...requires, indeed, great experience to know the point at which indulgence ceases to be mercy.; 1843.3 2o, Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains : but, provided toe are acquainted with the conditions under which we use them, moral instruments are...

...characters are thus described : " Tender-handed pcess ilie nettle And listings you for your pains; Squeeze it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. Ihus it is with vulgar natures— Use them gently they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And...

...one is to grasp the nettles, and the other to avoid the places where they grow. " 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 vulgar natures, Use them kindly they rebel ; But be rough as nutmeg graters, And the...

...exposed with an unsparing pen. " Soft and easy touch a nettle, And it stings you fur your pains; Grusp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." On such an occasion we shall not permit ourselves to be influenced by mere feelings of humanity,—justice...

...in our infancy. What says the Nursery Rbyme ? — •' Tender-handed touch a nettle. And it stingy you for your pains : Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Bulwer has truthfully observed, that the most valuable characteristic of fame, is the laborious and...

...is harmless." More than twenty years ago we read something like these lines : Softly touch the angry nettle, And It stings you for your pains : Grasp It like a man of mettle. SoR as silk the stem remains. The reader may ask, " Do you design making a charge of plagiarism against...

...is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.* Verses Written on a Window in Scotland. Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'T is the same with common natures : Use 'em kindly, they rebel ; v But be rough as nutmeg-graters,...

...been early impressed with a similar idea respecting the action of calomel, that — " Tender handed, stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains...like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." And having acted upon it, I can boast of having generally obtained the best effects of calomel, without...

...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...

...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; Grasp...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...