 | Annie French Hector - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...met her insolence 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... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...power to hurt any one who will resolutely lay hold of it, and examine its claims. " Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." It is only necessary to add, that the same general principle seems to be involved in all the forms... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...power to hurt any one who will resolutely lay hold of it, and examine its claims. " Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." It is only necessary to add, that the same general principle seems to be involved in all the forms... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...power to hurt any one who will resolutely lay hold of it, and examine its claims. • " Gently, softly, touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." It is only necessary to add, that the same general principle seems to be involved in all the forms... | |
 | Edward Russell Mardon - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 456
...yielding to the appearance of difficulties. What says the nursery rhyme ? " Gently touch a stinging nettle And it stings you for your pains, Grasp it like a man of mettle, Soft as silk it still remains." "Patience and perseverance would be unnecessary were life exempt from... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...rhymes may be thus completed : — Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your paius ; Grasp it 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... | |
 | 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...sacred duty, and fulfils her destiny. — Webster. THE NETTLE. BT AARON BILL. Tender-handed stroke 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 common natures, Use them kindly, they rebel; But, be rough as nutmeg-graters, And... | |
 | 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...degeneracy of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " If you gently touch a nettle, it will sting you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
 | 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 636
...degeneracy of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " If you gently touch a nettle, it will sting you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
 | 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 634
...of our age ? It has been said of earthly troubles, " 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." And the same is true in spiritual things. They whose chief end is to consult their own happiness, will... | |
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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. 
