 | Septimus Smet Thorburn - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...tight. There is a similar proverb in English about the nettle, also the verse : " Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." 53. Ask for your head from God ; there are plenty of turbans, O Hami'd ! That is, if a man's life is... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 752
...for an end worthy of pursuit : "Tenderly, you touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains. But grasp it, like a man of mettle. And it soft as silk remains." These men had grasped their nettle in the same spirit as that which had erstwhiles animated the citizens... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 698
...METTLE.— Courage. HIGH METTLED. — Courageous, full of spirit. METTLESOME. — Courageous. Tender-handed touch a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ;...like- a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. JOHNSON. A metaphor from the metal of a blade upon the temper of which the power of a weapon depends.... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons - 1914 - عدد الصفحات: 1088
...key to the whole situation. It ia only another illustration of the old rhyme : 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 the Minister of Labour had grasped this matter like a man of mettle, he would not have the trouble... | |
 | William Walker Atkinson - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 234
...best, the very best, of his powers." — Fothergill. "Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it f tings you for your pains. Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as down remains." "Don't flinch; don't foul; but hit the line hard."— Rootovelt. "The more difficulties... | |
 | عدد الصفحات: 272
..." Yon Mike, cum and hep me, pelt dis bid budder wi' mud." EPIGRAM. Gently touch a stinging-nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it, 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 the... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1989 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...all Civil Acquaintance again Tenderhearted touch a Nettle And it stings you for your Pains; Squeeze it like a Man of Mettle And it soft as Silk remains. This is part of an Epigram made by Aaron Hill when he had brought down Mr. Pope's proud Spirit.1 But... | |
 | Joanne Asala - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...ordered that from then onwards all the monks on lona should eat proper meals. Tender handed stroke a nettle and it stings you for your pains. Grasp it...of mettle and it soft as silk remains. AARON HILL, i750 Nettle Soup In Ireland there was once an annual feast on May I called Feile na Neantog. On that... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 1160
...Science (1993) Aaron Hill 1685-1750 Knulis.lt ¡toft und dramatist 1 1 Tender-handed stroke a netlle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Verses Written on n Window in Scotland' Christopher Hill 1912 Rritisli historian 12 Only very slowly... | |
 | Thomas Murphy - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...becomes." Mobberly resorted to poetry to describe the way for a master to proceed: Tender handed brush a nettle And it stings you for your pains Grasp it like a man of mettle And as silk it soft remains 1t is the case with common natures Treat them kindly, they rebel But be rough... | |
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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. 
