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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. "
'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. - الصفحة 246
بواسطة Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1862
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Stars of the Earth, Or, Wild Flowers of the Months

Leigh Page - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 296
...will harm you not : ' If you gently stroke a nettle, Mark, it stings you for your pains ; But seize it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' All do not sting like the small nettle (Urtica urens), with green blossoms, or the great nettle ( Urtica...

The Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, المجلد 5

1869 - عدد الصفحات: 654
...this day in making arrangements for the future. I meet with difficulties; but— ' Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.' God will help me, and, relying upon Him, I will go forward hopefully." On October 26th he writes:—"...

Treasury of choice quotations

Treasury - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...sound your trust is, Fear is affront : and jealousy injustice.* Epilogue to Zara. Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Verses written on a V/indow in Scotland. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they...

Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

Great Britain. Parliament - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 1108
...reminded him of the lines — " Gently, gently, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Seize it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." And if they touched this question boldly they would reap the benefit. MR. D. DALEYMPLE said, he would...

The epigrammatists: a selection, with notes and an intr. by H. P. Dodd

Epigrammatists - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 654
...liis pencil wrought Gave colour, and a body to the thought. THE NETTLE'S LESSON. Tender-handed stroke a nettle. And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tia the same with common natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel : But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And...

The Agent's Manual of Life Assurance ...

Henry Clay Fish - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 172
...how to use his tools by using them. If you are timid, doubtful, strike out! "Tender-handed stroke the nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." And remember the saying of a French author : " It is the first step that costs." That is the difficult...

The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient ...

Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 652
...his pencil wrought Gave colour, and a body to the thought. THE NETTLE'S LESSON. Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains : Grasp it like a man of mottle, And it soft as silk remains. "Tig the same with common natures ; Use them kindly, they rebel...

Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 572
...of the ratio of Ay-i and 50-i . On looking at the proof of this theorem we find Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. If there be in mathematics a nettle danger out of which has been plucked the flower safety, it is speculation...

The Bulwark, Or, Reformation Journal: In Defence of the True ..., المجلد 20

1871 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...be spoken of in honied phrases, or its condemnation uttered with rose-watered lips. " Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains, Grasp it like a man of metal, And it soft as silk remains." " So it is with Roman teaching : Give it favour, and you're caught;...

The Indian Criminal Codes

India, Fendall Currie - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 1084
...understood and appreciated by the natives themselves. In the words of the poet — " Tender handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains :...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 they...




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