 | 1832 - 564 Seiten
...Gliis. Nov. 14, 1831. THE NETTLE. TENDERHANDED, press a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Press it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains : So it is with vulgar natures, Treat them kindly they repel, — Use them rough, like nutmeg graters,... | |
 | 1833 - 666 Seiten
...WIT AND SENTIMENT. WIT AND SENTIMENT. A SIMILE Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you tor your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as bilk remains. Tis the same with common natures Use 'em kindly they rebel ; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters.... | |
 | 1835 - 254 Seiten
...Pennsylvania I' " About daybreak, Nero put the three topers to bed. CHAPTER XI. " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...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-graters, And the... | |
 | Britannicus (pseud.) - 1836 - 24 Seiten
...the well-known epigram — " Tender handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Squeeze it, like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." If Mr. Salomons and his friends had met this threatened attack,' in the case of his shrievalty, without... | |
 | 1837 - 530 Seiten
...tell him he will get nothing by it. He should recollect Swift's doggerels :— " Tender-handed press a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Mr. Sanders, a Liverpool corn merchant, recommended the lowering of the pivot price of wheat 10s. per... | |
 | Thomas Horton James - 1838 - 322 Seiten
...the true and ancient epigram, and act up to it with regard to this mischievous party : Tender hearted stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of metal, And it soft as silk remains : 'Tis the same with common natures, Use them gently, they rebel,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 Seiten
...manage the turbulent little community. A light hand is earnestly recommended : — " Tender-hearted stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft, as silk remaius. Tis the same with common natures : Use them gently, they rebel; But be rough, like nutmeg... | |
 | Joel Samuel Polack - 1840 - 334 Seiten
...state, requires to be treated as an anonymous poet advises the handling of a nettle.24 24 Tender handed, stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pains...like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains ; So it is with human natures, use them kindly, — they rebel, But be rough as nutmeg graters, and... | |
 | George Robins Gliddon - 1841 - 236 Seiten
...track them. Their way, however, is not my way. I have always experienced the truth of the sentence, " Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...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,... | |
 | Floral fancies - 1843 - 372 Seiten
...experience the venom in all its force. This circumstance is happily expressed by Aaron Hill : — " Tender-handed stroke a Nettle, And it stings you for...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... | |
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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. 
