiten
...benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain." — J. BOSWELL. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like 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,...
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Records of Patriotism and Love of Country

William Bailey - 1826 - 244 Seiten
...chaunted in loyal strains, while the church and state chorus has invariably been — ' Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...like 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...
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British Farmer's Magazine, Ausgabe 66

1874 - 594 Seiten
...agricultural labourers to whom this old adage will apply : Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings yon for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. "Pis the case with common natures, Treat them kindly, they rebel ; But he rough as nutmeg-graters,...
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Church-yard gleanings and epigrammatic scraps, a collection of epitaphs and ...

William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 Seiten
...Jack, with a bow most profound, '• The branches ne'er thrive while the root's above ground.'A SIMILE. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Tis the same with common natures,Use 'em kindly, they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters, And...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Band 10

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 Seiten
...would leas grate and disturb them. Dec,, of fiery. Tender handed touch a nettle. And it sting* yon for your pains, Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. So it is with common natures, . Treat them gently, they rebel. But be rough as nutmeg-jrnMera, And...
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The New sporting magazine, Band 25

1853 - 542 Seiten
...dens hoc otia fecit ?" — the deus ex ,nachind" " If you gently touch a nettle, It will sting yon for your pains : Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." If you will take the trouble to imagine all the rain which fell since Michaelmas, '52, discharged in...
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